Boy + girl question

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Do you like Quaye for a boy?

And would you use Marissa for a girl, or is that too Orange County? :P

Comments

[ber-waves-of.livejournal.com]

No and no.

(no offense, I just don't care for either of those names)

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Quaye reminds me of quail, and perhaps it's just because it's early in the mornng, but I had to press "backspace" three times to spell it correctly.

And Marissa is nice, but I wouldn't use it.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Probably because it's early in the morning. Ahaha.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever heard Quaye before, but if you hadn't specified that it's for a boy, I would have thought it a female name.

Marissa isn't bad. I never used to like the name, until I came to be friends with a very sweet girl called that. I'd always thought Maris was pronounce "MARE-iss," and liked that form quite a lot. I read recently that it's actually "MER-iss," so now I prefer Marissa.

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

Whats the difference between MARE-iss and MER-iss? They both sound the same to me (with the MER being like Meredith...)

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Mer as in mermaid. Maybe that's not correct, either, and I just heard someone pronouncing it incorrectly.

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

Well, maybe. I know someone called Maris and she pronounces it MARE-is though.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Good, I've always loved that name, so I was disappointed to think I'd been reading it wrong the whole time. I'll go with mare-iss.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I hate names that are just made up of sounds put together. Marissa is okay, though. :-\

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

er, Quaye is not made up. Probably quite uncommon, but it's an existing last name. Finley Quaye is a singer, and I was thinking maybe Quaye could be used as a name, like Avery or Mackenzie (which also are first names coming from a last name)

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[krikette.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't have liked the name Marissa if I didn't happen to know a super cool one. So yeah, I do like it now though.

Quaye is kindof.. really hard to intuit/spell. I wouldn't be sure what to make of it if someone introduced me to Quaye and I'd probably give a weird look as I tried to figure out if I misheard him.. And my Texan accent butchers it, but that shouldn't hold much relevance, hehe.

[child-of-eru.livejournal.com]

Quaye isn't that bad, but I don't know that I would use it... Maybe go middle name if you really like it.

As for Marissa, well I am ((was, I guess... -is so sad they cancelled the OC-)) a huge The OC fan, and it does remind me of Marissa. Who I didn't particularly like. But, I don't think there should be a problem with it, since it really wasn't that popular of a tv show anyway, and it's off-air, so hardly any one will remember it in a year or so.

[trtlstars.livejournal.com]

Quaye for a middle name.
Marissa...it is okay.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I don't know why I don't like Quaye, it just sounds very incomplete to me, or it reminds me of "sway".

I like Marissa. It was my favourite name when I was 5 years old and when I had just learned to write, I wrote heaps of stories about a baby called Marissa that just went on and on with no plot and drove my parents crazy lol

Now I probably wouldn't use it but not cos there's anything wrong with it, I just like different names now.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

Quaye? Looks like the British word "Quay" a lot. Quay is pronounced "key", by the way. It's used in every industrial dockside address ever.

... so no.

Marissa... I personally find it a little bland, but why not?