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[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

First off, I enjoy rather unusual names with obscure references which shall probably become evident quite soon ;)

So for boys' names, I'm pretty much set on

Alaric Edmund
Nicodemus Felix
Jude Evander or maybe Evander Jude

For girls, my top few are

Stelmaria
Jocasta
Ursula
Elanor

-but I don't know how to combine them, none of them sound good together, are there any middle name or combo suggestions for these?

And finally, are they too out-there? Are there any immediate and/or negative connotations that stand out?

Comments

[celebrate.livejournal.com]

Unusual names aren't my style, but I do like Jude and Ursula.

Nothing immediately negative stands out.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

hmm..i think nicodemus might be a little too out there. i think the other boy's name are fine. you could always use nico instead of nicodemus or switch it with felix.

as for the girl's names, i only like elanor (although i've never seen it spelled that way). ursula will probably always habe negative connotations (at least in the US) and the others are very unusual. you could possibly break up stelmaria into stella and maria?

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I should have mentioned I was thinking of using those nicknames: Nico and Stella, as well as Cass/Cassie for Jocasta and Al for Alaric. I KNOW, people will say, what's the point of that if you're always going to call them by their nn, but I sort of like the idea of having both formal and informal names to be called by. I'm curious, why does Ursula have negative connotations in the US?

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

Oh, I thought it was like, the US in particular. Okay, I can see that. I just think of Ursula Le Guin XD ...

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

ursula was the name of the evil character in the little mermaid. :P

[subluxate]

Ursula--evil octopus-sorceress.
Stelmaria--snow leopard daemon.
Nicodemus--rat.
Jude--Beatles.

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

Lol, you got the daemon and the rat, but I didn't intend the other two to reflect that, though I see why they would be the most obvious connections. Jude is the one I'm most leery of for that reason, which is why I think it might quite possibly be better as a middle name.

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

I like Elanor because of its meaning it LOTR (Sam's daughter, and it's the name of a flower in Sindarin) and Ursula because of yeah, astronomy, and it's just generally cool - and, you're going to think I'm crazy and you're definitely right to, lol, but the first time I heard the name Jocasta it was the name of Draco Malfoy's owl. Yup.

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

...but that's not the only reason I like it! Obviously, hehe.

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do I do, I just meant as my own funny weird inside-joke-twelve-year-old-fanfiction-reading way, but of course, Oedipus is what I'm going for, I'm a big fan of the classics. And, true, but it'd be different if I was actually nameing the kid Oedipus, right? In your honest opinion, is such an obvious reference that people will get it and disapprove/whatever?

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

Argh, girl names are hard for me because most of the ones I like end in "a" so putting two of them together sounds awkward to me. For instance: Petra, Evanna, Sasha, Philippa, Jaida, Cassandra.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i love petra and sasha!

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

:) Thanks! Both Russian/Eastern European, coincidentally.

[http://users.livejournal.com/__recidivist/]

I can't believe no one has called shenanigans on Jocasta. Yes, naming your child after the incestuous centre of what is probably the best-known psychological concept in the Western world is both an immediate negative connotation and too out-there. Please don't do that.

That said, Elanor is adorable, and a far more reasonable literary reference.

[oneohtwo.livejournal.com]

My little cousins name is Jude.
And so is one of my father's friends.

They're both really neat people.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

I like all of them except for Elanor (simply because, no matter the legitimate reasons for picking the spelling, you're dooming her to a lifetime of eternal "No, with only one A. No, it's the last syllable. Here, let me just write it out for you!! ARRRGH").

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I agree. I would stick with Elanor as a middle name.

[http://users.livejournal.com/-----citylight/]

I like Jude, Edmund and Felix for boys. And Eleanor for girls - but only with this spelling.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Stelmaria reminds me of Stigmata, not good in my opinion.
I'm not sure it's even a legitimate name, where did you find it?

Jocasta is okay, I like the Greek myth origin but don't find the name attractive myself.

Ursula is so incredibly ugly, and I do think of the evil Little Mermaid Character.

Elanor. I guess you're a LOTR fan? i think it's a bit pretentious to spell it this way to be honest.

Your boys names are great though.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Okay, reading comments I now recall seeing Stelmaria in His Dark Materials.

Doesn't make it any prettier though. I love those books, and the immediate name refernce that springs to mind for me is Serefina.

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

I knoooooow lol you're right, they are pretentious, it's so hard for me to find girls' names I would actually use IRL. If it's any consolation I'll probably only ever use them as middle names :)

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Not that it matters much, but Stelmaria reminds me of starfish, which I don't like (Stella meaning star, and Maria meaning seas).

I hate the name Ursula, so much.
I do like Elanor though. Jocasta is alright, but not my style.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i like alaric, felix, and jude.

nicodemus makes me think of nicoderm, which is a stop smoking gum or patch or something? thats all i saw when i first saw the name. i like nico though.

i like stella, but not stelmaria. and eleanor spelled correctly.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I love Alaric and Evander. I love Elanor, because of the Lord of the Rings reference. :D

I would stay away from Ursula and Jocasta. Too many negative connotations.

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

Jude Evander is quite nice, the others are just so-so in my opinion. I do like the name Felix, but not so much in conjunction with Nicodemus.

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

In conjunction, or do you just hate the name? I'd probably make the slightly crazier name of any of the sets the middle one :P

[seksimaggie.livejournal.com]

Stelmaria and Jocasta sound made up (in my opinion). Ursula just reminds me of the fat ugly witch-octopus in Little Mermaid. Elanor, I really don't like that spelling, but Eleanor I love.

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

Elinor is interesting. I just for some reason dislike the "traditional" spelling of Eleanor, that, to me, seems like a mispelling as to the way it sounds.

Re: hmm

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see. I pronounce it EVAN-der not ee-VAN-der, does that sound better?

Re: hmm

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

Whoa. In that case, I take back my approval of it! I only like it when it's said the way it was said for thousands of baby boys in the past and am generally against using a name/spelling that will make everybody *THINK* they know how to spell/say it... but not.

Re: hmm

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

Whoa indeed. Ive only ever heard it pronounced "my" way, I'm not sure why, maybe it's just a regional thing. I only know one person with this name though, I didn't think it was terribly popular.

[babyjess8.livejournal.com]

Evander is on my list, as an extention of Evan (which is a family name).
It is also the former King in the books Eragon/Eldest I think??

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

Really? Didn't know that actually, I have no clue where I saw the name first, I didn't even think it was legit until I looked up the origins, heh. Somehow it seems way nicer to me than just plain Evan, although I love the way both sound.