So, curiosity finally hits...

[elf-chic-arwen.livejournal.com]

Fairly new to this community, been frequenting it for some time now...and seeing as how someone else made a post earlier about their unique name, I am overwhelmed by curiosity and must in turn, do the same.

My name is Colure.

Pronounced phonetically, Ko-lure or Ka-lure (with a weak "a" sound)and with strong consonant sounds.

For the longest time, I hated it - all the way up until high school, mostly, because many people made fun of me calling me things like "color" or "kahlua" or "collier", etc...but I finally got over it, for the most part. I just stay as far away from substitute teachers as possible, now ;)

And having had a unique name all my life, I am mostly positive I also want my children (the ones I will some day have but no time soon, mind you) to have unique names as well...

So what does everyone think? Were my parents really that cruel in naming me as such? Or did they unknowingly do me a great favour?

Comments

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm. Looking it up, it means 'great circle that intersects others at the poles', which isn't exactly a snappy or meaningful thing to be named IMO. Unless they wanted you to be an astronomer. It might be a non-English word for 'colour' but it's probably not, given that Google instances of it in that context tend to be in English so it's a misspelling where it occurs.

I'm not generally a fan of unique, particularly where it really doesn't mean anything symbolic. But that said, I rather like it, it's a nice-sounding word (they could have called you many worse things in the same vein) and if you like it and are used to it, that's great.

Have you had much feedback from people who just called you random wrong names? I don't mean high school students or teachers, but other people, strangers or friends, who just can't get it? The test of unique and offbeat names is probably if people repeatedly misunderstand and misrepresent them - I had a schoolfriend called Katina who gave up and started answering to Katrina because no one could get it right, and Katina's not all that strange, globally.

[elf-chic-arwen.livejournal.com]

huh yeah, so I've found myself ;pp Well I am quite into astronomy, and if I were smarter I would likely pursue it, but ah well. I have had a lot of positive feedback from most everyone nowadays, they mostly say it's pretty and they like it or that it's really cool, etc. And most often, once people get it the first time, they remember it and pronounce it properly. So that's that, I suppose. :D

[amandavanessa.livejournal.com]

They did you a favour. I hate being Amanda P.

[elf-chic-arwen.livejournal.com]

awwwwww well thanks...:D

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

I like it. I wish everyone had interesting names. If they did, none of them would particularly stand out, but they would all still be special.

Why people think it's preferable to have their child have the same 20-30 names as 90% of the other kids is beyond me. It's so boring, and so confusing.

[elf-chic-arwen.livejournal.com]

hehe well thanks. I totally agree :D

[jenniferdunn.livejournal.com]

Yeah I'm Jennifer Lynn.. like the most common name ever. I couldn't even be "Jennifer F." in school because there was always 2-3 OTHER "Jennifer F."'s LoL

I like your name =) And I enjoy unique names [not to be confused with normal names that are spelling incredibly incorrectly ;P]

[elf-chic-arwen.livejournal.com]

hah aawww...I think it has a pretty sound to it :D Well thanks, as do I ^_^

[curliecrowne.livejournal.com]

yeah, I have known three Jennifer F.'s right off the top of my head. =/