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What do you think of the boy name Kenyon? I never heard it before until I came across it in a baby name book recently. It has a horrible meaning ("blonde hair"), but I thought it sounded neat. Any thoughts?

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um, I just don't really like it... reminds me of canyon

haha that's one thought that came to mind when i found it too. i still think it's an interesting name.

yeah, it's not horrible by any means.

It's on my short list. I really like it.

People always hate it when I post it though.

FWIW, it's the name of a liberal arts college in Ohio.

www.kenyon.edu

Hi there. I clicked over to look at your icons, since I like the one you're using now, and I damn near imploded. FRANCES THE BADGER! I have NEVER EVER met another person who knew and loved those books, besides my parents, and my little cousin (and I was the one who gave her those books in the first place.)
You are AWESOME. Did you make it? Is it stealable?
I love all of the childrens books icons, really, especially Goodnight Mush (the mush and the stuff that rhymes with mush were totally my favorite parts. Heh.)

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I LOVED Frances!!

Hi, you're my new favorite person! *grin* My dad, when telling me to be careful, still says "You better be bewareful." Hee.

Yeah, that's the first thing I thought of.

i wouldnt choose it, its just not my style. but i do like it.

I live on East Kenyon Ave, so... I always think of my street.

Then I think of Kenya.

But it's not a horrible name. It does have a sort of strange appeal.

Kenya and Canyon are what it reminds me of, but it's not a bad name.

I was going to say, hybrid of Kenya and Canyon.
Can't decide if I like it or not. I guess that means I don't dislike it, lol.

i can't decide if i like it or not either. it's interesting.

Same here, sounds like Kenya and Canyon. It's not a totally horrible name, but I'm not overly fussed on it either.

It's okay, I wouldnt use it but its not bad.

Wow, so far I love all of the icons I've seen you use *g*

Thanks, now if only I had made them all........lol

I heard it as a surname in a book about five years ago and fell in love with it. I think it's great. :)

Eh, not my thing, I don't care for it much, sounds too much like Kenyan (the nationality) for me to think much of it as a name. I agree with the others though, it's not a horrible thing to name a kid.

haha oh man.. it does sound just like the nationality. i didn't even think about that.

I used to know someone named Kenyon. It's funny that it means "blond hair" cause the kid I knew was black. LOL On a slight variation, I also knew a girl named Kenyala (also black). I never really thought about the country Kenya or any of the other things people are associating with the name. We even have a store named Kenyon's in my city, but I never put two and two together, I just associated the name with the person. Does that make sense? Both nice names!

Wouldn't use it, but I like it. I think it's unique name for a person. :-)

It's a great surname.

I wouldn't use it as a first name, however.

Sounds like Canyon.. or Kenya with an n. & the nn would be Ken which is such an old mans name.. 'he killed kenny'- southpark.
Nope, too many bad things about it!

I like it, but I do have to agree that it reminds me a lot of the nationality...if that's not an issue for you, then I say go for it.

I dislike it because it sounds like the nationality. So hearing it makes me think the kid will be Kenyan, but then the one I knew had blond hair, and it was weird, haha.

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