Original? Does that mean never used before in any language or just not documented anywhere? (text)

Original? Does that mean never used before in any language or just not documented anywhere? (text):
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Posted by Radakh on March 9, 2000 at 09:24:19:

In Reply to: Re: One quick search on medieval names will give you tons of names. n/t posted by Doubting Thomas on March 8, 2000 at 09:09:18:

With all the people who have lived since the dawn of time
it would be pretty tough to find a combination of letters
which haven't been used in a name of some form. The lists
of names I've found are usually names from 400-1500 AD. I'm
guessing the whole original name test is there so that people
don't have characters named after their favorite band or
something equally strange. Originality is relative anyway.

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Comments:	> With all the people who have lived since the dawn of time > it would be pretty tough to find a combination of letters > which haven't been used in a name of some form. The lists > of names I've found are usually names from 400-1500 AD. I'm > guessing the whole original name test is there so that people > don't have characters named after their favorite band or > something equally strange. Originality is relative anyway.