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HelpRe: Names we never warmed up to... why do you love / like them?
in reply to a message by Martha
I can't believe I forgot Evelyn! Evelyn should really be in my OP. I'm with you on this - the vowels are all schwas and they create a rather limp name, even with the V.
I like Sara without the H, though even then the ubiquity of the sound has sort of removed the charm from the name.
Abigail was among my favorites a long time ago, but now I'm more or less indifferent. This was both because I thought the nickname Abby was fun, and my grandmother's name is Gail; so there's family attachment for me.
Michael has the same problem as Sarah: I'd like Michael a lot more if every other set of parents with a baby boy in the '50s through the '90s didn't decide it was the best name ever. I also personally know a lot of Davids / Daves, but don't know if it's necessarily as popular as Michael on a wider scale.
I used to dislike Joseph, but that was mostly because I can't stand Joey. Joseph as a full name is fine, and Joe is okay. No Joey, though.
In another reply I talked about how "fun" I perceived Nathan to be. I definitely prefer it to the similar (and more popular) Ethan.
Agree with you on the rest - especially any -inda name. Don't get those at all.
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I like Sara without the H, though even then the ubiquity of the sound has sort of removed the charm from the name.
Abigail was among my favorites a long time ago, but now I'm more or less indifferent. This was both because I thought the nickname Abby was fun, and my grandmother's name is Gail; so there's family attachment for me.
Michael has the same problem as Sarah: I'd like Michael a lot more if every other set of parents with a baby boy in the '50s through the '90s didn't decide it was the best name ever. I also personally know a lot of Davids / Daves, but don't know if it's necessarily as popular as Michael on a wider scale.
I used to dislike Joseph, but that was mostly because I can't stand Joey. Joseph as a full name is fine, and Joe is okay. No Joey, though.
In another reply I talked about how "fun" I perceived Nathan to be. I definitely prefer it to the similar (and more popular) Ethan.
Agree with you on the rest - especially any -inda name. Don't get those at all.
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