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HelpRe: Names you don't understand the appeal of
in reply to a message by NobodyOfConsequence
I love Beau! Although to be honest I never used to understand the appeal until after I read The Thief Lord, where one of the character's (adorable little boy with a lot of spirit) is called Bo (though it's a nn for Boniface). I completely fell in love with it from then (and his brother's name; Prosper), but I prefer the Beau spelling since it seems less of a nickname, and more masculine I guess. It's not one of those harsh one syllable names either, I like that it's more soft and gentle. Sorry, I didn't intend for that to be so long. Some names I just can't understand (I can ramble for ages with some of these but I won't):
Penelope
Piper (for a girl)
Avery (for a girl)
Harlow/Marlow (again, for a girl, but Harlow I just dislike in general)
Emilia
Grace
Darcy (for a girl, love for a boy though)
Stella (There's just something off about the sound that I just can't place- love the meanings though)
Estelle (See above)
Celeste (See above, except a I think with this it's the closeness to molest :()
Killian
Quinn (girl or boy)
Gus (reminds of guts)
Augustus (2 bad character associations vs. 1 good one, plus prominent Gus sound)
Nicholas (All I hear is knicker-less when I say it)
Ezra
Elijah
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Penelope
Piper (for a girl)
Avery (for a girl)
Harlow/Marlow (again, for a girl, but Harlow I just dislike in general)
Emilia
Grace
Darcy (for a girl, love for a boy though)
Stella (There's just something off about the sound that I just can't place- love the meanings though)
Estelle (See above)
Celeste (See above, except a I think with this it's the closeness to molest :()
Killian
Quinn (girl or boy)
Gus (reminds of guts)
Augustus (2 bad character associations vs. 1 good one, plus prominent Gus sound)
Nicholas (All I hear is knicker-less when I say it)
Ezra
Elijah
✦ Pandora ✦ Georgiana ✦ Lyra ✦ Clara ✦ Fae ✦
✧ Caspian ✧ Phoenix ✧ Ptolemy ✧ Horatio ✧
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This message was edited 2/19/2015, 2:00 AM
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Darcy seems like an original surname-name-on-a-girl that was never a boy name first, and just got used as a girlname because it sounds like it could be one. It matches Marcy, only it has a modern edge. It has an appeal similar to Harper for girls, only it sounds less harsh and surnamey.
I agree with you about Stella and Estelle.
Grace is an earthy name, not trying to be pretty, just meaningful. It's like Clare - the harshness just makes it seem real and unpretentious.
I agree with you about Stella and Estelle.
Grace is an earthy name, not trying to be pretty, just meaningful. It's like Clare - the harshness just makes it seem real and unpretentious.
This message was edited 2/19/2015, 11:35 AM
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I adore Celeste! I have never heard it linked to "molest" before, but even reading that now doesn't make a strong association for me. I guess I just like the imagery behind the name, and love how the spelling is so grounded in cosonants, yet made more delicate by the vowels. The sound is quite pretty to me - though I have a thing for those celestial starry names.
I mostly agree with your boys list.
I mostly agree with your boys list.
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Penelope- I don't like it either but you have to admit, it's kind of fun to say
Piper (for a girl)- It does sound off to me but I kind of get the appeal
Avery (for a girl)- Same as above
Harlow/Marlow (again, for a girl, but Harlow I just dislike in general)- I really like names ending in -o/ow. These aren't my favourites by any stretch of the imagination but I can see why they're liked
Emilia- Agree
Grace- Agree
Darcy (for a girl, love for a boy though)- Agree
Stella (There's just something off about the sound that I just can't place- love the meanings though)- I don't like it at all but I understand that it's spunky and yet classic (never thought I'd say anything in defense of Stella!)
Estelle (See above)- Same as above basically
Celeste (See above, except a I think with this it's the closeness to molest :()- I kind of like the way Celeste sounds (hadn't thought about the molest thing before!), Celeste just sounds so gentile, like she wouldn't hurt a fly
Killian- Absolutely agree
Quinn (girl or boy)- As I said to CruelPumps, I don't like it but I can see that, to some, it might sound nice
Gus (reminds of guts)- Agree
Augustus (2 bad character associations vs. 1 good one, plus prominent Gus sound)- I agree, although strangely, I love August!
Nicholas (All I hear is knicker-less when I say it)- Lol! What can you say to that?!
Ezra- I don't like it but I get that it's different, Biblical and has some spunk to it
Elijah- Elijah I will happily defend. I love the soft "j", I love the meaning "My God is Yahweh/Jehovah", I love that it's masculine but still soft, I love that it can work on any age, etc, etc, etc =)
Piper (for a girl)- It does sound off to me but I kind of get the appeal
Avery (for a girl)- Same as above
Harlow/Marlow (again, for a girl, but Harlow I just dislike in general)- I really like names ending in -o/ow. These aren't my favourites by any stretch of the imagination but I can see why they're liked
Emilia- Agree
Grace- Agree
Darcy (for a girl, love for a boy though)- Agree
Stella (There's just something off about the sound that I just can't place- love the meanings though)- I don't like it at all but I understand that it's spunky and yet classic (never thought I'd say anything in defense of Stella!)
Estelle (See above)- Same as above basically
Celeste (See above, except a I think with this it's the closeness to molest :()- I kind of like the way Celeste sounds (hadn't thought about the molest thing before!), Celeste just sounds so gentile, like she wouldn't hurt a fly
Killian- Absolutely agree
Quinn (girl or boy)- As I said to CruelPumps, I don't like it but I can see that, to some, it might sound nice
Gus (reminds of guts)- Agree
Augustus (2 bad character associations vs. 1 good one, plus prominent Gus sound)- I agree, although strangely, I love August!
Nicholas (All I hear is knicker-less when I say it)- Lol! What can you say to that?!
Ezra- I don't like it but I get that it's different, Biblical and has some spunk to it
Elijah- Elijah I will happily defend. I love the soft "j", I love the meaning "My God is Yahweh/Jehovah", I love that it's masculine but still soft, I love that it can work on any age, etc, etc, etc =)
This message was edited 2/19/2015, 3:27 AM
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While Penelope's not on my list I do find myself leaning towards her a lot in name games. I love her with the nickname Nell. I find Penelope to be elegant and classy, if not a little porcelain faced; but the spunky Nell offsets this I find.
Quinn and Elijah have both been on my boys list for ages, Elijah since the start I think. I started liking Elijah from a character in the Vampire Diaries and Quinn I came across on this board I think and loved the sound of it.
:-)
Quinn and Elijah have both been on my boys list for ages, Elijah since the start I think. I started liking Elijah from a character in the Vampire Diaries and Quinn I came across on this board I think and loved the sound of it.
:-)
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