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[heatherejc.livejournal.com]

So, a couple months ago, I posted several names that my husband and I were considering for our baby boy. (That post is here - http://community.livejournal.com/baby_names/1374765.html)

Your opinions helped us narrow it down to 4, and now we are down to 2 favorites (one is his fav, and the other is mine) and have chosen a middle name that complements both of our family histories. So, now I ask...

[Poll #1031306]

(Note, my husband is a photography grad student, so Ansel being the name of a famous photographer isn't a bad thing to us. We aren't naming the kid after the photographer - we just both kind of like the name. It's more of a coincidence that it's a famous photographer.)

Thanks!

Comments

[bornto-fly.livejournal.com]

I really like both names, but the repeating S in Ansel Davis Close just seems to interrupt the flow of the name to me. Really, though, both names are great :)

[neroli.livejournal.com]

I had the same feeling, although it's less true if the surname is pronounced clohz (like "close the door") rather than clohs ("so close and yet so far away").

[heatherejc.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we are a little hesitant about the whole multiple S sound, too, but not enough to bug us, I don't think. (And yes, our last name is pronounced like "so close and yet...")

[so-there.livejournal.com]

I agree with the S thing. though I at first read Davis as David and prefer it that way.

[heatherejc.livejournal.com]

The middle name is Davis because my mother's maiden name is Davis and my husband's grandmother's maiden name is Davis. It's one of the only names that works for both sides of the family, and we wanted a family name in there somewhere. I think I prefer it to David anyway. David's a bit too boring for me.

[lneef.livejournal.com]

Ansel, unfortunately, looks like a cross between "ass" and "anal" to me.

[evewasframed.livejournal.com]

I concur.

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

Purely basing my opinion on the names themselves, I prefer Alden, though I think Ansel is cute, made even cuter that your husband is a photo grad student.

[ashadelic.livejournal.com]

My husband and I are divided too. He likes Alden and I like Ansel. Sorry I couldn't help more! heh

[sing4th.livejournal.com]

My vote depends on how you pronounce Alden. Al as in ball, or al as in aligator? I think the long a (ball) sounds nicer than the other.... Either way, actually, I think Ansel gets my vote!

[heatherejc.livejournal.com]

It's pronounced like in "ball." :)

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Alden has the infamous -en. Reminds me too much of Aiden..Caden..Jaden etc.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

true!

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I like Ansel better because the alliteration in AlDen Davis bothers me. Ansel also makes me think of piers brushed by the waves (don't ask why :P). It does, though, make me wanna put an H in front of it to read it Hansel, but that's just silliness of the mind.

Just don't call his sister Greta/Gretchen :P

All jokes aside, I prefer it a lot to Alden, which sounds serious and uptight. And it makes me think of Waldon, which makes me think of a geeky type.
Ansel sounds like a cool name, and being related to your hubby's passion is added value ;)

Please excuse my weirdness today, I'm feeling off.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

p.s. I forgot to ask: do you pronounce Ansel like An-sel or Ain-sel?
I'm thinking the first one.

[heatherejc.livejournal.com]

Ha - It's pronounced An-sel.

Ain-sel sounds way too backwoods southern to me. If we name him that, I hope my husband's Tennessee side of the family doesn't call him Ain-sel. They probably won't - his grandmother might, but the rest are sane. :)

[peloquin3.livejournal.com]

marginally sane, at least.

[corielcries.livejournal.com]

I went with Alden. If the kid has a lisp Ansel Davis Close would be hell trying to pronounce. =]

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

Definitely Ansel! Ansel is a little more... piquant with his dignity, whereas Alden sounds like he would be expected to Darcy it up continuously.

Like both, though I do greatly prefer Ansel.