New names

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Here are some names I've discovered recently, what do you guys think of them? :)
Not necessarily for a child

GIRLS
Adria Melissa
Walkress True (WAL-kress, possibly female version of Walker)
Sonaly Arabella (So-NAH-lee, brazilian)

BOYS
Tolde Kaligan (TOL-day, probably of scandinavian origin)

Comments

[fireyirishangel.livejournal.com]

An "unusual" name being of cultural origin for the child/adult changes my opinions. If there is no cultural origin, however, I think that Adria, Walkress and Tolde sound silly. Adria reminds me of my niece, Adriana, and her grandmother who insists on calling her Adri, which irks me.

I actually like Sonaly, though.

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

i *really* don't like walkress...

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

ps-adria is kind of sweet

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

One of my cousins in the US is named Adria (her sister is Greta).
In italian it's the name which Adriana/Adriano come from, and which also gives name to Mar Adriatico, a sea on the west coast of Italy.
Adri is what we call Adriano or Adriana for short in Italy :)

[fireyirishangel.livejournal.com]

Well, see, it's different when it's a cultural difference. My fiance likes the name Dimitri but I told him that I felt odd using a name that I so closely associate with one cultural group when I'm not of that group. It's silly, I know, and I wouldn't be considered Bad Parent of the Year for using it, but I can't get past it.

And your explanation covers why my niece's grandmother calls her Adri, as the family is Italian. I still hate it. And so does my sister, but she won't correct her MIL, which I can respect. On the other hand when my fiance's aunt started calling my daughter Mimi, Paige and Paigey, I asked her (nicely) to please not ever call my daughter by those names. Her name is Miranda Paige. I didn't name her that to have her called by her middle name, and I just hate the nickname Mimi.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I love the name Adrienne, and I've always thought of Adria as a very pretty variation on it.

[gangwaygirls.livejournal.com]

Not necessarily for a child? Are you naming a dog Tolde Kaligan?

With the exception of Adria Melissa, I think the names are silly and over-the-top.

[lneef.livejournal.com]

Adria is nice-sounding but a little sci-fi.

Walkress sounds like Walrus.

Sonaly= if you need to include a pronunciation guide, it's almost always a bad idea.

Tolde= ditto.

[andaluciaa.livejournal.com]

Adria sounds beautiful.
I don't really like Walkress at all, but I like True as a middle name.
Sonaly is SO PRETTY, but I think Arabella doesn't suit it well as a middle name.
I don't like Tolde much either, but I like Kaligan.
:]

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

haha, no I meant characters in a story, screennames etc :)

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

well, that depends. In italian, for example, those would be the immediate pronounciations when we see those names.
It's funny how Adria sounds weird to so many people, I thought it was a known name :) I guess I'm biased because it's one of my cousins' name in the US.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I really like True as a middle name too :D
I thought it might derive from the name Gertrude somehow

I also like the sound of Sonaly, but unfortunately to me it's too close to the italian word 'sonagli', which means 'rattle(s)'

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

you're welcome, I'm glad you liked them! :)

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I thought maybe it shares some root with the word 'walkirye' *ponders*

[lneef.livejournal.com]

I have no problem with a name pronounceable in Italian if you're in Italy. However, since this is an English-speaking board, I'm guessing that's not the case, though I could be wrong.

Adria's the name of the Orici (invincible leader of a race of wierd white-skinned old guys who brainwash) on Stargate SG-1. That's my only association with the name.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I actually am located in Italy :) I'm part italian, part american.

[gangwaygirls.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay... that makes a little more sense. :) I used to work in a vet's office where a lady would bring in her two poodles named Holly and David. I had a really hard time getting used to calling a dog "David."

[roseofjuly.livejournal.com]

Adria's not just pronounceable in Italian. I know a lot of Adrias, and people very rarely mispronounce their names. It's a common variant of Adrienne; it means "dark" (like Adriatic, which means "dark" or "black").

Oh, and by the way, there are people who speak English who live all over the world -- including in Italy, as the OP states he or she is.