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in reply to a message by Ora (hufflepuffer)
1. Current favorite name (boy and girl)?
I have two categories for this: my staples and my trends. Arthur and Rosalind have not left my favorites in the past five years, but Esme and Thaddeus are my current favorites, though they may not stay there.
2. Current favorite combo (boy and girl)?
Adela Marceline and Felix Ignatius
3. Favorite name you would never use in real life (boy and girl)?
Cato for a boy, and Letitia for a girl (although I might use Laetitia).
4. Favorite twin sibset (boys, girls, and boy and girl)?
Rufus Charles Oberon and Leon Henry Brutus
Vivien Adair and Frederick Flynn OR Tristan Arthur and Imogen Maeve
Isla Juniper and Esme Clementine
5. Least favorite name (boy and girl)?
I don't really have one, except for my pet peeve of Fanny not being an acceptable nickname for Frances any more. And the inevitability of "Pat" or "Rick" for Patrick.
6. Favorite "non-name" name?
Land. Land Fothergill is my favorite character from William Boyd's Any Human Heart, but it is met with very lukewarm responses nearly everywhere.
7. If you had to go into witness protection and were allowed to choose your new name, what would it be?
Marguerite. I like its versatility.
8. If you could travel to any time period but had to take a pseudonym, which time period would you go to and what would be your nom de plume?
Letitia Lennox, throughout the 1930s to 1940s Britain.
9. If you had to let any other BTNer name your kid, who would you choose? You can choose someone different for boy and girl if you like (and BTNer, if you see this, feel free to name the kid! haha).
Bear or Norah, I think. Bear and I both have a fondness for our llttle ugly duckling names, and the obscure historical personages (and she makes gorgeous combos), but for real children they might be a little heavy. I love Norah's PNL and just her general style of naming. They're usable, but never boring and many times meaningful, so maybe she could balance that out.
They could tag-team to create some combos! :)
10. What's your prediction for the most popular name (girl and boy) 5 years from now? (you may do your home country, or any country of your choice, just specify which one your predicting for).
US: I think Ava is headed for the top spot, once people get tired of the frilliness of Sophia and Isabella. Ava hits the sweet spot by being not too sweet, as well as having a vintage vibe. No idea about boys, but I predict it won't be traditional. A Mason type rather than a Jacob.
UK: I really want Amelia to go away from the top spot... (Because I like it, and Emilia as well, so much.)
11. And ten years from now?
Maybe Florence and Alfie for the UK and something classic for the US.
12. And twenty years from now? Do you have any reasoning behind your prediction?
I think the UK will have a backlash of full names against the very popular nickname phase it's going through right now. Alexander instead of Alfie, and Evangeline instead of Evie.
For the US, it all depends on pop culture, I think. And where feminism is headed, as well (partially how the whole unisex/surname trend got started).
13. If you could magically make any name (boy and girl) the number one most popular name next year, which would it be?
Nothing I like enough to use, but something I'd like to see more of... Iris and Nathaniel, I think.
14. If you were sucked into a fictional world and needed a pseudonym, what would it be? Don't forget to specify the fictional world you were sucked into! (for ex: Middle Earth, Harry Potter, Marvel Universe, The Elder Scrolls, Doctor Who, Zombieland, etc)
Harry Potter: Lark Leifsdottir, Morag Macdougal (actual character), Beatrice Blythe, or Hero de Havilland. Also... what do you mean Harry Potter is a FICTIONAL WORLD???
Doctor Who: Angharad Griffiths (it's filmed in Wales, they need to start incorporating more of that in there)
Marvel: Freya Falk
15. And on tangent-- you get to rename a fictional character now! Who do you change to rename, where are they from, and what is their new name?
I'm sort of cheating here.I'm straight out naming one fictional character, who has yet to be named, instead of renaming like the question says. However, slight *SPOILER ALERT* for BBC Sherlock.
I think John Watson and Mary Morstan in Sherlock should name their baby Arthur (as a nod to Sir Conan Doyle) if it's a boy, and Georgiana if it's a girl, nicknamed Georgie a la John's sister Harry.
Edit: Actually, I would rename Sara Crewe in The Little Princess. She's such a wonderful character, but Sara has become boring, although I like that spelling best. Maybe Cecily? Or Anna?
