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[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

I was cleaning out my bookshelf when I came across a couple good books, with characters of equally good names.

What do you guys think of Astrid?
Fleur?

Comments

[kimber-leigh.livejournal.com]

i like the name Astrid (although i have a rather nasty inside joke with my little bro about that name.. so, i could never use it..)

Fleur is nice too.. reminds me of Maeve.. which i also like.. :)

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I like Astrid, but not Fleur.

Were these books, by any chance, White Oleander and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire? ;)

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Yes, White Oleander, but not Harry Potter (not really fond of those books, but I do know the character). The other was Holy Fools, but Joanne Harris. :)

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

by* not but.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Damn, I was SO SURE;) At least I was right on one, huh? I've never heard of Holy Fools, but I did really like White Oleander.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

White Oleander is definitely one of my favourites.

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

I work with two girls called Astrid and Fleur! I like both their names,

[lneef.livejournal.com]

Astrid is nice enough but starts with "Ass". In America, that's a problem.

Fleur is pretty, but these days inextricably linked to Harry Potter. Also, there may be pronunciation issues, because the sound necessary to pronounce it correctly isn't an English-speaking sound. French only. That's not to say it's impossible to learn, but I think you'd hear a lot of "Floo-er", "Floor", "Flurr", etc. I don't even know how to write out the correct pronunciation in English phonetics, but it's close to a combination of all of the above.

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

Love Astrid.

Not so keen on fleur.

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

I quite like Astrid. It's a new favorite of mine.

[unbakedbrownie.livejournal.com]

Astrid is my all time favourite girls name. :)

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

I like Astrid a lot, and I would consider using it even though it could get teased.

Fleur is a bit much for me. It is pretty, but it sounds too much like flower in English. It seems like a name someone would use it they only knew one word of French - a cognate at that.

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

i like astrid and i loooove white oleander!

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

I adore Astrid, it is one of my all time favorite girl names!!
I also work with a girl named Fleur....

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Astrid is one of my most favourite names =) (yes, White Oleander is also one of my favourite books =P)
I like Fleur too, but it's a little too feminine for my taste and quite common here =)

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

being from german-speaking europe, astrid sounds ****extremely*** 70's to me. i dont like it.
fleur is cute even though its one of those things where you wonder how it would work on a grown woman who might want a career... am i thinking too far ahead? :]

[xanya.livejournal.com]

I have an extremely good friend called Astrid so I love it for its good associations, but I think I also like it a lot in its own right.

As for Fleur, I'm not a huge fan. It's not that I think it's "too much" (Flora is one of my all time favourite names), but for the lovely meaning it has, it just doesn't have a pretty enough sound to English speakers, at least. I don't know.

Astrid

[wtgdman1986.livejournal.com]

Astrid? I have a character in one of my writing projects with that first name. It's mysterious, yet cool.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I like the idea of Astrid as a name, but I don't actually like the way it sounds.

I love the name Fleur, it's one of my favorite F names for a girl. I never knew it was a Harry Potter name. I hate to say it, but that atually lowers my opinion of it...

[likehimandme.livejournal.com]

I used to be friends with a girl name Astrid. Her sister's name was Nova.

Astrid and Nova.

The name fit her ... but it doesn't fit many people.

[smasharash.livejournal.com]

My cousin is Imogen Fleur :)

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I like Fleur, but Astrid sounds like a dog's name to me.

[withoutanif.livejournal.com]

I like Astrid. I started a book with the main character called Astrid (but she wasn't exciting enough for me to continue lol).

As for Fleur...not that keen. It was the name of my cousin's ex, not that I knew her but i heard the name a lot so associate with her (even though it wasn't her real name). and of course the harry potter association.

[kandeekiss.livejournal.com]

I'm not really a big fan of Astrid, but I absolutely LOVE Fleur :)