Names for Girls...

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

I know one of these perhaps may cause a snark, but I think it's a cute name and no different than names of the Puritan era...anyway on with the poll!

[Poll #618977]

Comments

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

Names from the Puritan era were virtues. Envy is a vice. There is a difference.

Faith, Hope, Charity, Temperance = good things, therefore potentially good, or at least understandable, names.

However, Envy, much like Gluttony or Sloth, is not a name, but a vice. Sorry.

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

Humility was also a name though, which I always thought of as a bad thing. Yeah, I know Envy is definitely snark-worthy, but I think it sounds pretty.

[sslilyparfait.livejournal.com]

Humility- The quality or condition of being humble.
A bad thing?


Anyway. I voted for Tatiana Sophie because it contains two actual names. I like Liliana, but unless Lennon is a family name, skip it. Rosalind is also very lovely.

[lkw18.livejournal.com]

i voted for Chaya Madeleine...

Liliana and Lennon are both pretty names, but it's a mouthful of ls and ns that could be hard for a child to say.

actually, though I do agree with you that "Envy" sounds pretty :) just too bad it has the negative meaning!

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. I noticed that as I was typing them that none of them "match." At the same time, I don't want my kid's name to be like "oh! JEW!" or "oh! Irish kid!" you know?

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

I feel the way about Envy the way I feel about Jezebel- cute name, never be able to use it.

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

Mostly because humiltation sucks :(

[lkw18.livejournal.com]

exactly!

[muliebrity.livejournal.com]

God that's like asking which tooth I would like to have pulled, sans anesthetic.

[muliebrity.livejournal.com]

My best friend likes the name Jezebel, but the baggage made it a bit much for a kid. So that's what she named her cat.

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

Humility and humiliation are two different concepts.

Like slysoprano said, humility is a virtue. It's the opposite of pride/arrogance.

[sslilyparfait.livejournal.com]

Yes, but I don't dig combining two extremely divergant name together like that. I doubt Chaya would be culturally justified.

[sslilyparfait.livejournal.com]

I said "I doubt", which means I don't really know or care if the OP is jewish, it just seems to be very trendy lately to use Hebrew and jewish names where there is not a culutural tie. Madeleine is about as french as you can get in my opinion. Not just in origin, but it has cultural and pop culture ties that link it to france. Just my opinion, which is what I assumed she was asking for by posting in a name community.

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

I am. Jewish that is. The thing is completely hypothetical though- I could never use the name Chaya anyway.

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

Definitely- but it doesn't stop the association in my eye.

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

Hehehe. A front one, maybe?

[artfuldodger.livejournal.com]

But your mind's eye is not the same as the rest of the world. The rest of the world sees the difference. I don't mean to be snarky, I'm just trying to be blunt.

[mrbearsmum.livejournal.com]

I prefer Tatiana Sophia/Sofia

[dionysia.livejournal.com]

"People use many other cultures' names (Ireland in particular lately) without any ties to that culture."

I hate that too. :)

[gingiecaps.livejournal.com]

I like Sophie and I like Lennon, but I'm not a big fan of the first names. I do think Envy is pretty though.

[peach-rose-girl.livejournal.com]

I actually like Marlee Madeleine the best. Madeleine has been one of my favorite names for a long time. I like Olivia and Lilian. Liliana is ok, but kind of a mouthful. And I'm not sure if Chaya is "Shy-uh" or "Chai-uh" or "Chay-uh."

[peach-rose-girl.livejournal.com]

Excellent cat name.

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

It's with the guttural hebrew "ch" sound...the first syllable is like "cha" as in "chanukkah."

I recently remembered that I always thought of Madeline as mad-a-lyn or mad-a-line, but that I alwaysI thought of Madeleine as mad-a-layne. I have no idea why.