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Geneva & Errol
I’m torn on these two names.Do you think Geneva is too placename-y? According to this site Geneva is “[p]ossibly a shortened form of GENEVIÈVE or possibly from the name of the city in Switzerland.” I tend to view Geneva as a derivative of Genevieve although I’m sure I’m influenced by the fact I have no connection to Geneva the place and am hesitant to bestow a child with the name of a place about which I know little. However I think most others would hear Geneva and think “city in Switzerland” and not “shortened form of Genevieve.”Sometimes I think Errol sounds dashing and handsome, no doubt influenced by the association of Errol Flynn which is odd considering I’ve personally never found him particularly handsome. Other times I think it sounds like a slurred utterance, something one would mutter when drunk or when woken up several hours earlier than normal. I also think it could be easily confused with Earl, a name I dislike.So, WDYT?
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~Mark Twain
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I'm on the fence about Geneva, but I think Errol has some definite British charm to it. I don't know anything about Errol Flynn, and I still think it sounds handsome.
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