Place names?

[composure.livejournal.com]

What do you guys think about state/place names?
Girls: Kansas, Brooklyn, Dakota, Sahara, Verona.
Boys: Phoenix, Orlando, Jackson, Dallas.

I'm not pregnant, it's just speculation. Please be mature, kthanks.

Comments

[opalfirefly.livejournal.com]

I really like place names...
right now one of our faves is Phoenix

[iljjc.livejournal.com]

Two little boys who used to live near me were named Austin and Dallas. I think that's cute, though I wouldn't do it myself.

Most place names I don't really like. Not my style.

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

It's hard for me to say, definitively. Since I was thirteen or fourteen and I heard Posh Spice named her son Brooklyn, it has been my favorite name for a boy. However, I think it's horribly tacky for a girl and I have no idea why even though I recognize all the problems a boy with that name could encounter.

I think as long as there is a reason behind the name, and the parents are not just giving their kid a name because it's "an exotic place," it can be okay. Just spell the name right and don't give ALL your five kids place names. That being said, some names are better than others- Georgia, India, and Virginia, for example have been well-established names for ages. Kansas on the other hand-not so much.

[composure.livejournal.com]

I couldn't see Brooklyn as being a boy's name, because I'd call her Brooke for short.

[last-summer.livejournal.com]

Haha, I think the same thing about the name Brooklyn. I love the Beckhams, and have since always associated it with being a boy's name.

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

Kansas is one of those names I secretly like but would never say so. That and September. Dakota is all boy to me.

[composure.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you could call her Ember for short. That's cute.

[quiet-recluse.livejournal.com]

Kansas - Ick
Brooklyn - Reminds me of Brook, which makes it not so bad
Dakota - Eh, ok. I don't think of the place though, I think of the actress.
Sahara - Oh no. I really really like Zahara though.
Verona - Makes me think of Shakespeare, I'm pretty indifferent towards it.

Phoenix - I think of the bird, not the place. Plus it sounds nice.
Orlando - Just makes me think of Orlando Bloom. Wouldn't sound right on anyone else.
Jackson - I didn't even know this was a place, I just thought it was a cool sounding name. I don't live in the US.
Dallas - I'm ok with it because I knew a girl called this when I was little, so I knew it as a name before I knew it was a place.

Most place names I can take or leave, but I really love London. If I actually lived in England I'd probably think it was weird, but seeing as I don't and I'm an anglophile I think it's great.

[estrella-jenita.livejournal.com]

like place anmes but mostly original unique ones like Calais, and Seville

[musquash.livejournal.com]

Kansas is okay.
Brooklyn is also pretty.
My friend has a brother named Dakota.
Sahara. . . so so.
Verona, very pretty. But maybe a bit too close to Veruca.

There's a character named Phoenix Jackson in a short story I love. But she's an old woman. An awesome old woman. I think it's a great name for a girl, not so much as a place name, but because of the mythical connotations.
Orlando: I don't much care for Orlando Bloom.
Jackson is nice.
Dallas sounds feminine to me.

Other place names: There's a character named Denver in Toni Morrison's novel Beloved. I also knew a girl named Emma with the middle name Putnam (a town in Connecticut), thought it was a nice combination.