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!

:-O

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

You really went there in your holidays?! Omg, that's so amazing! Whenever I'll have the money to I'll visit Skara-Brae, too!