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[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

Scarlett
What does everyone think of this name? I'm really starting to like it.
I don't like any nicknames for it though (Lettie or Scar), just Scarlett on it's own.

We're getting a child with this name coming up to school in september, so i'm sure she'll make or break the name for me depending on how nice she is :P.
Speaking of that, don't you hate how you can love a name and then meet someone you're not fond of with that name, which then puts u off it completely.

Comments

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I think of The Scarlett Letter, and also of my fish that died when I was nine.

I hate that too, but even worse when you love a name and someone points out a flaw in it. Like, my friend liked the name Cilla, but I told her that it sounds like cilia, and I also liked the name Amelia, only to find out it's a birth defect as well as a name.

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

ooh i didn't know that about Amelia.
But yea i hate that too when people point out flaws, i mean it's good to know these things before using names, but they don't really need to be pointed out unless it's going to be obvious.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

See, I point them out too, and I can see the logic in doing so: it saves you regret if you actually do name the child that (however, we are fourteen, so the chances of names being set in stone is very unlikely).

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

Scarlett Belle is gorgeous!
I wish i could like a name even if i didn't like the person lol.
I used to really like the name Jake, but last year we had a child called Jake in our class (i work in a school) and he was so smarmy and thought he was above everyone else, that it really put me off the name.

[virginiadare.livejournal.com]

I adore it. Katherine Scarlett is my choice, I like "Katie Scarlett" just like in GWTW.

[starskye.livejournal.com]

I love this name, personally.

Yes, names can have a bad association. For example, I like the name Elizabeth, mostly as a middle name for some of my favorite first names. It was my grandmother's middle name (She was born in Sweden and her name was Maj-Britt Elizabeth) And I sort of wanted to use it as a mn after her, but this idea is completely out the window as my fiance's ex wife's first name is Elizabeth, and the daughter they had together has Elizabeth as a middle name, So there goes that. However, when my grandma moved here she started going by May. Easier to pronounce and more american, I guess. So I still have May as a mn option, although we already have names picked if we ever do have a baby (Victoria Jade, Owen Alexander)
Even though I am thrilled about those names, I still get bitter twinges inside about not being able to use Elizabeth. I get mad because the name is completely ruined for me. Just hearing it makes me think of his ex, and not my grandma, which I hate. So yeah, I know exactly what you mean.

[mmmrorschach.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you've heard this a thousand times before, but now it's my turn to say it.

One of your kids NEEDS to be doctor.

[americandiva.livejournal.com]

I love the name Scarlett. I think its is so pretty. Its on my fav list.

[starrkissed.livejournal.com]

i really like it.

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

Scarlett Jade sounds really nice!

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

My mom almost named me Scarlett! (She was a BIG gone with the wind fan ;) I really like it, but apparently my dad vetoed it at the last minute.

[lava-cake.livejournal.com]

I like it better with one t - Scarlet

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Same as lava_cake, I prefer Scarlet. Probably the Tori Amos influence, in my case.

[emilyintheglass.livejournal.com]

Don't stress over a nickname. She will either pick her own or you will find a nickname that doesn't use Scarlett in the first place. Many people's nicknames don't use the first name.

[neroli.livejournal.com]

The "Scar" part just sounds so harsh to me, and its meaning so unpleasant, that I haven't been able to get past it. :(

[jamykins.livejournal.com]

scarlet (with one T) is one of my favorite names. i think is sounds perfect with isabella. isabella scarlet or scarlet isabella, either way.

[ber-waves-of.livejournal.com]

Scarlet or Juliet were my faves if I were having a girl.