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in school i was always told that it was frowned upon if you named something after yourself if you discovered it.... so isnt it possible that he named it after say his sister, mother or grandmother in a really lame attempt to get around this tradition ???
Quite right.

The normal way to do that would be to name them after your mother or daughter's first name. That way it doesn't look like you're naming it after yourself, and you have a greater selection of names to choose from.



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