The vast majority of names (of people and places) are simple nouns that have been warped by vernacular and/or obscured by language barriers. (Luke -> Lucius = "Light;" Champine -> Champagne -> campania -> campus = "open plain, field; both Latin.)
Second: are there cultures who assign names at random, e.g. by tossing bones or reading tea leaves? If not, why not? Humans clearly aren't shy about deferring to the whims of the gods.
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Third: are there cultures where the meaning of a (given) name is primary? "Johnson" and "Henry VII" come to mind, but in those cases, the meaning concerns the surname. It seems like some Native American names are explicitly meaningful ("Sitting Bull", "First-born Daughter").
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