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[girlsteve.livejournal.com]

So, there's a girl I chat to online, who introduced herself to me over the phone as Amber Leanne. Or at least that's what I assumed. Then I checked her profile the other day to find it's actually Amberly-Anne, hyphen and all.

A mutual friend of ours assures me it's real, and that apparently she hates it. That's why her screen name is Rebecca - which I always thought an odd online name.

I'll go on and say that I'm not a huge fan. But it's certainly unusual! WDYT?

Comments

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

That's unusual indeed...it makes me feel like the parents couldn't decide between Kimberly and Amber. And then suddenly realized they had to throw 'Anne' in too.
Nope, I'm not a fan either.
I think Rebecca is alright though. But I hate the nn Becky! ;)

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

It makes me think of Raggedy Ann.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I knew a girl named Randy-Anne (or Randi-Anne, or Randianne, or something). I think she was named after her father, Randy.

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

I think Amberly is kind of nice, which is odd because I REALLY don't like most names that are two or three other names squashed together. Amberly-Anne is a crime though.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I've come across the name Amberleigh, which I assumed was of the same genre as Kimberleigh. But on second thought, I realized Kimberleigh was kr8v for Kimberly and Amberleigh was just probably Amber Lee/Leigh combined.

I don't mind Amberleigh, but my formal choices would always be Amber and Kimberly, not mix-and-matches of the two.

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

The hyphen just makes it really bad. Amberly isn't horrible but Amberly-Ann... no...

[ugottafriend.livejournal.com]

Love Amberly, don't love Amberly-Anne. Or Rebecca for that matter.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I don't like it, but I actually really like Amber Leanne.

[bohemianvegan.livejournal.com]

I think Amberley is a mix up of Kimberley and Amber.

[http://users.livejournal.com/hajari_/]

This actually made me laugh. It sounds like a character on a kid's show or something. That's horrible though. The Amberly bit is bearable, but Anne pushes it over the edge.

[regretfulsmile.livejournal.com]

Amber Leanne is nicer. Amberly-Anne is so strawberry shortcakish.

[turn-it-upp.livejournal.com]

ick. amberly sounds like someone trying to turn the name amber into an adverb and i'm not a fan of hyphenated names at all. i like the name amber though, i wonder why she just doesn't go by that?

[djador.livejournal.com]

Haha 'Hi my name is Amberly-Anne but you can call me Rebecca'
Why doesn't she just go by Amber?

I actually don't mind Amberly but I don't like it with the hyphen