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Help[Opinions] Re: Rosmerta
in reply to a message by Tuesday
This is the name of the landlady of The Three Broomsticks (an inn/pub) in the Harry Potter novels. She's not exactly a major character, but she's still immediately who I think of.
I could see the name as a middle name, but probably not as a first name, though of course it could be easily shortened to some variation on Rose / Rosa.
Something about the 'merta' part sounds very maternal to me, which fits in with the whole "fertility" meaning.
Could make a very nice name for (another) witch in (another) fantasy setting or any female character in a steam-punk sort of setting.
I could see the name as a middle name, but probably not as a first name, though of course it could be easily shortened to some variation on Rose / Rosa.
Something about the 'merta' part sounds very maternal to me, which fits in with the whole "fertility" meaning.
Could make a very nice name for (another) witch in (another) fantasy setting or any female character in a steam-punk sort of setting.
This message was edited 6/28/2015, 2:26 PM
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I thought of her, too. The smert part reminds me of the Russian word for death, which would be the opposite of fertility, in a way. I know that's not the root of the name. I guess I could see it being used, since it's more known than before and has Rose in it.
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