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I used to hate the name Bella. I thought it was awful and belonged to stupid annoying people. Even my Twilight phase when I was twelve couldn't make me like it, and that's saying something.
Except then a bit less than a year ago I decided I liked it. Not enough to use it, but enough to not hate it when I saw it on a page, enough to appreciate it positively.
What names did you used to hate, but now like - or used to like but now hate?
Except then a bit less than a year ago I decided I liked it. Not enough to use it, but enough to not hate it when I saw it on a page, enough to appreciate it positively.
What names did you used to hate, but now like - or used to like but now hate?
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Sloane.
I used to hate Sloane (as a female name - I don't find it masculine). Ever since I heard it the first time in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," where it's the name of Ferris' girlfriend, I thought the name was almost more pretentious than Ferris. I felt like only an elitist would curse their daughter with such a harsh one-syllable surname-as-first-name.
I can't explain how Sloane grew on me, but she did. While I don't think I'd use the name in real life, I would definitely name a character Sloane - like the daughter of a high-powered single-mom lawyer. Still don't like Ferris, though.
A name I used to love, but now dislike? Aurora. The idea is beautiful, but then I realized how dang difficult it is to say - all the 'r' sounds run into each other.
I used to hate Sloane (as a female name - I don't find it masculine). Ever since I heard it the first time in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," where it's the name of Ferris' girlfriend, I thought the name was almost more pretentious than Ferris. I felt like only an elitist would curse their daughter with such a harsh one-syllable surname-as-first-name.
I can't explain how Sloane grew on me, but she did. While I don't think I'd use the name in real life, I would definitely name a character Sloane - like the daughter of a high-powered single-mom lawyer. Still don't like Ferris, though.
A name I used to love, but now dislike? Aurora. The idea is beautiful, but then I realized how dang difficult it is to say - all the 'r' sounds run into each other.
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Nicole: hated it on my high school peers with their big hair. Now I see it as a nice bright tidy name
Tiffany: I hated it, stupid fluffiny name trying to evoke jewels - until I learned it was from Theophania, and now I see it's really pretty cool.
Malcolm: thought it was glum and surly until I met a 5 year old named it, and wow. Really like it now.
Arabella: thought it was all frilly and stuckup, but then I met one. It's nice, not even as fancy as Isabella.
Simon and Oliver: they used to sound smart. I dunno why. I dislike them now, they seem so very droopy.
Silas: looked spiffy on paper, but then I encountered it in real life and I think it sounds snotty, even villainous.
Annabel / Annabelle: thought it was graceful but then I met one and said it out loud, and found it sounded so floofy and overbaked.
Jude: I used to like the chill sound of it but now I think it's slick, greasy.
Tiffany: I hated it, stupid fluffiny name trying to evoke jewels - until I learned it was from Theophania, and now I see it's really pretty cool.
Malcolm: thought it was glum and surly until I met a 5 year old named it, and wow. Really like it now.
Arabella: thought it was all frilly and stuckup, but then I met one. It's nice, not even as fancy as Isabella.
Simon and Oliver: they used to sound smart. I dunno why. I dislike them now, they seem so very droopy.
Silas: looked spiffy on paper, but then I encountered it in real life and I think it sounds snotty, even villainous.
Annabel / Annabelle: thought it was graceful but then I met one and said it out loud, and found it sounded so floofy and overbaked.
Jude: I used to like the chill sound of it but now I think it's slick, greasy.
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When I worked in an archives a few years ago, I had to write down lots of men's names, and of course, in olden times there wasn't a lot of variety - especially if you were Scottish, apparently. By the end of the summer I hated the name Alexander, because I hated writing it. And I had grown to love Douglas, a name I previously thought was amazingly ugly. But writing it out so many times, and seeing it so rounded and smooth and friendly really warmed me to it.
