Crazy names

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

Here are some really freaky names that I like nevertehless (but would of course never name my future children!). WDY guys think? Here's the list (in alphabetical order):


GIRLS:

Asia
Cinnamon
Coriander (co-ree-AHN-dur)
Galinda (gah-LYN-da)
Hero
Kenya
Loup (LOO)
Midnight
Peta (PEH-ta)
Raven
Rogue (ROUG)
Skara-Brae (SKA-ra BRAY)


BOYS:

Cavanaugh (KA-va-naw) ---> the first two a's are spoken like the 'ea' in 'heaven'
Fiyero (fee-YEH-ro)
Franjean
Hawthorne
Kellen
Montague (MON-tah-gu)
Orpheus
Pharic (FA-rik) ---> 'a' see Cavanaugh
Rayland
Wilder

Comments

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Thank goodness you wouldn't use them, in most cases (although I really like Hero). Skara-Brae is an abandoned Neolithic village and the name means "Cormorant Mounds", it is not something you should call a person!

Your phonetic rendering is odd - 'ea' is not an 'a' in 'heaven', so you would be meaning "keh-veh-naw" in your example, which is not how the name is actually pronounced by its owners.

Yes!

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

I know where Skara-Brae comes from (watched a documentary about it shown at my University). I didn't know the meaning though, but as I said: I would never EVER name my future kids one of these, NEVER!

Yeah, I know my phonetic rendering is odd. I really wasn't sure about that one at all so I'm really sorry if it is missleading!

Re: Yes!

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Heh. It's a fascinating place, and I would love to go up and see it, but I definitely wouldn't recommend it as a name (even for a fictional character, TBH).

Your first language is German, isn't it? The a in Cavanagh (however spelled) is like the a in nach if you have an Irish accent, or the a in das if you're English. [This is assuming my German accent is good enough for you to get what I mean in both cases! It's nearly two years since I was last in Germany so I'm out of practice.]

Re: Yes!

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

It definitely is! I would love to visite! Anyway, as I said: NEVER as a name for a kid! Not sure about the fictional character though.

Well, German is my mothertongue, if that's what you mean. Second English, third French, fourth Spanish, possibly to be fifth, soon Swedish. Yeah, I think I got what you meant.

Re: Yes!

[ciara-belle.livejournal.com]

Skara-Brae is very awesome and I would definitely recommend visiting there. I went while on holiday a few years ago and it was tres nifty. ^^

But yes, definitely not a good name for a kid!

[timed.livejournal.com]

Well, I like Rogue. Wilder might be a cute middle name on a boy, especially if his first name was something ordinary like Jack or John.

*g*

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Rogue is cool. I could possibly also imagine Wilder as a mn. Like Thornton Wilder (*loool*), Jonathan Wilder, Henry - or Arthur Wilder. Yay, those sound nice! ;-)

[invisiblepet.livejournal.com]

Okay all the girls names sound like food, pet names, or PETA.
All the boy names sound literary.

I don't think any of those are a go for children, but yeah I agree with you, those are crazy!!

Jupp!

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

Crazy, as I said, yeah. ;-) But you're right, some of the girls names are food (Cinnamon, Coriander... Cripes, I forgot Lavender!). I like them anyway, though as I said again, I would never name one of my future kids Midnight or Hawthorne! :-P

Re: Jupp!

[invisiblepet.livejournal.com]

Ooooh....but I :LOVE the name Lavender!! I would def. consider it for a human child..:) And I admit that mostly has to do with the Harry Potter books. I don't think Lavender is too farfetched.

Re: Jupp!

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I also love Lavender! Shame on me that I forgot it...! :-P Well, appart from that I don't know it from the HP books I'm not sure if I would actually use it. I could in fact! The English and the German pronounciation are completely the same and for Germans the pronounciation is as obvious as for you English speaking guys. *lol*

Re: Jupp!

[whisperthewords.livejournal.com]

Lavender is cute! I'd use it if I didn't have a color last name!

[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

Ermm... let's just say I'm glad to hear that you would never actually use any of those names!

*lol*

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

Me, too! xD

That's a word!

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

Gee, a comment for every name. ;-) Well, first I have to say that I have nothing against place names. Of course there are many I don't like, but there are also some I like (as Asia or Kenya). Anyway, I'm pretty damn sure that Galinda is to be pronounced ga-LYN-da and not GA-lyn-da. The emphasis, the stress is on the 'lin'. At least I heard it said like that often enough, so...!

And no, Skara-Brae isn't made up at all (see above). It's a small ancient village at the coast of (I think it was). And Fiyero isn't like Figaro. The emphasis in Figaro lays on the 'Fi', not on the 'ga'.

You'll laughe, but I actually heard Franjean on a guy. Okay, in a fantasy-movie, but anyway...! :-P And why not Capulet? Well, simply because I think Montague sounds MUCH better! xD

Re: That's a word!

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

Umh, well yeah, actually that's where I got the name from...! I only know the incomplete Broadway recording of the show, but I could swear that while singing they pronounce it ga-LYN-da! :-/ *blushes*

[lkw18.livejournal.com]

my sister actually had a friend in middle school named Aja, but pron. Asia...it can work. the others are pretty far-fetched though i'll admit skara-brae is interesting and not necessarily in a bad way. but it's quite a mouthful.

but yes, i'm also glad to hear you wouldn't use those ;)

[smasharash.livejournal.com]

I like that - Aja pron. Asia...

