Names That Mean Realization

  1. Sonder
    • Origin:

      Invented name
    • Meaning:

      "the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own"
    • Description:

      A neologism coined for the 2012 Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, which aims to come up with new terms for emotions that currently lack words
  2. Épiphanie
    • Origin:

      French word name
    • Meaning:

      "realization"
    • Description:

      You could just spell it epiphany, but that's so much more pedestrian. It's also a holiday name, à la Christmas and Easter: the Epiphany marked the visitation of the Three Wise Men to Baby Jesus.

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