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[selador.livejournal.com]

What's a boy name that could be shortened to Rory?  I have Gregory, but I'd like some other ideas...


And what are your favorite unique names that you may or may not use?

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[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Rory has traditionally been a name in it's own right for years. So I can't really think of anything it could be short for.

Well I guess that depends on your definition of 'unique'; but the most unusual names I like are ...

Girls = Aesara, Branwen, Bryony, Cerridwen, Delphi, Seren, Symphony
Boys = Arlo, Beckett, Caelum, Calyx, Dadealus, Finnegan, Leif, Taliesin

[catchthewaves.livejournal.com]

Persephone is my favourite 'unique' name, shortened to Sephy. Although I've completely nicked it from one of my favourite books, so it's hardly that unique, I suppose.

[washironfucketc.livejournal.com]

That is my favorite name, but dh hates it:(
I like the nn Percy myself :)

[catchthewaves.livejournal.com]

Percy always reminds me of the Harry Potter books and also of pink pigs!

[mandy-23.livejournal.com]

Me too and the little dog on Pocahontas. :)

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I know a Rorison who goes by Rory.

[joybelleblossom.livejournal.com]

Rowan? I like Rory on it's own, though.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I'd always known that Rory comes from Aurora, for a girl.
For a boy, it makes me think of Lawrence, mostly. But Gregory also would fit to it.

[eb-girl.livejournal.com]

Roran? It wouldn't really be a shortening syllable-wise, but Rory would be a little less formal.

Not a good choice if you're not into using names from books, though.

[zodiacstargazer.livejournal.com]

Lyra :) I love that name, but it used to heavily remind me of extremely bad fantasy books [excluding His Dark Materials]. It just started to sound cliche.

Girls: Anamaria, Robin, Esme, Ophelia, Guineviere, Mariel, Athena, Esmerelda, any flower name [like Lily, Pansy, etc.]

I'd totally name my kid [or character!] Regina, though.

Boys: Errol, Phoebus, Marcus Anthony, Lucius, Briar, Claude, Wolfgang, Haku, and so on.

I'm a big history/mythology/classic geek, can you tell? XD

[lipsty.livejournal.com]

I've always preferred Ruari, the Gaelic spelling. I'm planning on calling a daughter Aurora and using Rory as a petname - I love boy names on girls! I went to school with a Jonquille (French for daffodil, btw) who went by Jonny. Adorable!

As for unique names, I've got my heart set on Bethlehem for a girl but it's been well and truly vetoed! As has Balthazar for a boy.

[bluekoala.livejournal.com]

Ruari! I was thinking that!

[lady-caitlin.livejournal.com]

Rory is the Anglicised form of Ruaidhri, so I don't know if that helps you at all.

And yeah, it is a name in it's own right. However, it often reminds me of the Irish name Rordan.

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

I also think of Rory as a stand-alone name. The only full name I can think of is a girls' name and it's Lorelei.

Favorite unique names are Freya, Katherina, Lisette, Catrine, Isolde, Eleni, Alethea, Calanthe, and Idony for girls. Leander, Llewelyn, Wesley, Caspian, Dorian, Griffin, and Rowan for boys.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Rory is perfect on it's own. The onl problem is it occasionally (re: more than you would think) gets misread as Roy. It is still one of my favorite names. ;)

[mercuryisme.livejournal.com]

Theodore.