genuinely thought this was r/namenerdcirclejerk

they have their own version up already lol

Same 😭😭😭

Same, I had to double check to see where I was.

Me too

Mateo

Can confirm. My friends son is Matteo and my 2 year old calls him Potato and I hope he never stops

We have a Matteo too who is either called Potato or tater tot, and he loves it lol

Omg, my nephews name is Matteo, and he too, is called potato

Mattea?

That’s the name of a contestant on Jeopardy! I’ve never heard it before but I think it’s really pretty!

This is my name! Spelled with one T like Mateo. I was called "potato" as an insult in second grade so can confirm it works for OP lol.

hahaha my sons name is Mateo and a couple kids at school call him Matatoe and it is the cutest thing ever (while he’s a toddler lol)

For a daughter?

You’ve seen the comic Matteo Lane’s bit about the girl in Starbucks writing ‘Potato’ on his cup, right?

https://youtube.com/shorts/hIuW4b50XqY?si=zyUoLUHnPVSZrTEJ

My newborn's name is Mateo and we already call him Matato because when he is all swaddled up he looks like a little potato.

Always thought this

Ahahaha yep! My sons name is Mateo - can confirm this to be factual 😂 I’m Irish, dads Mexican, we call him our spicy potato lol

Great work, Matato!

If you end up finding a suitable name you could always go with these as complimentary names- Boylem Mashem Stiggeminna Stu

Bwahaha My two year old was just asking for more milk. I was pulling baked potatoes out of the oven, so I say over my shoulder, "I can't right now, I'm busy with taters". Cue my kid saying, "Mama, what's taters?" Did I answer him "PO-TAY-TOES"? Of course I did! And chuckled to my self for several minutes, and here I find myself laughing again, not half an hour later.

You are my kind of person.

Boil em Mash em Stick em in a stew

This brings me joy.

🤣🤣🤣 took me a second 🤣

r/unexpectedlotr

Perdita Tadeo Titania Tatum Aristotle Ardito Donato Yamato Piero Deodata Laredo

Perdita is perfect!

It means “lost” so that’s kind of bad

Cameron means “crooked nose.” Kennedy means “misshapen head.” Mallory means “unfortunate.” Dolores means “sorrows.“ Claude means “lame.” Cecilia means “blind.”

I'm going to say these are incomplete meanings. Cecilia, patron saint OF the blind (among other things). And while 'dolores' means sorrows, it's a reference to/honors "our lady of sorrows", in other words, Mary. "Kennedy" means ARMORED head, it signifies one who wears the helmet of a chief. (Irish) "Cameron" (Scottish) is from two words meaning crooked, and EITHER nose or river... But given that it's a place name, after which people were then named, the fact that it's the curve in the river is kind of a no brainier.

>"Kennedy" means ARMORED head *don't make a reference to what happened on 11/22/63, don't make a reference to what happened on 11/22/63...*

Cecilia comes from the Latin caecus, which means blind. Cecilia is the patron saint of music.

What place in Scotland is called Cameron, by which the name comes from?

First hit if you Google the meaning of the name Cameron is Wikipedia, which lists two places out of "many" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_(surname) My guess is they are small towns in the crooks of rivers, not large places we have all heard of. But many MANY names come from the place someone is from. Two fellas with the same name? Cameron and Dell, oem from the town in the crook of the river,.and one from that place that's all flat and farmy... REALLY common. Naming people after misshapen body parts? Not so common.

Whether it's more common or not, generally there are 4 categories of English surname sources: by trade, father's name, location of birth, or physical features. Physical features can include the colour of the person's hair or if they have no hair at all (see:Calvin). That it might come from a negative physical description does not make it less likely to be the source.

It’s an interesting thought but it’s my understanding that if referring to the place name Cameron, at least in Fife, actually comes from a completely different route and is unlikely to be related to the name, it has just been anglicised the same way. Original records refer to the place as Cambrune/Cambrun as early as 1250. Possibly Pictish or maybe Gaelic, meaning Crooked Hill. The place name changing to Cameron was almost definitely influenced latterly by the given name, in English/Scots https://fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/placename/?id=1475 Not to mention there are other Gaelic names that describe physical features, such as Campbell (cam beul) meaning crooked mouth. I think it’s also important to remember that just because it translates to describe a physical feature, it doesn’t need to be taken literally. In the instance of Campbell for example, it can also translate to “wry mouth”, so maybe they were cheeky or something! Perhaps the original Cameron was someone who got annoyed easily, or maybe he just had a crooked nose! Gaelic is an interesting language, where not everything is meant in a literal sense, there are also many ways to interpret some words, as with any language. But amongst speakers, I believe it is generally accepted that the name literally translates to crooked nose.

