names at camp

[rorylareina.livejournal.com]

The past two weeks, I was a counselor at a music camp, and these were some of the unusual and less common names of the girls I lived with.

Entering 7th grade
Dallas
Amani
Roxanna
Martina
Jolie-Grace
Lorraina
Ivy
Hunter
Alice
Marina
Jillian

Entering 10th grade
Kyra
Dianna
Dionna
Jana (pronounced YAH-nah)
Maia
Isis
Charlotte
Cheryl
Severina (nickname Sevy)
Frances

Comments

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

i really like hunter, ivy and charlotte. isis, alice and jillian are pretty cool too.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

i do not like Dallas or Hunter on a girl.
i knew a little girl named Amani, she was SO cute. i really like the name, unsure if i'd ever use it.
Jana is a nice name. it reminds me of the gymnast, Jana Beiger (Bieger?). i have a feeling it would be mispronounced as Jan-ah a lot.
i love Charlotte, i don't even know why, but i always have.

[mykissmightkill.livejournal.com]

i had a jana in my grade :)
i like Jillian, oddly i like Roxanna-i think it sounds more innocent than Roxann which i dont like as much for naming a little kid that lol. i like Amani too. and Ivy is pretty :)

[minga13.livejournal.com]

weee! Martina is my name! Except I spell it Martyna :D Quite interesting that you consider it uncommon where you are, coz it's an extremely uncommon name here in New Zealand!

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I've seen Severina around a lot lately, do people realize how much italian immigrant it is?? :PPP
no seriously, it's an old folks name in Italy.. in my mind it will be forever link to the image of a granny knitting on her doorsteps.

Jolie Grace is lovely, but without the hyphen

[furiosa.livejournal.com]

I love Ivy.

Severina always reminds me of Severus Snape. :P

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Severina makes me wince. All I see in it is the word "sever," which conjures gory mental images of lost extremities.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Same. :P

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Frances is a name I always forget about, and then when I see it somewhere I'm like 'Oh yeah, Frances!' yeah, I like that one =)