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[admirari.livejournal.com]

Hey everyone. Thanks for your great input on Danielle. I got good thoughtful and diverse feedback that I appreciate.

On to the next name...

Nancy

WDYT?
what connotations if any?
THANKS :D

edit: hey thanks everyone for your great comments! I appreciate them all. Positive and negative

Comments

[admirari.livejournal.com]

get the fuck outta here!! I am Nancy Katherine!!

I always went by my middle name and the full name sounded so fucking Nun-y to me, that I finally dropped the Nancy legally.

Ok so that totally broke my mom's heart! So I'm wondering if Nancy is actually a good name or just tainted to me. If it gets thumbs up, I will consider it to make it up to her :D

[djador.livejournal.com]

I think Nancy Catherine/Katherine sounds really pretty together! I like. =]

[ash-tothe-ley.livejournal.com]

I'm not a fan of Nancy. It seems.. archaic to me. NO OFFENCE TO PEOPLE NAMED NANCY.

When i think of Nancy, I think of old women, nuns, and hardcore catholic women.

So if you're a Nun, old woman, or a hardcore catholic woman, Nancy is the name for you! In my mind of course.

[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

i agree.

[amyames.livejournal.com]

not a fan, sorry.

[decembermalice.livejournal.com]

Nancy is definitely not my style. I don't like the 'Nan' sound. It reminds me of Nana, which reminds me of old people.
I had a teacher named Nanci once, and I really dislike that spelling.

[decembermalice.livejournal.com]

I didn't mention why I dislike the Nanci spelling - it feels like mixing an older name with a trendy spelling. It just looks weird.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

It seems so 50's to me, but not in the good way. It reminds me of casseroles and fiestaware and mustard yellow sweaters. which is weird, because I guess I actually *like* all those things but I just don't like Nancy. I guess I could see it if you were a big Nancy Drew fan, maybe...

[devofriends.livejournal.com]

I like Nancy. It's the kind of name that, in my opinion anyway, can be used on any age. I have an aunt named Nancy, and I know a four-year-old as well as several older women with that name. It's pretty, but probably not a name I would use.

Nancy Catherine/Katherine is beautiful. Unfortunately, I can't think of any other middle names for it. (I don't actually know the middle names of any of the Nancys I know....)

[katie-oo7.livejournal.com]

It's one of my favorites.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I love it! It's my aunt's name.

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

I like Nancy, but only as a nickname for Anne. It does remind me of a woman around 50 or so, though.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I love it:) Makes me think of Nancy Pelosi, and my 10th grade English teacher, and I love both of them, so I've totally considered using it as a middle name.

[admirari.livejournal.com]

oooo Pelosi, i hadn't thought of that! thanks!

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

It's not a name that I love, but I don't especially dislike it either. I can see it on a youngish person (Nancy Drew, and there's also a character named Nancy in the Babysitter's Club books), but also works on someone older (Nancy Reagan).

[zante.livejournal.com]

Nancy makes me think of Sid and Nancy. Undecided I guess.

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

Love it - it is on my list!

[sloane-hd.livejournal.com]

My cousin is Nancy Maria Eliza. I really like it, but for some reason it doesn't fit a child.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Nancy is very '50's to me :D the Nancy Drew association is quite strong for me and I never did appreciate her books, so I'm not a fan.

But it's also the name of a city in France, and I like place names!

I'm not sure how I feel about it being a nickname for Anne, I usually don't like nicknames for names.

It also recalls the word 'nanny' to me, so I feel like it's more of a kid's name, I can't picture it too much on a serious adult (maybe a mellow housewife, that I could). It was the name of my mom's favorite doll.

But on the other hand, I would be very impressed if I met a poised young woman that changed my perception of it, this is usually what I like about old fashioned or classic names, the fact that along the way I come across someone really charming with that name, and the contrast is very intriguing.

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

I don't really like it.
It was my grandma's name though, and my baby cousin is named Norah Nancy, after both her grandma's.

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

Nancy seems old and waitressy to me. Or church lady-ish.
no offence, it's just brainstorming, right? :]

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

I love Nancy, Nancy used to be my best friend in primary school :)