"The secret garden is always open now. Open, and awake, and alive. If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden."
I have two categories for this: my staples and my trends. Arthur and Rosalind have not left my favorites in the past five years, but Esme and Thaddeus are my current favorites, though they may not stay there.
2. Current favorite combo (boy and girl)?
Adela Marceline and Felix Ignatius
3. Favorite name you would never use in real life (boy and girl)?
Cato for a boy, and Letitia for a girl (although I might use Laetitia).
4. Favorite twin sibset (boys, girls, and boy and girl)?
Rufus Charles Oberon and Leon Henry Brutus
Vivien Adair and Frederick Flynn OR Tristan Arthur and Imogen Maeve
Isla Juniper and Esme Clementine
5. Least favorite name (boy and girl)?
I don't really have one, except for my pet peeve of Fanny not being an acceptable nickname for Frances any more. And the inevitability of "Pat" or "Rick" for Patrick.
6. Favorite "non-name" name?
Land. Land Fothergill is my favorite character from William Boyd's Any Human Heart, but it is met with very lukewarm responses nearly everywhere.
7. If you had to go into witness protection and were allowed to choose your new name, what would it be?
Marguerite. I like its versatility.
8. If you could travel to any time period but had to take a pseudonym, which time period would you go to and what would be your nom de plume?
Letitia Lennox, throughout the 1930s to 1940s Britain.
9. If you had to let any other BTNer name your kid, who would you choose? You can choose someone different for boy and girl if you like (and BTNer, if you see this, feel free to name the kid! haha).
Bear or Norah, I think. Bear and I both have a fondness for our llttle ugly duckling names, and the obscure historical personages (and she makes gorgeous combos), but for real children they might be a little heavy. I love Norah's PNL and just her general style of naming. They're usable, but never boring and many times meaningful, so maybe she could balance that out.
They could tag-team to create some combos! :)
10. What's your prediction for the most popular name (girl and boy) 5 years from now? (you may do your home country, or any country of your choice, just specify which one your predicting for).
US: I think Ava is headed for the top spot, once people get tired of the frilliness of Sophia and Isabella. Ava hits the sweet spot by being not too sweet, as well as having a vintage vibe. No idea about boys, but I predict it won't be traditional. A Mason type rather than a Jacob.
UK: I really want Amelia to go away from the top spot... (Because I like it, and Emilia as well, so much.)
11. And ten years from now?
Maybe Florence and Alfie for the UK and something classic for the US.
12. And twenty years from now? Do you have any reasoning behind your prediction?
I think the UK will have a backlash of full names against the very popular nickname phase it's going through right now. Alexander instead of Alfie, and Evangeline instead of Evie.
For the US, it all depends on pop culture, I think. And where feminism is headed, as well (partially how the whole unisex/surname trend got started).
13. If you could magically make any name (boy and girl) the number one most popular name next year, which would it be?
Nothing I like enough to use, but something I'd like to see more of... Iris and Nathaniel, I think.
14. If you were sucked into a fictional world and needed a pseudonym, what would it be? Don't forget to specify the fictional world you were sucked into! (for ex: Middle Earth, Harry Potter, Marvel Universe, The Elder Scrolls, Doctor Who, Zombieland, etc)
Harry Potter: Lark Leifsdottir, Morag Macdougal (actual character), Beatrice Blythe, or Hero de Havilland. Also... what do you mean Harry Potter is a FICTIONAL WORLD???
Doctor Who: Angharad Griffiths (it's filmed in Wales, they need to start incorporating more of that in there)
Marvel: Freya Falk
15. And on tangent-- you get to rename a fictional character now! Who do you change to rename, where are they from, and what is their new name?
I'm sort of cheating here.I'm straight out naming one fictional character, who has yet to be named, instead of renaming like the question says. However, slight *SPOILER ALERT* for BBC Sherlock.
I think John Watson and Mary Morstan in Sherlock should name their baby Arthur (as a nod to Sir Conan Doyle) if it's a boy, and Georgiana if it's a girl, nicknamed Georgie a la John's sister Harry.
Edit: Actually, I would rename Sara Crewe in The Little Princess. She's such a wonderful character, but Sara has become boring, although I like that spelling best. Maybe Cecily? Or Anna?
"The secret garden is always open now. Open, and awake, and alive. If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden."
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