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I love them both.
I think Emerald is a little bit more - well, I was going to say it was more my style, but I think what I mean is that it hasn't been used a lot in my experience, and so it seems more flexible. Jasmine is a little bit nineties, like Alyssa or Briana. And its image in my mind is similar to that of Kendra or Amber (older) and Jade or Lily (younger). I like its "image" - and it's a longtime favorite of mine - but it's *got* an image, for me, more than Emerald does. So Emerald seems more like a baby-name, to me - a blank slate so to speak. I like it when a name doesn't have an image associated with any people, it makes it seem like it has more positive potential, or something like that.
But, Emerald starts like a whole lot like many other recently popular names - Emma, Emily, Emerson, Emilia, Emery, Ember ... and I kinda feel like it is made more boring by that trendy Em-sound. If that were not true, Emerald would be a lot higher on my list.
I'd be willing to name a baby either one. I'd probably go with Emerald if I were doing that today, but I might not every day.
- mirfak
I think Emerald is a little bit more - well, I was going to say it was more my style, but I think what I mean is that it hasn't been used a lot in my experience, and so it seems more flexible. Jasmine is a little bit nineties, like Alyssa or Briana. And its image in my mind is similar to that of Kendra or Amber (older) and Jade or Lily (younger). I like its "image" - and it's a longtime favorite of mine - but it's *got* an image, for me, more than Emerald does. So Emerald seems more like a baby-name, to me - a blank slate so to speak. I like it when a name doesn't have an image associated with any people, it makes it seem like it has more positive potential, or something like that.
But, Emerald starts like a whole lot like many other recently popular names - Emma, Emily, Emerson, Emilia, Emery, Ember ... and I kinda feel like it is made more boring by that trendy Em-sound. If that were not true, Emerald would be a lot higher on my list.
I'd be willing to name a baby either one. I'd probably go with Emerald if I were doing that today, but I might not every day.
- mirfak
This message was edited 1/9/2023, 12:13 PM
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