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HelpRe: Some Girl Names On My Mind
in reply to a message by Billina
Amber - the sound of it has always seemed sort of pedestrian to me, like Kimberly. It's sort of like Brandy but a later vintage ... meant to be sparkly and dramatic but came out modest and ordinary, and that makes it so much more likeable despite the brassy concreteness it has.
Nicole - I like it alright, for a name with second syllable stress. It seems classic because it's the form of Nicholas.
Gillian - sort of gutsy, isn't it? I like it, and thank you for spelling it with a G.
Talia - pretty on paper, kinda snotty in real life and nms
Lauren - tweedy and glum and really nice, I like it, but I like it less than Laura and Laurel and even Laurence.
Annalise - just has no appeal for me. Forgettable. I'd rather see Anna or Anne-Elise or Ana-Lisa. I keep seeing the word annal in Annalise, and annelid (earthworm) if you spell it Annelise.
Violet - kind of sexy and dark, so much that I would not use it. But I still like it. It's on my list.
Peridot - could work. A little silly - concrete and empty like Amber with the invocation of random shinies that have no common symbolism. Actually Peridot has that problem worse than Amber does. But it's really not any less namey! nms but approved anyway
Tatum - so deliberately ugly, and that's all it's got. Tay dumb. sounds like it means something similar to "smidgen" ... like tad + datum? haha. I hate it a whole lot. It's worse than Piper, if such a thing is possible.
Gretchen - is a nice name. It's only ugly if you think about it way harder than people do in real life. IRL it's a nice name. Very German, like Liesl only more familiar
Olivia - it's alright. It's sort of fake-classic. It used to be one of my very favorites. Now I prefer Livia or Olive. But I think Olivia doesn't have any faults exactly.
Paige - clunky 1960s style unisexy, now tweedy but friendly (by tweedy I mean, sounds professional & competent but wants for some energy and style).
Penelope (Penny) - a really dorky classic. I love Penny although I guess it is kind of childish. I would not want to be Penelope, even called Penny. Penelope is too absurd and Penny is too childish and even Nell is dorky. Too bad because it seems like such a good name.
Elina - sounds like one of those slender-sound names that are of the moment. But I never have actually encountered it. Either that or I did and forgot. It's nice (yawn)
Leah - it actually brings an image of white bread to mind. It's a good name. Much less attractive than Lia is these days, though.
- mirfak
Nicole - I like it alright, for a name with second syllable stress. It seems classic because it's the form of Nicholas.
Gillian - sort of gutsy, isn't it? I like it, and thank you for spelling it with a G.
Talia - pretty on paper, kinda snotty in real life and nms
Lauren - tweedy and glum and really nice, I like it, but I like it less than Laura and Laurel and even Laurence.
Annalise - just has no appeal for me. Forgettable. I'd rather see Anna or Anne-Elise or Ana-Lisa. I keep seeing the word annal in Annalise, and annelid (earthworm) if you spell it Annelise.
Violet - kind of sexy and dark, so much that I would not use it. But I still like it. It's on my list.
Peridot - could work. A little silly - concrete and empty like Amber with the invocation of random shinies that have no common symbolism. Actually Peridot has that problem worse than Amber does. But it's really not any less namey! nms but approved anyway
Tatum - so deliberately ugly, and that's all it's got. Tay dumb. sounds like it means something similar to "smidgen" ... like tad + datum? haha. I hate it a whole lot. It's worse than Piper, if such a thing is possible.
Gretchen - is a nice name. It's only ugly if you think about it way harder than people do in real life. IRL it's a nice name. Very German, like Liesl only more familiar
Olivia - it's alright. It's sort of fake-classic. It used to be one of my very favorites. Now I prefer Livia or Olive. But I think Olivia doesn't have any faults exactly.
Paige - clunky 1960s style unisexy, now tweedy but friendly (by tweedy I mean, sounds professional & competent but wants for some energy and style).
Penelope (Penny) - a really dorky classic. I love Penny although I guess it is kind of childish. I would not want to be Penelope, even called Penny. Penelope is too absurd and Penny is too childish and even Nell is dorky. Too bad because it seems like such a good name.
Elina - sounds like one of those slender-sound names that are of the moment. But I never have actually encountered it. Either that or I did and forgot. It's nice (yawn)
Leah - it actually brings an image of white bread to mind. It's a good name. Much less attractive than Lia is these days, though.
- mirfak
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