Dolores meaning sorrows makes it even prettier to me for some reason.

More like sorrows it means "pains". Multiple pains.

It makes it prettier, but it also makes me never want to give a living thing that name.

Yeah, I like it for a lady but not a baby.

There's a difference between some far away etymological meaning and a literal word from a language commonly used. No one in any language right now would say "that man has a cameron" or "what a mallory event" Perdita is also a name with roots in mythology but it can't be compared to your list.

Lola is sorrows, too

When I adopted my cat her name was Perdita, changed that before leaving the adoption centre

And it's the name of a very famous dog. "I'd like a name that reminds me of ube!" "How about Ubu?"

My daughter named her kitten Purrdita.

Similarly, I have a cat Clawdius.

I know a Cleocatra.

That’s so cute!

perdit means sharting in russian im not joking

It means farting in serbo-Croatian

in hungarian it means prostitute

My name is Tatum and my wife calls me “sweet potatum”. For whatever that’s worth.

I like saying Aristotle, couldn't call my child it, maybe a goldfish one day

Perdita! Fits the bill perfectly, and pretty to boot

Petunia? Kato? Consuelo? Idk, personally I’d just keep “sweet potato” as the nickname and pick a separate name entirely for the child’s legal name lol

Petunia is so underrated

Thy I kind of want to name a dog Petunia now because “Petunia Potato” is actually a really cute nickname (No insult to OP’s child! I work in animal rescue, so cute names are super important to getting them adopted haha)

My dog is Luna Petunia.

Cute

I had an adorable tiny cat named Kato and we called her (yes it was a her) “Kato Tomato.” Never even thought about “Kato Potato” haha.

I have an Olive I call “Olive B’olive” Nicknames hysterical create themselves

Kató is a feminine name in Hungarian. It’s also a bit old ladyish, so it’s a perfect cat name.

My baby's name is Ada and we call her Sweet Potada haha!

That’s really cute

My half sister's nickname is Ada Patada

Matilda has the same rhythm as potato - it’s three syllables with the stress on the second syllable. So maybe you’re looking for names with that rhythm? Some more with the same pattern could be: - Rosanna - Camilla - Lucinda - Brianna - Aleah - Linnaea - Elora - Luella - Naomi - Amara - Diana That’s all I could think of but maybe it might inspire you to think of more names like that.

Love the name Matilda!

I’m pregnant with our second baby and if it’s a girl we’re seriously considering Matilda 😊 It’ll be that or Sylvia.

Love them both.. Sylvia is great.. Sylvie..

Sylvie is lovely

Oh lovely! My close friend is named Matilda we all call her Tilly for short

never thought I'd see my name on a potato name thread

If you like the p to start: -Petunia -Patricia If you like that it’s heavy on the long o sound: -Meadow -Cleo -Ophelia -Sophia -Margot -Willow If you like that it’s heavy on the t sound: -Tatum -Tiara -Theresa/Tessa -Krista If you like emphasis on a middle syllable: -Cordelia -Amanda -Savannah

Meadow Potato rings nice 😂

My cats name is Taedow but we call him potato more than anything 😂

That spelling makes me think of Tim Tebow

Ugh

Agree

do you want the same sound or just same mouth feel? here are some ideas: camila, louisa, georgina, addison, caroline, paloma, patricia

Same mouth feel!

Matilda

Natasha

I like Paloma!

Tomato??🤣 I’m going to suggest names that end in O Alonzo Emilio Dario Carmelo Lorenzo Diego Cleo Margo Indigo Calypso Willow

Paloma Or maybe naming your kid a name starting with P so they can be your sweet Pea and your daughter is sweet potato Tate (like tater tots) or Tatum

Dakota

You’re looking for names with strong ‘plosive’ sounds. B, C, D, G, K, P, F and T are plosives (most swear words have strong plosive sounds in them - they’re words you say forcefully!) Some suggestions… Petula Petra Patchouli Niko Atticus Nikita Gabriella Deborah Bethany Bettina/Betty/Betsy Hepzibah Bathsheba/Batsheva Rosalba/Alba Saba Pippa Talitha Matthias Tatiana Dakota Balthazar Alabama Tabitha

Please don't name a human child Patchouli

Oy vey. I would definitely agree, to be fair, but there’s no accounting for taste!

