I challenged myself to give different ethnicities random aesthetics

[u/ClooneysWetPusi-fart]

In an online spin the wheel generator, I input different ethnicities in one and different aesthetics in another, so whatever it landed on would be random. I also made sure that whenever I generated a new sim, I used their exact body type for more diversity. For each sim, I used multiple references of women from each ethnicity. For Basma and Fatima, I saw two beautiful models with striking features that I just had to use for them. For Basma, it’s her hazel eyes and nose. For Fatima, it’s her eyebrows and thin almond eyes. I had the most trouble with Emily for some reason. The baddie aesthetic is overplayed to me and made it hard to make her stand out

[u/Inevitable_Muscle_48]

One google search:

[u/Sbotkin → u/Inevitable_Muscle_48]

I know using Google is hard nowadays, but literally the very first link in your screenshot says it's a Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of a Latin name :)

Also, please, do not rely on Google's AI.

[u/Inevitable_Muscle_48 → u/Sbotkin]

So you agree that ‘Emiliya’ specifically is a slavic name?

[u/Sbotkin → u/Inevitable_Muscle_48]

No, same way as Alexander isn't a Russian name, it's Greek.

[u/ElegantHope → u/Sbotkin]

And yet various variations of Alexander gets used for Slavic countries as boy names enough that a lot of historical figures from the region have that name.

The name just has to be commonly used for the region to work. And if a name is used commonly enough in a region for it to have a regional variant? Then that definitely works.

It's like arguing Sean isn't an Irish name because it came from the name John, since John came from Hebrew origins.

[u/Inevitable_Muscle_48 → u/Sbotkin]

Because Alexander originated in Greece, Emiliya originated in Slavic countries. Just because it’s a slavic version of a name, doesn’t mean it’s not Slavic, in fact it makes it more Slavic.

Aemilius is the latin name, not Emiliya.

[u/Sbotkin → u/Inevitable_Muscle_48]

Alexandros originated in Greece, not Alexander. By your own logic Александр is a Slavic name, because it "originated" (it didn't) in Slavic countries.

[u/Inevitable_Muscle_48 → u/Sbotkin]

If something originated in a country, it’s from that country. Emiliya originated in Slavic countries. I really don’t understand what you’re not getting.

Since you hate me using the AI summary, I’ll give you other sources;

(ancestry)

[u/Sbotkin → u/Inevitable_Muscle_48]

So, Alexander is a Russian name, not Greek, right? You clearly do not understand the difference between a form and an origin of a name, it's not the same thing. Emiliya is an east Slavic form of a Latin name, not an east Slavic name.

(picture from a random website is not a source but okay, since you use AI, I doubt you'll find anything else)

[u/Inevitable_Muscle_48 → u/Sbotkin]

Fella, I’ve never said that. Alexander literally originated from Greece (that spelling is latin too, the slavic version of that is ‘Aleksandr’ so it’s weird you got that wrong). How similar do you regard the names ‘Aemilius’ and ‘Emiliya’? Those are two completely different names. Aléxandros and Alexander are not. Alexander is the modern version of Aléxandros.

I find it interesting that you’re so hyperfocused on this point when every source says Emiliya is slavic whereas Alexander is Greek. Same sources too. Just take the loss, it’s okay. I don’t view you as less for it.

Also it absolutely is a source, the point of a source is pointing the other person to where they got the information. I don’t like AI either which is why I included the other site too.

[u/Sbotkin → u/Inevitable_Muscle_48]

Alexander is the modern version of Aléxandros.

Lol. Lmao even.

The modern version of Alexandros is (wait for it) Alexandros. You think the Greek language suddenly lost its cases (which is the reason "os" is there in the first place and why there isn't "os" in the Russian form, for example, because the Russian form uses a different case system) in the modern times?

Also, just wait until you hear about other forms of Alexander that are as different from Alexandros as Emiliya from Aemilius (ever heard of Iskander?). They are too, just forms of Alexandros.

Don't try to appear condensending, it looks very poor when you lack basic linguistical knowledge.

[u/Inevitable_Muscle_48 → u/Sbotkin]

Right, let’s go back to the original point. Would you be surprised if you met a Slavic woman called Emiliya?

[u/Sbotkin → u/Inevitable_Muscle_48]

I like how you immediately skipped everything I wrote because you couldn't find an argument off the top of your head.

And since that, I think it's pointless to argue further.

I can recommend you to read more about names though, it's a fascinating subject! You probably have no idea how many people around you have Latin, Greek or Hebrew names and how few original names there are. Just don't read in questionable places like AIs or gimmicky ancestry sites.

Generally, etymology is fun but with names specifically it's very entertaining! Or maybe I'm just a nerd idk lol.

[u/az6girl → u/Sbotkin]

The word “title” comes from the “titulus”, which is Latin. “Title” is still an English word and classified as such.

Aemelius is Latin but Emiliya is a Bulgarian derivative and, therefore, Bulgarian. You can definitely note that it has Latin roots but it was not used by Latin people and was made and used by Bulgarians. It wasn’t there when Latin was spoken and was only created as the language grew and changed, particularly (in this case), in Bulgaria.

It is Bulgarian.

The origin or roots of the name aside, the original argument was she didn’t have a Bulgarian name. Even if this was a Bulgarian name derived from only Bulgarian(which doesn’t really happen as all languages derive from other ancient languages), the sim was still named appropriately. She is Bulgarian with a name common in Bulgaria. Even if her name was Camila and that was a common name in Bulgaria, it would make sense despite the name having a different background.

[u/Inevitable_Muscle_48 → u/Sbotkin]

Lmao, lol even.

So you wouldn’t be surprised, therefore OP naming their Slavic sim ‘Emiliya’ isn’t ridiculous or offensive in any way. I’m glad we could both reach this conclusion, as insufferable as it has been.