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Help[Opinions] Desma, Desmia, Dezima, Desimira
What do you think of Desma? I saw it at work today. I guessed it's inspired by Desmond but don't know.
I found this explanation on The Bump when I googled: It takes its cue from the Ancient Greek desmós, meaning “band” or “connection,” giving Desma the meaning “pledge, bond.”
Similar seeming names I can find on BtN are Desmia, Desimira, Dezima / Decima. Do you like those more or less than Desma?
https://www.behindthename.com/name/desmia/submitted
https://www.behindthename.com/name/dezima/submitted
https://www.behindthename.com/name/desimira/submitted
I found this explanation on The Bump when I googled: It takes its cue from the Ancient Greek desmós, meaning “band” or “connection,” giving Desma the meaning “pledge, bond.”
Similar seeming names I can find on BtN are Desmia, Desimira, Dezima / Decima. Do you like those more or less than Desma?
https://www.behindthename.com/name/desmia/submitted
https://www.behindthename.com/name/dezima/submitted
https://www.behindthename.com/name/desimira/submitted
This message was edited 11/9/2024, 12:56 PM
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Ooooh, I do not like Decima at all! With a hard 'k' it's pretty harsh and angular sounding, with a soft 'c' it's all decimate and decimal. No thank you! It's also one of these weird, archaic names that it's really hard to imagine a real life modern-day person walking around with.
Dezima isn't great. It feels constructed in order to get the (imho not great) nickname 'Dez'. Like, Dennis "Dez" wanted to name his poor daughter Dez after him, and he decided that Dezzie weren't gonna cut it on the birth certificate so he stuck the girlish -ima on the end and went 'good enough'.
Desimira is the most legitimately modern name-feeling. Still not a fan. But the sorta meaning of 'finding peace' is cute.
Desma sounds like the name of a villain-of-the-week in a kids' fantasy-adventure cartoon. Also not a fan. And as unreliable as websites like The Bump are, IF (and it's a big IF) it is from the Ancient Greek desmos, it seams that doesn't mean 'band/connection' and even less the woo-woo logical leap of 'pledge/bond'. So the meaning is utter woo.
A quick (and yes, this is wiktionary, sorry it's late and I'm lazy) google finds that desmos has associations with fetters/imprisonment as well - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B4%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82 - and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B4%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%AC#Greek in Modern Greek desma often means imprisonment, chains, shackles so... not really a great association... kinda naming your kid 'shackles'. No mention of promise or pledge and not great vibes all round. Well done again, The Bump! *
* Disclaimer, I do not speak Greek and am too lazy to do a proper research tonight.
Dezima isn't great. It feels constructed in order to get the (imho not great) nickname 'Dez'. Like, Dennis "Dez" wanted to name his poor daughter Dez after him, and he decided that Dezzie weren't gonna cut it on the birth certificate so he stuck the girlish -ima on the end and went 'good enough'.
Desimira is the most legitimately modern name-feeling. Still not a fan. But the sorta meaning of 'finding peace' is cute.
Desma sounds like the name of a villain-of-the-week in a kids' fantasy-adventure cartoon. Also not a fan. And as unreliable as websites like The Bump are, IF (and it's a big IF) it is from the Ancient Greek desmos, it seams that doesn't mean 'band/connection' and even less the woo-woo logical leap of 'pledge/bond'. So the meaning is utter woo.
A quick (and yes, this is wiktionary, sorry it's late and I'm lazy) google finds that desmos has associations with fetters/imprisonment as well - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B4%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82 - and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B4%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%AC#Greek in Modern Greek desma often means imprisonment, chains, shackles so... not really a great association... kinda naming your kid 'shackles'. No mention of promise or pledge and not great vibes all round. Well done again, The Bump! *
* Disclaimer, I do not speak Greek and am too lazy to do a proper research tonight.
This message was edited 11/12/2024, 2:52 PM
I suppose I like Desma the best. The easiest to pronounce and spell.
Desimira > Dezima > Desmia > Desma
I like them all, honestly. My ranking would be Desma > Desimira > Dezima > Desmia.
I really like it, sounds elegant
Desma > Desimira > Decima > Desmia > Dezima
Desma > Desimira > Decima > Desmia > Dezima
I like Desma! I'd probably sort the names in order of preference as Desimira > Desma > Desmia > Decima/Dezima
I'd probably use Desimira as a character name. Probably wouldn't use the others.
I'd probably use Desimira as a character name. Probably wouldn't use the others.
Sorry i don't like any of them
I really don't find any of them attractive. I could deal with Decima in the unlikely event of it being accurate! And then there's always Desiree, that spelling, which I think I only like because it's the name of one of my oldest friends (since our first year at school, and still going strong).
By accurate, you mean with a hard C?
I was actually thinking of the meaning!
Desma- is it des-ma or dez-ma? Either way, it's nice, but not my style.
Desimira- eh, 5/10.
Dezima- reminds me of Dazmira. Nice name.
Decima- de-see-ma? de-tsee-ma? Decimal?
Desimira- eh, 5/10.
Dezima- reminds me of Dazmira. Nice name.
Decima- de-see-ma? de-tsee-ma? Decimal?
I'd say DEHZ-ma, but I only saw it written.
Me too. The other pronunciation does not feel natural, at least not in English.