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HelpRe: Which of these combos is your favorite?
in reply to a message by Starstrider
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1 Dorothea Marian
2 Josephine Luna
3 Dorothea Marguerite
4 Aurora Delphine
1: I prefer Dorothea to Josephine, and most names to Aurora. Marian is charming, much nicer than Marion, but not as nice as Marianne; however, it's good with Dorothea.
2: Josephine is OK. I prefer Joseph for a boy and wouldn't mind using it, so I've never given Josephine much thought. Luna is a one-owner name, like Atticus, but in the mn slot it hardly matters.
3: I much prefer Margaret to Marguerite, which always seems pretentious if one isn't French. Dorothea Margaret might have edged its way into the top spot, in which case the sequence would have been D Margaret, D Marian, JL and AD.
4: Aurora is a nonsense name unless there is a guarantee that its owner will be a ballet dancer. I can think of few things as sad as a beige, podgy Aurora with acne. Delphine has never appealed to me either; with very few exceptions I don't like spondees and I'd be much more likely to look with favour on Daphne.
1 Dorothea Marian
2 Josephine Luna
3 Dorothea Marguerite
4 Aurora Delphine
1: I prefer Dorothea to Josephine, and most names to Aurora. Marian is charming, much nicer than Marion, but not as nice as Marianne; however, it's good with Dorothea.
2: Josephine is OK. I prefer Joseph for a boy and wouldn't mind using it, so I've never given Josephine much thought. Luna is a one-owner name, like Atticus, but in the mn slot it hardly matters.
3: I much prefer Margaret to Marguerite, which always seems pretentious if one isn't French. Dorothea Margaret might have edged its way into the top spot, in which case the sequence would have been D Margaret, D Marian, JL and AD.
4: Aurora is a nonsense name unless there is a guarantee that its owner will be a ballet dancer. I can think of few things as sad as a beige, podgy Aurora with acne. Delphine has never appealed to me either; with very few exceptions I don't like spondees and I'd be much more likely to look with favour on Daphne.
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Interesting, I've never considered Luna to be a one owner name like Atticus, I assume you mean to imply that Luna Lovegood is the one owner but maybe not. I always think of the moon goddess or Luna the cat from Sailor Moon or my husband's cat that he named after the Sailor Moon character before I think of Luna Lovegood. I also have known many people with the family name Luna like my uncle Fred Luna, I also think of the artist James Luna that I learned about in my college art history class, and Diego Luna from Rogue One. But I can also understand how some people may not know any other Luna's, until recently is was a fairly uncommon name outside of the Hispanic/ Filipino community - where it is a fairly common family name.
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This message was edited 1/18/2018, 2:29 PM
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Yeah, Luna in the middle slot almost sounds like a double surname to me...I think I'd like it as a MN for a boy, too.
This message was edited 1/19/2018, 10:50 AM
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There's a national shortage of Hispanic/Filipino people where I live, which could well explain it!
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