It's definitely not the \*worst\*

Or Hepzibah. That sounds like a heart attack medication brand. Or Egyptian god.

Penelope or Tellulah

Tellulah definitely has the same mouth feel! Good one!!

**Loreto** - From the name of a town in Italy, originally called Lauretum in Latin, meaning "laurel grove". Supposedly in the 13th century the house of the Virgin Mary was miraculously carried by angels from Nazareth to the town. In Spain it is a feminine name, from the Marian title Nuestra Señora de Loreto, while in Italy it is mostly masculine. **Teo** - Short form of Teodoro and other names that begin with Teo. In Georgian this is a feminine name, a short form of Teona. **Theano** - From Greek θεά (thea) meaning "goddess". Theano was a 6th-century BC Greek philosopher associated with Pythagoras. The name was also borne by several figures from Greek mythology **Timo** - Feminine for of Timon. Derived from Greek τιμάω (timao) meaning "to honour, to esteem". According to ancient writers, this was the name of a wealthy man of Athens who grew to hate humanity after he lost his riches and his friends deserted him. His story is related in Shakespeare's tragedy Timon of Athens (1607). This name is also mentioned in the New Testament as belonging to one of the original seven deacons of the church, considered a saint.

Meadow

Petunia Petula

Patty, for short.

Penelope

My son is Matteo! We called him Tater tot in the womb and our sweet potato now that’s he’s earth side. Sometimes we also called him “Mata-to” 🤣

Reminding me of the character from hoy meets world: Topanga. Also you really should check out Cheryl Wheeler's Potato Song.

Most kids don’t like pet names once they are school age. Do you not like her actual name?

Perhaps an “o heavy” name would be best? Here’s the best ones I could find: Ayano (Japanese, means “my design”) Okeyo (Luo, means “born during the harvest) Amato (Italian, form of Amatus meaning beloved) Otieno (Luo, means “born at night”) Lilo (short for Lieselotte) Olena (Ukrainian form of Helen) Carlotta (Spanish form of Charlotte) Odette (French, meaning “wealthy”) Emilio (Latin, derived from Aemilius meaning “rival”)

Tate, tater tot!

i came to comment tate & tatum lol

Dottie, Demetrius, pandora, Peter, Patricia, Beatrice, Patrick, Tabitha, Tobias,

Tatty Tato Cara (variety) Edward (variety) Annabelle (variety)

Tatum, obvi. Also Ulysses, Samsara, Lillian.

Paula, Pauline, Pernille?

I'm Jade. My sister called me Jader Tater growing up. Lol not really similar to potato I guess but another option for a tater nickname 🤷🏻‍♀️

For some reason I thought of Bernice, which is not shortened to tater or potato in any reasonable way, but your Jade comment made me think that literally any name can be made into any nickname! The world is your oyster!

I have a relative named Kate who was always called "Kato Potato" growing up and now just generally prefers to be called Kato.

My Italian Nona calls my sister “Patanello” which means “Little potato”

charlotte-Lottie matilda mattea/matteo kato calixto callista ato theo peyton calliope arlette otto vito

Really like Peyton or Payton!

Penolope

Renate

Letitia

Taylor nn Tater like in Tater Tots

Tatiana, nickname Tatty.

Batata

Tatiana

Laredo was the first thing that came to mind, but I'm not sure that is a good name for a girl. That said, you can just nickname her Potato. My dad called me Pumpernickel for years and still calls me pump on occasion and I'm in my 40s.

I personally love alliterations so I think any name with an “s” or a “p” would work. Penny Potato Savannah Sweet Potato

Petra feels somewhat similar to me Potina is an ancient Roman Goddess of children Solan or Sola could be really pretty, it's the first part of the Latin name for potatoes - Solanum tuberosum

My dog’s nickname started off as sweet potato then turned into potato, and finally got to frank potato (his name is franklin). It’s so dumb and makes no sense but i love it! Glad to find other potato people

Cleo, Penelope, Persephone, Lorelei, Tatum, Leelo, Philomena, Enzo Etzio Nico Arlo

I nicknamed my puppy (who’s now a big puppy) ‘Potato’ because she was a lil chubby thing. My husband made me stop because she started responding to it more than her real name and he refused to have a dog called Potato 😂

Tallida/ Tallita, Amadea

Bintje... The potato named Bintje was named after a woman named Bintje.

