Forsyte names

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

I'm reading/watching The Forsyte Saga and I thought I'd post some of the names:

M:

Jolyon (pronounced more like "Jo-lian, sort of like Julian)
Swithin
James
Roger
Nicholas
Timothy
Soames
Val
Benedict
Archibald
Ernest
Christopher
Patrick
George
Eustace
Thomas
St. John
Augustus
Giles
Jesse
Jon

F:

Ann
Julia
Hester
Susan
June
Rachel
Ciceley
Winifred
Irene
Imogen
Maud
Florence
Euphemia
Blanche
Violet
Gladys
Annabel
Fleur

Comments

[sheshellabella.livejournal.com]

You probably couldn't care less what I think of these names but I'm so bored it hurts. SO, here goes.

M:

Jolyon (pronounced more like "Jo-lian, sort of like Julian) - Actually, I like it.
Swithin - S'within, isn't it? S' better than being without. Just kidding. That was lame. I don't like this name though. How's it pronounced?
James - <3
Roger - I think Roger is cute :D
Nicholas - I like Nicholas- I never understood why people spelled their nns Nick when their names are spelled Nich
Timothy - brothers name and I detest him. lol
Soames - So-mms?
Val - Girly
Benedict - Benedict Arnold. That's what I'll always think when I see/hear this name and I could never name my kid after someone as notorious as he is
Archibald - Holy 1950s.
Ernest - Lots of gangstas have this name in my neighborhood. It's not a good name in general imo.
Christopher - Love it :D.
Patrick - Like it
George - Hate it
Eustace - Courage the Cowardly Dog!
Thomas - Love it!
St. John - As a name? Whoa
Augustus - Noo
Giles - I like it :D
Jesse - Girly
Jon - It's cute as a nn

F:

Ann - Middle name material
Julia - Love Julia
Hester - HESTER? Like Uncle Hester? Or is that Fester?
Susan - Prefer Suzanne
June - Love it
Rachel - Rachael is my pref spelling
Ciceley - My friend Ciceley recently had a baby girl she named Anna Joy
Winifred - Love it! nn Wini!
Irene - Middle name material as well
Imogen - Pron Emma Jean?
Maud - Don't like
Florence - Very old
Euphemia - Sounds like a hallucinogen
Blanche - Very old as well
Violet - Love Violet
Gladys - Also old lol
Annabel - <3
Fleur - <3

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

Swithin: SWITH-in. Just like it looks.
Soames: Sohh-mes. Rhymes with foams.

It's uncle Fester. Hester, like Hester Prynne.

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

And Imogen is like Immo-jen.

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

Love:

Roger
Nicholas
George
Thomas

June
Imogen
Violet
Annabel


St. John - wtf?
Euphemia - Sounds like a disease

[barelyshocking.livejournal.com]

Oh one of my favourite books! I love the BBC series too, hooray!

I actually like a lot of these names simply because they suit the characters they belong to, but I'm not sure how far I'd go in giving them to my children. Jolyon is a great name, but for a real life boy in 2007? I'm not too sure.

I know a St.John, who pronounces it 'Sinjin'. The name has been given to the first born male in their family for generations, so I guess it must be one of those old fashioned beauties that has slipped through. I can't recall how the name is pronounced in the BBC series.

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

I haven't gotten to St. John in the series yet, I'm only on episode 2.

I looove the names Soames. But I could never use it given the character. Although I can't see why Irenie hates Soames so much. She does realize that's Damian Lewis, right?

[barelyshocking.livejournal.com]

Ha! She must be blind! :D

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

It's SIN-jun (not so much jin, closer to jon but not that either).

The Leader of the House of Commons was Norman St.John-Stevas when I was about 10 so I picked it up by pronunciation first, from the news.