Eh, the kid could have worse, and it seems pretty fitting for the name’s origins.
If you think of children as blessings, and want to change an existing name a little – in this case, Jessica – it makes sense. The first recorded instance of Jessica is from Shakespeare, who could’ve changed the biblical Iesca (Jeska) to Jessica by mixing Jesse into it (or making Jesse into a woman’s name… or other potential origins like the word jess being turned into a name.) And you consider Bless to be a name (though rather unpopular), so it wouldn’t even be particularly odd for the name.
bluewing@lemm.ee 2 days ago
I agree about the name being horrible, but parents are going with more and more, let’s just say ‘unusual’ names, spellings and pronunciations these days. I’ve got a Grandson named Charon. Socially, it hasn’t really been a bonus for him.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 days ago
Isn’t that something from greek mythology? I swear there’s something like that in greek mythology…
woodenskewer@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You swear correctly. He is the boatman of the river Styx. He ferries souls to Hades in the afterlife if the individual was buried with the ferry toll. If they didn’t have the ferry toll they’d be fated to wandering the banks of the river Styx for 100 years before they could cross.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 days ago
It’s certainly several orders of magnitude better than Blessica…
Although mythological names are often cool, it’s always worth researching fully. Loki may suddenly be super cool thanks to the MCU, but he still got fucked by a horse.
solrize@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Also the badass hotel concierge in the John Wick movies.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 days ago
Dang that’s a pretty metal name for a kid. I can’t decide if its terrible or brilliant
0ops@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Imo, Charon’s actually a cool name
bluewing@lemm.ee 2 days ago
He ran the ferry boat across the Styx to the underworld and had a 3 headed dog…
woodenskewer@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Cerberus was next in line to the house of Hades, but Charon was not his master. Hades was.