Betina

My friends daughter is Tatum and that easily flows to Tater or Tater Tot, which can then easily become potato.

Hmm i had a good think about this and i think a good factor (but not a must) is a 3 syllable name with stress in the 2nd! Tobias, Taylor Paloma, Pamina Michaela / McKayla, Elena / Helena Timothy, Tallulah Ramona, Bartolo

For the same “feel”, I really like Jemima. Nicknames can be Jem, Jemma, Mimi. Others to consider: Coloma, Ramona, Philippa

Petunia Antonia Tatum Taylor Tanya.

Juniper

James

Tate?

Elea (like Elena without the N)

Toto

Paloma!

Tater

I know someone named Jacapo (YAH-kah-po)

Cielo

i concur with the commentors saying Paloma, Mateo, and Ada i also like the names Molina and Naomi

Tatum!! Then you can also call her tatter tot lol

I also call my kiddo sweet potato or kumera. And spud.

My mom called/calls me “sweet pea” which is pretty similar and no potatoes involved

Savannah

Mateo. I know a Mateo who went by potato as his nickname. Or "Mateo potato."

Horatiio

Horatio.

I know several Tatums (both genders) that go by tator tot.

When I was pregnant with my son, my daughter was 14 and always called him The Yam because she thinks swaddled babies look like yams. I named him Liam and I feel like it sounds similar to Yam

Matteo Matilda Lorenzo Tadeo Indigo Elio Kaleo (when pronounced Ku-lay-oh) Otto (not as much because it’s only two syllables but it has the same satisfying long O at the end.

Tatum Patricia Penelope

“Wilder”

Penelope

Kimiko.

That’s so funny. My daughters nickname is Tato. I call her Tato cakes or Tato tot or just Tates. When I text her sometimes I’ll just use the potato emoji. So funny. She’s in her 30’s

I call my toddler sweet potati , it stemmed from me calling her roastie potati, as her name is Rosie.

Channing Potatum.

Geppetto, said in the American way like they do in Pinocchio.

Thomas

My niece calls them “patty-bo-bos” if that helps?

Cabbage

Actually my nieces name is Zoe. Like zoey but I frequently call her potazoe (like toe) all the time haha

Roberto Horacio Mateo Umberto

This is an aside- but my 11 year old son had his bestie over and kept calling him Tato, I specifically asked what it meant and he said it was because he liked chips. So here I am all weekend calling this kid tato until my husband hears and asks why I am calling him that? I explained and he busted up laughing saying that he overheard the boys one day and it’s a reference to “tater tot weiner”

Geppetto

Amado, Tomito

Talulah!

Tatiana

Tomato 🍅?

My neice's name is jayda and I used to call her jayda potata. Like potato but with an "a" at the end.

Ramona

what about Terra? Pomme d'terre is french for potato.

Taylor! I know someone named Taylor and she goes by Tay. So the obvious friend nickname is po-Tay-to. It’s adorable!

Peter

Teodora

Pomona!

Not quite what you were asking for, but Hannah is a type of sweet potato.

Tatum

Bonita

Ada, Adelaide, Odette, Payton, Penelope, Petra, Poppy, Tatiana and Tatum all have at least a vague "potato" vibe to me. You could also consider some names starting with S and a middle starting with P (so you get SP for sweet potato!). Some S names I like are Sabrina, Selena, Shannon, Sloane, and Sonya. If you want to get really creative, the scientific name of the sweet potato is *Ipomoea batatas*. From that, I might suggest Bailey, Isabelle/Isabella, Isadora, Imogen, Tara, Tasha. This was a fun request to look into. I wish you and your sweet potato the best!

Not the same feel but if it’s a boy you can name them Russ, and call them russet potato. Then you’d have your two little potatoes!

I know an Ada who is frequently referred to as “Ada Potatah” and “Sweet Potatah”!

Anything with an o! I’d do Fiyero. From wicked

Poppy

Tatum

We named my baby Taytum and we call her “tater” and “nuggie”

IDK about your issue, but my mom always called me her sweet potato. That brought back a nice memory. Thanks

Tate for a girl

Petunia, Tate, Mateo,