(Try to be objective and not just put your own first name at the top! You wouldn’t want to tell your name to strangers on the internet, would you?)

  • mushroommunk@lemmy.today
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    The best are like James and Mary. Names so common they help you blend in and commit crimes.

    (Okay not actually my reasoning but I think common names are usually a good choice. Don’t need to be that special you get a unique name)

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      This can also have the opposite effect. There are a number of cases where the wrong person has been arrested simply for sharing a name with someone else that has a warrant for their arrest.

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        They’re so common in America and Europe because religion mostly if I had to guess. Then from there people often use names from their family and it just kept growing.

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          You are correct, biblical names stick around because they are written down and people like familiar things.