Etymology of Daddy names

11  2019-03-13 by Mamalgam

What's in a name? A lot, actually, especially if you've got such a line up of chad dom-daddy names. Take Donald, for example. It has its earliest roots in the Proto-Celtic Dumno-ualos which means "world-ruler". So by name, Daddy in Chief definitely has the lead, but I don't think the others are something to scoff at. After all, Andrew derives from the Ancient Greek word ἀνδρός (andros), which of course means man/manly. Finally, Bernard is West Germanic in origin and consists of bern, which means bear, and hard (hard/brave), which we still use today. Hard bear Bernie uwu

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