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[solagirl.livejournal.com]

Here are some doozies  I came across today:

Kelleigh

and

Skorpio


Also, does anyone know if Valerie used to be a common male name?  I feel like I've met a French guys in the past named Valerie (pron Val-E-ree) but I wonder if I am making it up...

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[sloane-hd.livejournal.com]

Valère is a french name. It's pronounced Vahl-air. Maybe you're confusing it with that.

Kelleigh and Skorpio are the worst!!

[arbus.livejournal.com]

gross.

is kelleigh supposed to be pronounced like kelly?

and skorpio? some super cool goth couples child, i bet.

ick.

[joereaves.livejournal.com]

Skorpio - son of a Harry Potter fan, I'd bet money on it. It's the next gen Malfoy from the epilogue (although JKRowling spelt it with a C I think, the way it's meant to be, but never underestimate the power of the random K or Y to appear in kids names)

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

No, Skorpio is an adult, and possibly female.

[joereaves.livejournal.com]

Oh God that makes it even worse lol.

I bet over the next couple of years there's a whole rash of Scorpios being born though. And they will grow up to hate Harry Potter (and their parents) with a deep and burning hatred.

I knew a Galadrial at university. She had a brother as well. Might have been Celeborn, could have been Elrond or Thranduil though I just remember it was a) another elf and b) hideous.

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

There might be a few Scorpios running around, but thankfully there are a TON of good names in Harry Potter, so any die-hard fans will have a lot to choose from.

Galadrial - I do not abide. It is one thing to name your kid Hermione, which pretty much screams HP, but is also a legit and lovely name. No getting around Galadrial though.

[joereaves.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately there's an awful lot of batshit insane die hard fans though. I'd like to think they'll be sticking to Harry and Hermione and any of the other names but I'm expecting Scorpius (yes got it wrong earlier, I just checked), and Luna and Albus Severus. I wouldn't mind a few Ginevras since it's quite pretty and actually only the die hards would get it anyway.

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

You are right, I am surprised at some of the names HP fans favor, especially Bellatrix. It is odd and sounds evil to me, even without the character reference. I've read all the HP books, and while I know that Ginny is Ginevra from this blog, I do not remember it being stated in the book. Does Molly yell her full name out? Or does the sorting hat say it? I'd like to know but I am not at the point where I want to read all the books over in order to find it!

[joereaves.livejournal.com]

I can't remember if it comes out in the books (would be book 5 I think if it does) or if Rowling said it elsewhere. I used to write fic and I remember being irritated when it came out because I'd been calling her Virginia lol. So I know it was around the time of Order of the Phoenix.

But the Lexicon might say where it was referenced. Not geeky enough to have it bookmarked but if you google Harry Potter Lexicon it'll come up.

[raptorgirl.livejournal.com]

It's at Fleur and Bill's wedding. Her great-aunt or something calls her that.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

oh haha ok. i am not a harry potter reader, so didnt know that.

still sad.

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

Yes, Kelleigh is Kelly and Skorpio is an adult. :P

[joereaves.livejournal.com]

Probably spelt Valery as in the former President of France (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val%C3%A9ry_Giscard_d'Estaing)

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you. This is what I was thinking of - I have read his name in the news in the past few weeks but it slipped my mind.

[chucklincanuck.livejournal.com]

I went to school with a Russian guy named Valerie...pronounced vah-LAIR-ee

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

Kelleigh I don't mind so much (I believe the name roots from Ceallach or Ceallaigh anyways), but Skorpio makes my head hurt.

I think it was probably either Valery (as joereaves already said) or a nickname for the name Valerian.

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

I believe the name roots from Ceallach or Ceallaigh anyways - interesting.

I've always wondered what your icon - what is it?

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

Haha, my icon has raised a few questions in its time. My icon is a cropped picture of myself, it's the top of my head (while I am wearing a snood).

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

I kept trying to make it into a very odd cast with a brace in it or one of those pregnant belly molds that some women make ;)

[dustkitty.livejournal.com]

<3 Valerian.

*mutters about husbands and veto power*

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

Like Valerian root???

[dustkitty.livejournal.com]

Yep. And also like Valere/Valerie/etc., which means "to be strong." I like that meaning, and I really like plant/flower names, so it's one of my top boy names.

Hubby only vetoed it because he hates the nickname "Val" on a boy. I wonder if I can get him to un-veto it if we think of a different nickname, or I promise to always use Valerian in full. Hmmm.

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

I like Valerian in full - what about Ian? or Lee?

[dustkitty.livejournal.com]

I like Ian a lot, thank you! I was thinking Ryan might work, though it's a bit of a stretch. I'll have to bring it up with Hubby when he gets home from work.

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

I've seen Ryan spelled Rian before, but I like Ian better. Good luck!

[djador.livejournal.com]

Valeri Bure is a russian hockey player and is married to DJ from Full House.

[ugottafriend.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh, I have seen Kelleigh before. I'm a Kelli, and having an I at the end of my name seems to be more than enough to throw people off.

[scouty.livejournal.com]

Valerie is a girlsname for me...

never heard it on a boy

VALERIE
Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: VAL-u-ree

Feminine form of VALERIUS

BUT I found these names for boys : VALÈRE m French
VALERI m Russian


maybe it was the second one ?

VALERI
Gender: Masculine

Usage: Russian

Other Scripts: Валерий (Russian)

Pronounced: vah-LYE-ree

Variant transcription of VALERIY