In bygone days one's family name often described one's occupation, and those names are still with us, though their meaning is lost on most. In some cultures one's given name describes a positive characteristic. Why is it that we've forgotten the meaning and seem to go for the sound alone? And why are names now cyclically "trendy?"
The only descriptive name I can think of in current use is that of Angelina Jolie Voight, who, thanks to not liking her father, has dropped her family name and calls herself Angelina Pretty. (Jolie is "pretty" in French.) As for being a "little angel," - well - who knows!
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
Then there was Ima Hogg of Texas fame (1882-1975), who (a) never had a sister named Ura, (2)was never fat and (3)did not hog her wealth but gave it away by the truckload.
Wiki says she was named after a character in an epic poem written by her uncle (self-published no doubt).
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