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[Opinions] Romany
Came across a girl called Romany, today. Sister named Tallulah.I know it is a genuine name (a feminine of Romanus, 'person of Rome'), but it is also an ethnicity, so it felt a bit strange as a given name. Opinions?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people

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Where I live, it's not so much an ethnicity as a very toothsome chocolate biscuit, with coconut in the dough and a chocolate filling. I don't usually enjoy shop biscuits, but I'll munch these ones contentedly any time. As for naming my daughter after them ... perhaps not!
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Well, it's one up on the name Gypsy, but I wouldn't use it. Perhaps it will morph into Romy as she gets older.
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Given how racist a lot of Europeans are towards the Roma, I don't think it's a good idea to name your kid Romany. (I don't have anything against Roma, but they've faced loads of persecution, and I feel like naming a kid Romany/Romani might sound like cultural appropriation.)

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Objectively the sound isn't bad, but yup, it seems like an odd choice and it's not something I'd fancy having or using.
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I sort of like it's sound but I could never get past the Romani association. The Roma people have faced a lot of persecution. :(
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