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[Opinions] Charlize
I know maybe not many people like this but that's ok.What are your thoughts. Like it? Hate it?I do prefer Charlise (shar-lees, S rather than Z sound.I don't care if it's made up. I don't mind some made up names.Cassie...girlfriend to Cameron and mum to Hayley Anne, Skye Louise, Nathan James and Blake Robert
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I think it would look like the parents were obsessed with Charlize Theron. There aren't any other Charlizes I can think of.
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Charlize doesn't have a bad sound although I really dislike the way it looks. I agree with you that Charlise looks much nicer. The biggest problem for me is that basically, it's a one-woman name (much the way Celine is).
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It's pretty, but I would never consider using it.
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It's pretty down-market here in South Africa, where it seems to have originated, and not widely used at all. There are many more Charlene people. And Charlene (or Sharleen or whatever) seems easier to pronounce too, though the Charlene I know was nicknamed Charles at school and is now Charlie!
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I love Charlize and I'm pissed off that it "belongs" to a movie star! if it were common besides on her I would consider using it. I hope it gets popular.Charlisa is nice too. I'd rather Charlisa, Charlize, or Charlissa than Charlise. I don't like the lease sound very much.
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I think it's really pretty. It is kitschy, but I don't think that's necessarily bad. I think it might be a little annoying to live with though, just because it's a name so heavily associated with a famous person.
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Shar-leez.
It's kind of pretty, but also kind of cheap-sounding. Also, the only reason anybody knows about it as a name at all is because of Charlize Theron. There's no other association, and so the name seems silly on anyone else.
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Year, I'm not sure if her name was made up (her father is Charles right?) or if it's a legitimate name..
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The BtN entry implies that it's used as a name at least sometimes in South Africa, where Theron is from. In submitted names, there are Hannelize, Delize, Marlize as SA names.
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That kind of combination name is found useful by many Afrikaans-speaking parents who have a strong tradition of naming children after the grandparents but want to avoid having a kid who shares a name with numerous cousins. Or they merge their own names - I know a Janine who married a Rudolf and had a daughter Runine.I don't know if Ms Theron was named after a Charles and an Elize, or if her parents just followed the merger tradition because they liked the sound of it.
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Ah, I hadn't thought of it as a combination name because I don't think of -ize as a typical name ending. Is Elize a common name there?
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Very common! Certainly it's been in use in the Afrikaans community for the reasons I gave - almost Elizabeth but not quite. I know a woman in her late 60s whose names are Elisabeth Deborah, and she always goes by Elise; another friend is in her 40s and was named Elize Antoinette. In both cases, it's a tweaked family name.
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I think it's cute, just probably only for a character, not a real person.
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I hate it. I find it clunky and unattractive. It's also completely connected to Charlize Theron. Charlise is somewhat better, but looks like Charlie enough I want to say CHAR-lees instead of shar-lees
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