I have a whole list of names that normally I dislike or are neutral about on principle, but that if I say them enough begin to charm me, because they just feel so satisfying in my mouth. They include:
Chelsea
Judith
Charlotte
Margaret, Margot
Edith
Ethel
Christine
Rachel
Michael
Nicholas
Mitchell
Christian
Ethan
I have a whole list of names that normally I dislike or are neutral about on principle, but that if I say them enough begin to charm me, because they just feel so satisfying in my mouth. They include:
Chelsea
Judith
Charlotte
Margaret, Margot
Edith
Ethel
Christine
Rachel
Michael
Nicholas
Mitchell
Christian
Ethan
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Hamish is probably the one name I really changed my opinion of quite drastically. I used to hate it, and it really annoyed me (see the reason below- skip if you don't want a long fangirly ramble), but now it's in my top 10 for boys (and I find boys' names really difficult to like). I think it's so handsome now, and would be so sweet on a little boy.
Okay, so I'm a huge Sherlock fan, and I am constantly on fanfiction.net browsing some fanfics just to see me through until it comes back. Sometimes I skim stories if there are any kids involved, just to see what they're called. Anyway, whenever Sherlock and John have a son in a fanfiction the majority of the time he'll be called Hamish, which really irritated/irritates me, since John clearly doesn't like his middle name. Why would you give your own child a name you didn't like? Ugh. But ironically I properly read one story with the most adorable little Hamish, and completely fell in love with it, I don't even care about my other concern that it's reminiscent (in sound especially) of Haymitch. Now, as I said, it's one of my favourite boys' names, and number 7 on my list!
I think that's the only name I've ever hated, but now absolutely love. Usually I go from indifferent to like/love.
Okay, so I'm a huge Sherlock fan, and I am constantly on fanfiction.net browsing some fanfics just to see me through until it comes back. Sometimes I skim stories if there are any kids involved, just to see what they're called. Anyway, whenever Sherlock and John have a son in a fanfiction the majority of the time he'll be called Hamish, which really irritated/irritates me, since John clearly doesn't like his middle name. Why would you give your own child a name you didn't like? Ugh. But ironically I properly read one story with the most adorable little Hamish, and completely fell in love with it, I don't even care about my other concern that it's reminiscent (in sound especially) of Haymitch. Now, as I said, it's one of my favourite boys' names, and number 7 on my list!
I think that's the only name I've ever hated, but now absolutely love. Usually I go from indifferent to like/love.
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I use to really like the name Rachel, but now I don't really like it. I probably only liked it because of the TV show Friends which I watched as a kid. The name doesn't have a pretty sound to me personally.
There was also a time when I absolutely hated my own name, Lia, which at that time I thought it wasn't pretty. I did want to be named Ariel though, because apparently that was my favourite Disney princess at the time. Now I don't really like the name Ariel.
*note: I love my name.
There was also a time when I absolutely hated my own name, Lia, which at that time I thought it wasn't pretty. I did want to be named Ariel though, because apparently that was my favourite Disney princess at the time. Now I don't really like the name Ariel.
*note: I love my name.
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Lia is pretty. You are quite fortunate to have such a nice name. As odd as it sounds, I like Rachel conceptually. The fact that Rachel starts with an R and ends with an L makes it break the mold of girl names beginning with a softer letter and finishing with an A. The meaning of Rachel and it's heavy usage keep me from liking it.
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Matilda - First I thought it was a bit too posh and pretentious but now I think it's quite sweet.
Imogen - Seemed pretentious "oh look at me I'm referencing Shakespeare!" but then I just started liking the sound of it, I guess.
Eleanor - Didn't like the -or ending, but then I changed the American pronunciation for an English or a Scottish one and those are both much more charming. I've also met someone who goes by this name and she was so lovely and touching I started liking it. Elinor is probably my favourite spelling.
Imogen - Seemed pretentious "oh look at me I'm referencing Shakespeare!" but then I just started liking the sound of it, I guess.
Eleanor - Didn't like the -or ending, but then I changed the American pronunciation for an English or a Scottish one and those are both much more charming. I've also met someone who goes by this name and she was so lovely and touching I started liking it. Elinor is probably my favourite spelling.
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When I was ten, my children were going to be called River and Phoenix. I also liked Moon and Silver. Now I prefer more traditional names, though I used to hate them. I also used to hate feminisations of male names, though there are still some I don't like (Georgina, Daniella, Henrietta, Thomasina, Josephine) there are some I love, too (Tamsin, Harriet, Cecilia).
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I used to adore the name Boaz. If anyone ever asked me what I wanted to name a son that was it. Then while out and about one day I heard a woman calling to her son, Boaz. The way she said it made me cringe and since then I can't stand the name.
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