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Waverly
What are your thoughts/feelings on the name Waverly? It's been a guilty pleasure of mine since I read Joy Luck Club many years ago. I always stuck it in the Will Never Use folder, but my husband recently mentioned really liking it, and since we're expecting our third child, I thought I'd put it back in the running. The only thing holding me back from really loving it is the fact that it sounds somewhat like a made-up, trendy Madysyn/Nevaeh name.How do you think it sounds as a sibset with Heidi and Rhys?

This message was edited 8/23/2012, 6:25 AM

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It sounds sixties to me, as if it should be the full name of Wavy Gravy. But where I live it used to be a brand name for household textiles, especially woollen blankets. And then there are the Waverley novels, and Waverley station in Edinburgh ... I suppose if it doesn't make you think of any of those, it might be a possibility.
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Well it really does sound made-up and trendy to me. There is a girl in my town named Waverleigh and I cringe every time I see it. It also makes me think of that Disney show Wizards of Waverly Place. It sounds like a street name to me.
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My association with Waverly has always been from "The Princess Bride" and I've always had a fondness for it. I do like how it sounds, and think of it as similar to Kimberly, which I also like (most here seem not to). I agree that Waverly does fit in with the made-up/trendy names but it also fits in well, I think, with Heidi and Rhys. All three have a youthfulness and spunky energy about them. :)ETA: Just read your other responses and noted one comment that Waverly doesn't fit in with "earthy" Heidi. Just wanted to say that Waverly makes me think specifically of ocean waves on the shore, due to the word "wave", the "motion" of the name when said aloud, and my association with the character from "The Princess Bride" who was born on an island and played on the shore. I consider Heidi's earthiness a very nice complement to that image; it doesn't clash for me at all.

This message was edited 8/23/2012, 11:10 AM

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Now that you mention it I can see the similarity between Kimberly and Waverly - it makes me warm to it even more considering Kimberly is my favourite name and has been for years :)
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Well, there are worse names of course - it's decent. And if both parents really like a name, it's in your comfort zone, there really isn't any reason not to use it. But I happen to really dislike it, so I will give you a list of "cons" anyway, and you can figure that mine is one of the worst reactions you'd get.If a friend said "This is my daughter Waverly" or introduced herself as Waverly, I'd just nod and try not to flinch. Much like if she said her name was Greenleigh or Carrington.
Fabric for home fashion.
Has "waver" in it, so it sort of sounds like a word describing someone who is very hesitant, or very unreliable.
Surnamey - surname names for girls fit a style that connotes the namedropping or sucking-up of relatives of socialite families. Surname names also evoke men calling one another by their surnames familiarly, and I think that's why people think they sound "strong" etc.
It's a fairly common place name.
It does sound trendy, like a phonebook surname chosen just for the spunky sound.
It doesn't go with Heidi and Rhys.
It was in Joy Luck Club which is from 1989.
It sounds like a name of an 80-year-old man.
Would you want to be called Waverly?? I sure would not.
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I don't class Nevaeh and Madison at all together. Nevaeh really is made up, and very recently. Madison at least does have a long history as a last name.I think Waverly is very pretentious and phony. It doesn't at all go with the down-to-earth Heidi, but it does seem to fit with Rhys.
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It sticks out like a sore thumb in the sibset but not all sibsets are perfect and every child is an indivudual so you should pick the name you love based on your feelings towards it not on what your previous children are called. The only thing I have against is it that to me it sounds not made up, but too surname-y. Are you thinking boy or girl because personally it could work for either. Go for it :)
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I don't think it sticks out in your sibset. I think it fits right in with the vowel sounds (maybe too well?).
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Yeah, I was also feeling like it stuck out quite a bit with the other two kiddos' names. I think I would only ever use it for a girl.
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I'm a big believer in individualism. Sure some people won't like it because it doesn't "conform", but what does it matter as long as you and your partner love it?
It sounds very pretty on a girl by the way, and I think it would age well.
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The conformity argument is silly. It conforms to lots of trends, if not the BTN ones. "Waverly" is not a statement about individualism.Personally I find myself caring less and less what people name their kids, and I sorta like the sound of Waverly. But it's the name of an extremely poor town close to wear I grew up, so it just screams and cries and shouts things about rednecks.
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I don't find it silly at all; people are not naming their children names that they love because they don't "fit" with their siblings - now that is what I find silly. But it's just my opinion, and I don't have the association of that town because I've never heard of a place named Waverly.
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That has nothing to do with individualism, though.
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