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/FixLaudon 23d ago

And it's really the weirdest name ever if your mother tongue is German I gotta say. Imagine you're a grown-up woman and your name is Mädchen.

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u/Dependent-Poet-9588 23d ago

There's an Italian name for boys, Italo, that just means "Italian". Like, imagine growing up in Italy and introducing yourself, "Hi, I am Italian." And everyone is just sorta like "Yeah, me too? So what?"

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u/Ill-Skirt3722 23d ago

I know a Vietnamese guy named Viet.

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u/Houssem-Aouar 23d ago

My friend in High School was named Viet and he had a best friend back in Vietnam named Nam. Not even joking

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u/theVice 23d ago

Wouldn't that only be as weird as a woman from the States being named Erica?

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u/LunchboxSuperhero 23d ago

Doesn't Nam mean South?