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? asked in Pregnancy & ParentingBaby Names · 2 years ago

why isn't the name Mortimer used more often?

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  • PiK
    Lv 4
    2 years ago

    Because people are foolish and don't know a good name when they see it. I mean Mortimer was the rival of Mickey Mouse in cartoons in the late 1930's, so maybe that's why?

  • ?
    Lv 6
    2 years ago

    Sounds death-related

  • Jaykahni
    2 years ago

    cuz it mean death

  • Jon
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Probably because 'mort' is French for 'dead' or 'stagnant' and Latin for 'death', so it may be thought unappealing.

    The English surname Mortimer originates from the French town of the same name, which originated in it's standing beside a stagnant lake (a mort mer).

  • Marie
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Probably cause it's ugly

  • Ranchmom1
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    It's not a great name.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    I guess most people think it's a terrible name.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    2 years ago

    It's a surname.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Old fashioned and ugly.

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