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First heard this name on Dance Moms and thought it was interesting. I wouldn't use it ever, but I could see the appeal. Recently, I met a real-life Fallon. I just wanted to see what everyone else thought of it.
To me, it screams Modern usage, but it isn't overtly kre8tiv, which is a plus. I don't know if it would age well. Part of me can see it as a possibility, but the other part is flabbergasted by the possible "I'm going over to Grandpa Joe and Grandma Fallon's house."
To me, it screams Modern usage, but it isn't overtly kre8tiv, which is a plus. I don't know if it would age well. Part of me can see it as a possibility, but the other part is flabbergasted by the possible "I'm going over to Grandpa Joe and Grandma Fallon's house."
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Fallon screams modern but not obnoxiously trendy to me too.
Wait, on a girl? Oh dear. Never mind. That is kind of obnoxious after all.
Wait, on a girl? Oh dear. Never mind. That is kind of obnoxious after all.
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Never cared for it. Looks like "fall on".
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For me this came into play around the same time as Harlow.
I can never decide if I prefer it on boys or girls, or even if I swing one way more than the other when I read/hear it.
It is extremely modern but I don't think that's a bad thing and it's surely not one of the worst creations to come out of this decade.
I can never decide if I prefer it on boys or girls, or even if I swing one way more than the other when I read/hear it.
It is extremely modern but I don't think that's a bad thing and it's surely not one of the worst creations to come out of this decade.
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I was just thinking about that name, and then I saw this thread - creepy!
Anyway, I really like it. But not on a girl; when I first saw it, it struck me as a boys' name. I was surprised to find out it's traditionally a girls' name. I just think it sounds quite masculine.
Anyway, I really like it. But not on a girl; when I first saw it, it struck me as a boys' name. I was surprised to find out it's traditionally a girls' name. I just think it sounds quite masculine.
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All I think of is Jimmy Fallon! So it feels definitely masculine to me. The sound also reminds me of "phallus" a little, so another masculine thing.
As for on a girl... if the main reason Fallon ever rose in popularity was because of a character on an 80s soap opera, that's a strike against it for me. I think that association would date it more than just it being a "modern" name (because the idea of a modern name changes with each generation).
It's not kre8iv, or even bad in my opinion. But I just don't see what the appeal is other than it's a last name first name, along the lines of Mackenzie.
As for on a girl... if the main reason Fallon ever rose in popularity was because of a character on an 80s soap opera, that's a strike against it for me. I think that association would date it more than just it being a "modern" name (because the idea of a modern name changes with each generation).
It's not kre8iv, or even bad in my opinion. But I just don't see what the appeal is other than it's a last name first name, along the lines of Mackenzie.
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It's one of those surnames-as-first-names names that was ahead of its time and burned out before the fashion really got going. Like Hillary.
Fallon had a brief spurt of modest popularity in the eighties because of a character on a show called Falcon Crest (or maybe it was Dynasty? FC was a spinoff of Dynasty) that was very popular at the time. Alexis got really popular in part because of the Alexis character on Dynasty, but Alexis has lasted a lot longer than Fallon and is still going strong.
Fallon isn't an ugly sound, but it's not very attractive to me either. I'm really too young to have any clear memories of Falcon Crest (or Dynasty) but the name still has a strong damaged-filthy-rich-woman-on-a-prime-time-soap feel to it.
Here in Delaware we had a state legislator for years and years and years whose name was Tina Fallon. She died a few years ago but was a real institution in the state; I've never met a Fallon in real life, and I wonder if it was ever used much in Delaware at all. Can't speak for Oklahoma, though we do have a governor named Mary Fallon (might not be the right spelling, I forget.)
Fallon had a brief spurt of modest popularity in the eighties because of a character on a show called Falcon Crest (or maybe it was Dynasty? FC was a spinoff of Dynasty) that was very popular at the time. Alexis got really popular in part because of the Alexis character on Dynasty, but Alexis has lasted a lot longer than Fallon and is still going strong.
Fallon isn't an ugly sound, but it's not very attractive to me either. I'm really too young to have any clear memories of Falcon Crest (or Dynasty) but the name still has a strong damaged-filthy-rich-woman-on-a-prime-time-soap feel to it.
Here in Delaware we had a state legislator for years and years and years whose name was Tina Fallon. She died a few years ago but was a real institution in the state; I've never met a Fallon in real life, and I wonder if it was ever used much in Delaware at all. Can't speak for Oklahoma, though we do have a governor named Mary Fallon (might not be the right spelling, I forget.)
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Having watched plenty of classic Dynasty and The Colbys, it just makes me think of the character from that, and thus it's very 80s and dated.
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I knew a girl named Fallow who was a few years younger than me in school. It always struck me as different, but I never had all of the associations that people had mentioned (felon, fall on, etc.).
I don't particularly like it but I think it could grow on me. Like you say, it's modern but not too odd or made-up looking.
I don't particularly like it but I think it could grow on me. Like you say, it's modern but not too odd or made-up looking.
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I happen to like it. It seems gentle and sweet as a name, thought I do recognize it as trendy.
It's in the same category as Vale for me. A word name, but surprisingly usable.
I also may have read too many sci-fi and fantasy books with a character names Fallon - so it's a lot more familiar to me.
I would use it, but then again I happen to have Clover, Meadow, Whisper and Wisdom on my GP list.
It's in the same category as Vale for me. A word name, but surprisingly usable.
I also may have read too many sci-fi and fantasy books with a character names Fallon - so it's a lot more familiar to me.
I would use it, but then again I happen to have Clover, Meadow, Whisper and Wisdom on my GP list.
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I've never liked it.
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Sounds a lot like felon, to me.
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I actually really like Fallon, I have for a while. I don't know really know why - I mean it doesn't have the nicest sound. I remember reading the comments on the name, and someone said it sounds like phallic, which I hadn't thought of before. An unfortunate association. I doubt I'd ever use Fallon in real life, but I still like it (despite phallic). It seems almost ethereal and fairy-ish somehow. Like Niamh and Alice.
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Fall. On.
I'm sorry, but that's all I see when I read the name.
I'm sorry, but that's all I see when I read the name.
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I love this name...on a boy! To me there is nothing about this name that is pretty or feminine in the least. I can totally picture a sweet shaggy hair boy named Fallon, but a girl would have to be very butch and masculine for it to even remotely work, imo.
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I really hate it. It's such an ugly sound and makes me think of of failing and fellatio.
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I can't help it, I like Fallon. I think it's a leftover love from my speschul snowflake naming days, when I wrote fanfic and all the girls had to have kre8tiv names. Fallon popped up quite a bit. But I can't help but still loving it! It's not a name I would use in real life, but if I was writing something, I'd consider it (and have). It has all the makings of a name I like. Unusual and a little masculine. Guilty pleasure, for sure.
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