Insight On Names

By Leo Gura - April 16, 2026

I experienced such a mindfuck moment when I realized that Jan, Johan, Jons, Hans, Jean, Giovanni, Jonas, Juan, Shawn, Sean, Ivan, Ewan, Ian, Jack, Jonathan, and John were all the same name across different cultures. It was like a hundred dots connected in my mind at once. That’s insight. That’s understanding. Beautiful.

I had another mindfuck when I realized that Johnson, Jackson, Thompson, Peterson, Williamson, Erickson, Michaelson, Nicholson, Anderson, Christiansen, Davidson, Donaldson, Carlson, Ferguson, Hanson, Harrison, Jefferson, Larson, Martinson, Olofson, Patterson, Robinson, Stephenson, Walterson, Wilson — were all just sons named after their father’s first name. Humans are so fucking unoriginal it’s stunning. Conformity all the way down. Sheep following sheep following sheep following sheep. Ape aping ape aping ape aping ape.

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