Message: "Scheherazade" - Behind the Name

Scheherazade

by HailCthulhu

1/31/2019, 5:53 AM

Just out of curiosity, what do you think of Scheherazade?

#Scheherazade

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- holeyg

2/8/2019, 3:16 AM

I really like it - the sound, the background, and the fact that it comes with some built-in classical music of the same name. However, I think it would be pretty burdensome as an actual name. People generally wouldn't know how to pronounce or spell it.

Is it your cat's name?

- Dracotorix

2/1/2019, 7:08 PM

I like it, but it's long and I've seen a few different spellings.

- Shaymin

2/1/2019, 5:35 PM

I have always liked it.

- Higuma Kanora

2/1/2019, 1:17 AM

I absolutely love it, its so beautiful and elegant. I was first introduced to the name from a character in the anime Magi lol.
It is a mouthful but I don't think it's too unrealistic on a real person; the NN Hera would be lovely~

- Wordsmith

1/31/2019, 4:32 PM

I love it--grand, literary, and impossible to forget. Zadie would be a cute nickname.

- erb816

1/31/2019, 3:45 PM

I think Scheherazade is an awesome name, and I don't think I'd even mind something that long and heavy as my own. But it does feel long and heavy to bestow upon someone else.

- JemimahGertrude

1/31/2019, 11:49 AM

It looks like the name of a luxury Arabian yacht or palace. So many potential spellings and pronunciations, and it doesn't even look good.
All in all, totally unusable as a human name.

- Janan (jeziana)

1/31/2019, 10:56 AM

I knew one

She legally changed her name to Sherry(or Sheri? I forget) when she could.

- Elena

1/31/2019, 10:28 AM

It's beautiful but way too much. There would be spelling and pronunciation issues galore. Heck, I can't even spell it without looking it up and I'm a name nerd!

- Felie

1/31/2019, 8:45 AM

Hi !!!!

It is fascinating and beautiful but I would not use in real life because I dislike how it seems German.

Shahrazad is a better choice.

This message was edited 1/31/2019, 8:46 AM

- queenv

1/31/2019, 7:41 AM

Whoa, way OTT.

Other than that, it's pretty.

- persimmon (foxgloves)

1/31/2019, 7:30 AM

REALLY cool, but i prefer the original spelling Shahrazad, looks nicer and it's ironically way easier than the anglicized version for English speakers

- RoxStar

1/31/2019, 7:23 AM

I think it's far too over-the-top to ever be anybody's name. It would sound like a performer's stage name, but I'm not even sure what kind of performer? Magician, stripper, daredevil, who knows.

- Mar (X-Mar)

1/31/2019, 6:07 AM

I like it in theory, but it would be an impractical name to use IRL for a person.

- noel (glaucous)

1/31/2019, 5:57 AM

I think it's delightful and very strange looking.

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