Whims and all

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Current name whim: Grace, nickname Gray.
It's a name that's growing on me.

Names I've come across recently:
Antissa
Ave (as in "Ave Maria" is the famous incipit phrase of a catholic prayer, originally in latin. "Ave" is a latin form of salute, as in "Ave Caesar", prn Ah-vay)
Swami (Swah-mee), sanskrit
Melrose (I'm not sure any of you are familiar with the tv series "Melrose Place", but here in Italy it was kinda popular back in the early 90's)

WDYT?

Comments

[bluekoala.livejournal.com]

I like Grace fine, but I would be really surprised if people outside the family called her Gray. It's just kind of personal-sounding, like...my friend Michelle's mom used to call her Shelley, and we would never call her that because it's so private and special to that. In any case I can't see anyone naturally shortening it because it's already one syllable.

I raise my eyebrow at all those names

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize it was one syllable before you mentioned it :)
somehow it sounds like two in my mind

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Gray is a cute nn, but as the person above mentioned...it's already one syllable, so I'm not sure anyone else would call her Gray :)
As for the other names...
Antissa: I think it's sorta pretty, but I don't like it enough to ever use it.
Ave: No...I immediately think 'Maria' when I see that =P
Swami: Dislike. Much.
Melrose...it's kinda tacky, IMO. Maybe it'd be better if it hadn't been a tv-series. Wasn't there a girl in ANTM who was called Melrose? I believe her real name was Melissa Rose.

[gangwaygirls.livejournal.com]

Ave is the only name that is even remotely passable in my opinion, and even then, I'm not a fan.

Swami is, according to dictionary.com, "an honorific title given to a Hindu religious teacher."

Melrose... sounds like a stripper.

Antissa sounds made-up and a bit trashy.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Ave is a student at my school lol. I think she might be from latin america, judging from her last name.
Antissa might have been made up, as it's the name of an LJ owner

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

That is pretty, and a good balance of feminine and no frills. :)

I'm reading a novel right now which has a character in named Ave Maria. Wouldn't use the name myself, but in the abstract it's pretty cool.

[godmod.livejournal.com]

I know a little girl named Anissa. She has a little sister named Ami (a-ME). I think they're cute.

I think Gray is a cute name for a little girl. I really love it as a middle name as well.

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

I think that Grace is too short to warrant its own nickname.

Don't like any of the others.

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

i like grace nn gray. it's cool. it's not much shorter than grace though, so i don't know if people would use it that much. :)