[identity profile] freedomdreams.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames
Gloria/ Glory
and
Atreyu (boy)

Date: 2005-12-20 06:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] turabiannights.livejournal.com
Prefer Gloria to Glory (b/c of possible "Glory Hole" references)

I will always think of a boy riding on a huge hairy dragon/dog thing when I hear Atreyu. I don't think it was a name before the Never Ending Story, and I'm not much for movie names.

Date: 2005-12-20 07:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] turabiannights.livejournal.com
Dirty sexual reference. If I can think of it, I guarantee teenage boys can think of it.

I watched the movie before I read the book, and in the movie it's him who rides on that dragon thing, so that is the image I always have in my head. Bastian could be short for Sebastian, if you wanted to use it.

Date: 2005-12-20 09:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shona.livejournal.com
haha thats the first thing i though of!
after that i though of buffy.

God what an bad name for a girl!

Date: 2005-12-20 06:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amandavanessa.livejournal.com
Atreyu??? You are seriously not considering naming a child after a band, right?

Date: 2005-12-20 06:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amandavanessa.livejournal.com
I am aware it is from Neverending Story, but all I think of is the band. It's a heavy metal band that is actually quite popular. Google it.

Date: 2005-12-20 12:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alocin.livejournal.com
George is the name of a band.
Killing Heidi is the name of a band.
Ugly Kid Joe, etc. Lots of band names have names.

I've never heard of the "quite popular" band Atreyu.

With that said, I don't like the name because I have no idea how to pronounce it.

Date: 2005-12-20 12:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alocin.livejournal.com
Your poor child will have to constantly tell people that.
And how to spell it.

Date: 2005-12-20 06:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] iheartmalts.livejournal.com
Atreyu will be a fine name for your son when he is 13-40... Before and after that, I don't know. Seems like it's going to be a hard name to learn how to spell and he'll have to spell it to people his whole life.

Ultimately it's your decision, but since you asked for an opinion, that's mine.

I do think Gloria is a very pretty name for a girl.

Date: 2005-12-20 07:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dionysia.livejournal.com
No on Atreyu.
When a name has only been used in a movie (i.e., it's made-up), I say no way.

Date: 2005-12-20 08:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dionysia.livejournal.com
My sentiment goes for books too.

I don't know what your name is.

Date: 2005-12-20 08:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dionysia.livejournal.com
Are you an Arwen?

That's not something I would name my child, sorry.

I am not going to snark on it, because it's your name and you're already here. But if someone were to ask me about naming their daughter Arwen, I'd say skip it.[1]

[1]: or Eowyn or Galadriel

Date: 2005-12-20 08:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dionysia.livejournal.com
Wouldn't do it.

I love the names in terms of for characters, in fact most of my RPG characters are named after literary figures. I have a pretty decent Half-elf named Eowyn that I play in Arcanum. ;)

Date: 2005-12-20 08:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dionysia.livejournal.com
Arwen is not Welsh. It was made up for the book.

Date: 2005-12-20 09:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dionysia.livejournal.com
most of those sites are b.s.

I trust www.behindthename.com
Arwen is listed as such:
http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=arwen

There's no Arwyn listed.

Date: 2005-12-20 10:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] muliebrity.livejournal.com
Because Strider and Rohan are so much better?

Date: 2005-12-23 02:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shona.livejournal.com
AWEN
"A muse"
Gender: Primarily Female
Origin: Welsh


Date: 2005-12-20 08:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pale-september.livejournal.com
Atreyu reminds me of the horrible band, but I love Gloria. :)

Date: 2005-12-20 08:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krazyhippie.livejournal.com
They will always have trouble w/ Atreyu, especially w/ people who haven't heard it before. I have never seen that movie nor read the book nor heard the band, so when I heard it this past summer as a fellow counselor's camp name (we make up names for camp), it took me forever to get it right. And I'm a fairly intelligent 22 year old. I can't imagine trying to get little kids to remember it.

Date: 2005-12-20 09:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] invisiblepet.livejournal.com
Honestly I'd just use "Trey" and keep it at that and tell him or everyone else that he's named after Atreyu.

Or A. Trey like Andrew Trey or Alexander Trey.

It's not a BAD name. But it's a lot for a kid to live up to, I think. It's a lot for a kid to try to explain (and they will).

I like Artex better ;) I plan to name my next German shepherd dog Artex.
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Date: 2005-12-20 02:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] invisiblepet.livejournal.com
LOL!

Ha ha it does. Like Goretex.

Date: 2005-12-20 09:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] quiet-recluse.livejournal.com
Gloria - Okay name.

Glory - No, it just sounds strange and wrong.

Atreyu - So hard to spell and he'll be explaining it to people for the rest of his life.

Date: 2005-12-21 10:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] quiet-recluse.livejournal.com
Arwen isn't that hard to spell and tonnes of people have read LOTR.

Date: 2005-12-20 11:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elemmennope.livejournal.com
Gloria sounds a bit old lady to me. But the nn Glory makes me think of Morning Glories, and I love it. (The glory hole reference is not something I'm family with, nor do I think it should be a deal-breaker.)

Atreyu is too weird (and I'm on the uncommon names are better side of the fence).
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Date: 2005-12-20 12:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] an1840sgirl.livejournal.com
i love Gloria and Glory

Date: 2005-12-20 04:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] a-purple-dream.livejournal.com
I like Gloria

Date: 2005-12-20 08:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] odd-duck-out.livejournal.com
I've also seen Autrijus for Atreyu, but I don't think it's a great name regardless.
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