Gee!

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

Aja is cool, too! And yeah, Skara-Brae is really interesting, but long. Really, I would NEVER EVER name my daughter that! xD

[mountain-nest.livejournal.com]

Aja means goat :-\

Oh...

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

Really? Well, that's not too nice of course...! :-/

Re: Oh...

[mountain-nest.livejournal.com]

sad, too, since I love the Steely Dan song.

Hee, cool!

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

I think I'm going to make a Sims-freak-family and give them all crazy names. *lol* Glad you like Asia, too! I also don't have any problems with place names. :-)

[artfuldodger.livejournal.com]

...someone's been reading Wicked? ;)

All I can say is that aside from Wilder, I'm happy to know you're not actually thinking of using these.

No, actually...

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

I know the names from the Broadway-Musical. *g* But I would love to read the novel aswell! :-)

Re: No, actually...

[mountain-nest.livejournal.com]

Well the names are from a novel that became a Broadway musical.

Re: No, actually...

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know the novel was first. I'm glad they made this into that awesome Broadway Musical! The music is great! Stephen Schwartz is a genious! :-)

[smasharash.livejournal.com]

I'd have thought of Hero and Midnight more as boys names..
I know what you mean where you feel really drawn towards a name but know that you could NEVER actually use it. I had the same thing with Indigo for a boy, but it's a colour and everyone else seems to think of it as a girls name!
Asia sounds so lovely as name, such a shame that it's a place too!
I kinda like Peta, but I would probably pronoce it Pee-ta.
I have to admit I feel drawn to Midnight, but more as a boys name than a girls name.
Pharic is so similar to the word phallic!

Thanks!

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

Hmm, Hero as a boys name? To me that doesn't fit at all since I've read and seen Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" where that one girl is called Hero. ;-) To be honest, I would have also considered Indigo as a girls name...! *blushes*

Yeah, Asia is really nice. And I admit, I'd also pronounce Peta like PEE-ta. I just wasn't sure if I offended anybody with the 'pee'...! :-P Anyway, I like it, too of course! *lol*

[solyma.livejournal.com]

I love the name Asia. :)

So you, too! *g*

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

Aaaaw, that girl on your avatar is SO cute! Your daughter? :-)

Re: So you, too! *g*

[solyma.livejournal.com]

Aww, she is super adorable! She's my niece. :)

[quiet-recluse.livejournal.com]

GIRLS:

Midnight - Great name for a panther; just not a name for a person
Peta - Not my style but an ok name
Raven - Nah. I know people use this but it doesn't seem right.
Skara-Brae - For some reason I read this as Skara-bunny. I'm too tired! But now that I've read it properly; no.

BOYS:

Kellen - Sounds pretty good
Montague - Alright, can't remember where I've heard it before though
Orpheus - Matrix
Pharic - Reminds me too much of phallic

Hee hee!

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

I'd also never name a kid Midnight. A character from a novel or RPG possibly, but this had to be a fantasy novel or -RPG. Same for Raven.

Maybe you've heard the name Montague from "Romeo & Juliet", for that's where I got it from. There it's actually a surename...! ;-) And Matrix would be Morpheus, not Orpheus, but yeah, somehow you're right. *lol*

[a-purple-dream.livejournal.com]

Girls
Kenya
Rogue

Boys
Orpheus (reminds me of Morpheus, matrix and a downloading program (like Napster)

At least!

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

Same here, Orpheus really reminds one of Morpheus from Matrix. xD Nice you like Kenya! :-)

[knightanika.livejournal.com]

I...dislike...all of them except for Raven.

;-)

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

I really also like Raven. 'd never name my daughter that but I have a RPG-character (a goth girl) named Raven. I think the name really suits her perfectly! *g*

Anyway, thanks for sharing your thoughts! :-)

[shona.livejournal.com]

I know people with those names!
Peta & Raven - are what my mum would call hippy names, but the people i know with the names make the names ok.

Awesome!

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

Well, the only person I know called Peta would be Peta Wilson (Mina Harker from LXG). Raven I know from the Teen Titans comic-series. I'm an absolute Raven-freak, love her chracter! She's both, tragic and funny at the same time! But it's amazing you actually know people with those names! I whish I would! :-/

[nosgirl.livejournal.com]

I love the name Raven. Raven Marie is actually what my boyfriend and I are considering naming our child if it is a girl.

Amazing!

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

Now THAT'S definitely cool! *thumbs up* I admit I'm too much a coward to actually name my future daughter that, but i really fell in love with that name, too! :-)

*lol*

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

Very Wicked, yes! xD

[turabiannights.livejournal.com]

Peta is a legitimate name, if unusual. Hero is archaic but not unheard of. The rest of the girls' names read like a roster of pole dancers.

The boys are a bit more acceptable. I like Hawthorne and Montague. I love Orpheus and Fiero but would never use them. The rest are a bit too out there.

Ah!

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

I agree with you about Peta and Hero. I got Peta from Australian actress Peta Wilson and W. Shakespeare used the name Hero in one of his plays ("Much Ado About Nothing"). I really like both names but if I had to use one of them it 'd probably be Peta I guess.

And again, I would hardly use any of those names anyway. Not even as a mn (except for Peta maybe...!). ;-)

[paperboat118.livejournal.com]

You're definately a Wicked fan.
As am I, but I wouldnt name my kid Fiyero.
Never, never, never.