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Sun & Moon
So, I'm doing this new thing where I choose a name theme and ask y'all what you think of names that fit that particular theme. For example, today I have chosen names with meanings that have to do with the sun or the moon. So, here are the names, tell me what you think of them. :)Chandra
Luna
Marama
Menodora
Monday
Purnima
Soleil
Solveig
Sunday
Sunniva
SunshineAton
Helios
Samson
Sorin "And by the way, dearie, your punctuation sucks canal water!"
-The Ghost of Vivian Vance
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I like Chandra, Luna and Menodora. I also like Channary.

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I love Monday and Luna. Too bad it's hated as a name and a day. My inspiration was Wednesday Addams
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Eh, l only like:

Soleil
Sunday

Sorin
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Hi !!!MOON NAMES
i LIKE: Chandra, Luna, Marama, Menodora and Purnima...
But I love Selene.SUN NAMES I prefer Sorin...Samson is too Biblical for me...
Helios seems a brend of ink-cartridges..
Aton is good but too similar to Italian word "atono" which means "unstressed"...Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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I like Solveig and Sunniva, not so much the other girls'. The boys names' are all right.
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On your list, I like Chandra, Solveig and Sunniva. Other names with sun or moon meanings I like are Elanor, Selene, Sunnifa and Synnöve / Synnøve.
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Hmm - can't say I find any of them compelling. I like Solveig and Sunniva, but they are just too far removed from my naming traditions and surroundings for me to ever consider them. And Soleil is always masculine to me!When I saw Sorin, I thought it might be a form of Søren, which I like but with the same reservations as for Solveig and Sunniva.There was a recording of some kind, long ago, that I heard about from a friend but never heard. The title did stay with me, though: "How Can You Doubt That The Whole World Is Jewish When Even The Sun's Name Is Sol?" Good for a giggle.
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Monday and Sunday are two of my guilty pleasure names for girls. I love them.
Sunniva is nice as well. For a boy, I like Helios.
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Chandra - sounds really harsh to me and kind of a clunky transition with the consonants
Luna - I think it's cute and I see the appeal but I know I'd want to nickname any Luna I ever met 'Loony' because it would make me giggle. The fact that I want to do that so much makes me see it as unusable lol
Marama - It's pretty and I know one and she pulls it off well. It does remind me of the dog breed maremma though...
Menodora - Sounds like menopause
Monday - I hate Mondays so no thanks.
Purnima - unattractive sound to me but I like the meaning. I'm sure I'd like it more if I met someone with the name
Soleil - Super pretty. It sounds a little flakey on a real person when I've heard it but I see the appeal.
Solveig - I love this name so much. It's honestly one of my favourite names to say aloud but it would be too weird for me to use it with my cultural background. I would love to meet one IRL life though. I'd totally do a name nerd dance of celebration.
Sunday - I enjoy Sunday as a name. It's quirky and sounds happy. I'm not sure I'd like to be named it myself but I enjoy it.
Sunniva - I love this, it has been on my list for years. I'm not sure it would be a comfy fit for me to ever use but I think it's gorgeous and severely underused. I also love the nickname Sunny.
Sunshine - I have a friend named this and her last name is Day so it's hilarious (and she goes by Sunny 95% of the time). She totally pulls it off and I love her and I smile every time I hear her name. When I told her that her name always makes me grin like a lunatic, she said lots of people like work colleagues and strangers she needs to call for her job tell her the exact same thing.

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Chandra - I like it but I'd only use it on a boy. Luna - Obviously I like this one (;Marama - I know a Marama, and I like this name a lot. It's very sweet. Menodora - sounds like a hatMonday - Hmmm. While I have a soft spot for Tuesday, Monday doesn't work for me.Purnima - Purrrrrrnima. It's a great name for a cat!Soleil - Torn. I like it, but do they use it ever in France? Also I wouldn't use it because here Solay is a brand of crisps.Solveig - I dislike the -veig soundSunday - No good, not with sundaes being an ice cream thing. If it wasn't for that I think I'd really like it.Sunniva - Hmmmmmmmmmmm. I'm not sure. I do like it, but it seems kind of arrogant somehow.Sunshine - Ugh. No. It's way too cheesy. "Here are my daughters, Sunshine and Candy Floss..." ---Aton - I don't like. Helios - Wow. Very badass. A difficult name to pull off but one that would be so cool if the person managed it.Samson - Ugly.. I've never liked this.Sorin - I love Sorin. I think I prefer the Soren spelling more, but it's a really great name either way.Can I add Somerled? It's one of my top GPs (:
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Purnima WOULD be a great name for a cat.
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Chandra - it's okay...I get the same sort of vibe from it as I do from Sonya, but Chandra's more exotic sounding...and I prefer Sonya.Luna - I associate it with Harry Potter; I like it for other people.Marama - okay, but NMS? I think of marimba music...would prefer Mariama, probably just because I'm more familiar with it.Menodora - I'm fond of it, but I prefer the spelling Minodora...spelled as Menodora, it reminds me of menopause.Monday - probably my least favorite day name.Purnima - sounds unpleasant to me.Soleil - I think it sounds pretty; I like it for other people.Solveig - one of my favorites.Sunday - sounds religious.Sunniva - it's okay; I find the 'neev' sound slightly off-putting.Sunshine - maybe not very wearable, but I like it.Aton - "a ton"? "at on"? Unfamiliar and boring sounding, which IMO is a bad combination.Helios - I guess it could work, but mainly it reminds me of helium.Samson - it's okay; sounds like a preppy version of Samuel to me...also reminds me of Samsung products and the Regina Spektor song.Sorin - is it pronounced so-REEN? If so, interesting, but maybe too much like "serene" for me to really like.
Uh...so I sort of like Luna, Marama, Menodora, Soleil, and Sunshine.I love Solveig.My least favorites are Aton and Monday.

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I love Sorin, Solveig and Sunniva.Marama, Menodora, Purnima and Helios are too exotic and tied to different cultures for me to use.Aton is interesting, especially with the history behind it but I knew one and I couldn't stand him.Chandra is more of a male name to me.Luna, Sunday, Soleil and Sunshine are cheesy to me.Samson is too tied to the biblical story for me. But I'm a practicing Christian, if I wasn't I would probably be fine with it.

This message was edited 4/5/2016, 5:19 PM

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I love how you respond to every post like I'm suggesting possible baby names for you. You must really want another one; it's cute. :)
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LOL. Those are my opinions, though. :-D I like when people reply this way because it gives me a clear idea of how the names are seen by various people.I do want another child, but not yet. ;-)
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A great theme. Menodora & Sunniva are my favorites from the list. Also, don't forget Selene!
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I love Selene.But pronounced see-lee-nee, not se-leen
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I know a dog named Selene (seh-lee-nee).
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I never heard it pronounced that way.
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It's the original pronunciation - like Irene is i-ree-nee.
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Oh, I never knew that.
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Hi !!!!I pronounce...Irene: ee-REH-ne
Selene: se-LEH-neByeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

This message was edited 4/6/2016, 4:44 AM

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