I really feel I shouldn't like it, but...
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It's a bit stripperish TBH. I prefer Sapphira.
I picture a girl named Sapphire swinging around a brass pole.
I'm sorry, but I can't see it as anything other than a stripper stage name.
I'm sorry, but I can't see it as anything other than a stripper stage name.
Sapphire is very bold name to me. It is a in your face, notice me, remember me kind of name. That isn't a bad thing but it may be if little Sapphire turns out to be really reserved and shy.
I picture a Sapphire as tall with long thick dark hair, and piercing blue eyes. She is outspoken, confidant, intelligent and strong willed.
I picture a Sapphire as tall with long thick dark hair, and piercing blue eyes. She is outspoken, confidant, intelligent and strong willed.
I see an "exotic dancer" when I see the name Sapphire! Very pretty on a beautiful cat, though!
There's something about the sound of it that just makes me want to roll my eyes. The Saff sound, the silent P, the hot sound of FIRE. It's not quite as insufferably expensive-sounding and spoiled-sassy as Saffron, but almost. It puts on such a glittery air. It sounds like a pseud for an author of bodice-rippers or sex manuals.
It's not that it's a gem name - I think Diamond and Emerald and Ruby are all namey enough and not like this. Even Amethyst is better than Sapphire. It's just the sound and look of Sapphire, that makes me twitch.
How about Sapphira. Sa-FEE-ra. It still kinda makes me go "spare me!" but I think it's namier.
It's not that it's a gem name - I think Diamond and Emerald and Ruby are all namey enough and not like this. Even Amethyst is better than Sapphire. It's just the sound and look of Sapphire, that makes me twitch.
How about Sapphira. Sa-FEE-ra. It still kinda makes me go "spare me!" but I think it's namier.
This message was edited 3/24/2013, 2:15 PM
it's very theatrical...
The only two people I ever heard of who use this name both chose it for stage/pen names:
SaFire, who had a hit in the eighties with a song called "Thinking of You." Very pretty song, actually. Her real name is Wilma.
Sapphire, who wrote the imo very overrated book Push, which was made into the movie Precious. Her real name is Ramona. On Wikipedia she says she chose the name Sapphire because it called to mind a "belligerent black woman." How she came up with that I don't know, it just calls to mind a bright blue jewel to most people.
The only two people I ever heard of who use this name both chose it for stage/pen names:
SaFire, who had a hit in the eighties with a song called "Thinking of You." Very pretty song, actually. Her real name is Wilma.
Sapphire, who wrote the imo very overrated book Push, which was made into the movie Precious. Her real name is Ramona. On Wikipedia she says she chose the name Sapphire because it called to mind a "belligerent black woman." How she came up with that I don't know, it just calls to mind a bright blue jewel to most people.
I agree about the book, It seemed groundbreaking atthe time because of it's profanity, violence and shock factor. The movie seemed to be deeper than the book, oddly...
I didn't see the movie but I did read the book. I just didn't like Precious very much even as I got to know her. It's not enough to feel sorry for a character, I have to like them at least a little bit.
There's a sequel about Precious's son after she dies of AIDS. From reading the reviews and such it appears that Sapphire's main schtick is having horrible things happen to her characters and also having them do horrible things. It's almost like she is sadistic or something.
There's a sequel about Precious's son after she dies of AIDS. From reading the reviews and such it appears that Sapphire's main schtick is having horrible things happen to her characters and also having them do horrible things. It's almost like she is sadistic or something.
Yes, I agree. The movie version of precious made her more of a victim becoming an overcomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphire_(author)
There actually is an author (pen) named Sapphire. She writes graphic stuff, but not very romantic at all. Just thought it was funny that you would say it sounds like a pen name. :-)
There actually is an author (pen) named Sapphire. She writes graphic stuff, but not very romantic at all. Just thought it was funny that you would say it sounds like a pen name. :-)
Sapphire sounds like a fairy tale sort of name to me, so it's hard to picture a girl named Sapphire in "real life". I'm picturing a girl with long, shiny blond hair wearing a blue dress. Although I could see someone IRL who went by a nickname 90% of the time, whose full name was actually Sapphire. "Saffy" is the nickname that comes to mind, but there could be others too. Although, I think I prefer Sapphira to Sapphire.
Sapphire... hmm, I think of the gem. Then I think of quaint little specialist jewel shops in London (my mum worked in one for most of my childhood), and then I think of Sappho / Sapphic.
I hate the word 'sapphic' cos the last phase I heard it in was pretty massively offensive to the LGBT community, but Sappho is bold. Possibly not a great name choice, but bold. Nobody named Sappho would thank you for the name, but it does grab the eye and the mind. It's a statement, if there ever were one. Maybe it shouldn't be one anymore, but, anyway...
I actually think Sappho is possibly prettier than Sapphire.
Buuuut... Sapphire looks pretty written down. It looks quite lovely. The sound is pretty. In fact, everything is lovely, but I hate it as a name. It's not that practical; probably more practical than Sappho, less practical than Seraphine.
I mean, it's a word.
I get the aesthetic appeal, but it's a word. It's rather nice, still a word. It's still like Emerald, Diamond and Amethyst. If I start liking Sapphire, maybe I'd start forgiving those godawful names. Ick.
So yeah, conflicted, leaning towards 'no', but conflicted all the same.
I hate the word 'sapphic' cos the last phase I heard it in was pretty massively offensive to the LGBT community, but Sappho is bold. Possibly not a great name choice, but bold. Nobody named Sappho would thank you for the name, but it does grab the eye and the mind. It's a statement, if there ever were one. Maybe it shouldn't be one anymore, but, anyway...
I actually think Sappho is possibly prettier than Sapphire.
Buuuut... Sapphire looks pretty written down. It looks quite lovely. The sound is pretty. In fact, everything is lovely, but I hate it as a name. It's not that practical; probably more practical than Sappho, less practical than Seraphine.
I mean, it's a word.
I get the aesthetic appeal, but it's a word. It's rather nice, still a word. It's still like Emerald, Diamond and Amethyst. If I start liking Sapphire, maybe I'd start forgiving those godawful names. Ick.
So yeah, conflicted, leaning towards 'no', but conflicted all the same.
This message was edited 3/24/2013, 1:30 PM
I've seen so many odd names now that Sapphire barely even registers as one. It's fine.