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how do you feel about Sherman as a first name?
I've noticed that it's mostly used by native americans. I'm a big fan, despite the Peabody and Sherman association.
I've noticed that it's mostly used by native americans. I'm a big fan, despite the Peabody and Sherman association.
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It’s a friendly name. Not the boy next door, but more like the old man next door.
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I think it's... Fine. It sounds nerdy in a way I don't personally like but it's totally passable. The only association I have with it personally is Peabody and Sherman.
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My main association is General Sherman (the Civil War, the Indian Wars). It's not a good association or even a neutral one like Grant; people argue about it being exaggerated (that he was a relatively moderate person), but regardless, he's popularly known for attacking civilians and wiping out buffalo - not something that'd inspire me to name a kid in honor of in the modern day. It probably doesn't help that it sounds even more old-fashioned than Herman.
My only other association is Sherman Alexie. He's a Native American author from Spokane. I didn't think of the general when I heard of him. I guess in a real life context, it comes across to me as unpretentious (in a way that could be neutral/positive) sort of like Earl or Norman because it's so unfashionable.
Eta: I never saw Peabody and Sherman.
My only other association is Sherman Alexie. He's a Native American author from Spokane. I didn't think of the general when I heard of him. I guess in a real life context, it comes across to me as unpretentious (in a way that could be neutral/positive) sort of like Earl or Norman because it's so unfashionable.
Eta: I never saw Peabody and Sherman.
This message was edited 4/10/2024, 8:49 AM
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not to be offensive, but i am not a huge fan of it. it gives me yodeler, oktoberfest vibes. if you like it though, go for it :)
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Not really my style
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I like it, it sounds nice and I like underused vintage names anyway.
It’s funny how it contains both she and man haha
It’s funny how it contains both she and man haha
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Forever tied to Peabody, can't see it in another context. As a former neighbor of several reservations, can honestly say never saw it on a real person of any association.
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well first of all there's William Tecumseh Sherman, although he was a white man named after a famous native. It might just be an old timey American name that was once popular for all ethnic backgrounds, but remained popular mostly among one group, like how Marcus nowadays is more commonly used by african americans.
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Sherman is his surname. He wasn't named it after Tecumseh.
He was anti-government corruption on Indian Reservations, but considering his major role in and tactics during the Indian Wars, he still seems an odd choice of a public figure for Native Americans to honor (if they are actually using it in connection to him).
He was anti-government corruption on Indian Reservations, but considering his major role in and tactics during the Indian Wars, he still seems an odd choice of a public figure for Native Americans to honor (if they are actually using it in connection to him).
This message was edited 4/10/2024, 7:22 AM
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yeah I don't think it's related to WTS. Just a little anecdote.
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Eh, idk. It's use in the US generally is definitely related to him. It was used sporadically before the Civil War as a surname-as-firstname, but his fame is what made it common. Maybe a few dozen Native Americans liked that he was anti-corruption, and now people are named after their grandfather Sherman.
This message was edited 4/10/2024, 8:27 AM
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Tangential, but I wanna mention that my former boss had a miniature Dachshund named Sherman ... the name was meant to refer to the M4 Sherman tank. My impression is that tanks are a more immediate association with the name, in most of the US. Of course the tank name refers to the general, but I think that's not always, and maybe not usually, in consciousness.
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Don't like it at all
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My only association is with the tank. As a first name, it seems grotesquely inappropriate.
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