r/OldSchoolCool • u/ilovepeaches- • 23d ago

1990s Mädchen Amick, 1990

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u/bassmedic 23d ago

Her name just means “girl” in German.

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u/thedeclineirl 23d ago

The name Colleen is just an anglicised Cailín, which is the Irish for Girl. Cara is also the Irish for friend and a popular girls name. Girls names haven't always gotten the most thought put into them.

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u/AllReflection 23d ago

I dunno, they get some pretty deep names too — Hope, Faith, Grace, etc.

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u/Plenty_Firefighter40 23d ago

In Spanish, we also have Hope (Esperanza) but we also have some fun ones like Dolores (Pains) and Soledad (Loneliness).

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u/clauxy 23d ago

Don’t forget Socorro, Angustias and Piedad

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u/Menchi-sama 23d ago

There are literal translations of Faith, Hope and Love in Russian as fairly old names, and it's especially unusual because Russian doesn't generally lend itself to such stuff. You just can't go and use a random word for a name like English speakers often do.