ee-/ei-/ea-/ae-/ai-/ia-/eo-/oe-/oi-/ou-/ue-names

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

Hey guys!

I just found another very significant favoured-letter-thingy while letting my eyes wander over my name-list. Not only are there quite a few 'th'-names I like but also not less many 'ee'-/'ei'-/'ea'-/'ae'-/'ai'-/'ia'-/'eo'-/'oe'-/'oi'-/'ou'-/'ue'-names. I'll give you the list so that you see what I mean (names with an * are those ones I like best):


GIRLS:

Beatrice
Brae*
Braith*
Eir
Elaine
Fiera
Geneviève
Grainne
Jeanne
Joelle
Leonarda
Mairi
Mireille
Noelle
Rae


BOYS:

Alain
Alastair
Amadeus
Bailey
Benoit
Damian/Damien
Dorian
Gabriel
Geoffrey
Grégoire
Headley*
Heath*
Horatio
Joaquin
Joel
Julian/Julien
Keanu
Keefe*
Keith*
Liam*
Lionel
Neil*
Noah
Phileas*
Raphael
Reed/Reid*
Raoul
Samuel


Kinda creepy, isn't it? WDY guys think about those names?

Comments

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

I think most people either like or dislike a name based primarily on the sound it has, so seeing those sounds pop up again and again makes sense.

Like I said in your other post, I've noticed I like soft sounds (th, sh, ph) and again like you, I like a lot of vowel sounds.

Have you noticed any sounds you *don't* like? For me it's br and gr. I virtually always dislike names with those sounds in them.

Beatrice - someone once pointed "beat rice" out to me, and now that's all I see.
Brae - nope. no br names for me. ;)
Braith - ditto. also sounds like someone with new braces trying to say they just got braces.
Eir - ok
Elaine - ok
Fiera - nice
Geneviève - ok. pretentious.
Grainne - ok, but would be pronounced wrong.
Jeanne - ok
Joelle - love
Leonarda - ok, but what would the nn be?
Mairi - nice
Mireille - nice
Noelle - bad association for me, but otherwise fine.
Rae - don't like it at all, the sound or the look.

Alain - eh
Alastair - I find it a lit wussy
Amadeus - Too dramatic
Bailey - too trendy
Benoit - ok, but the average person would be stumped on pronunciation
Damian/Damien - fine
Dorian - fine
Gabriel - Love
Geoffrey - fine
Grégoire - pretentious
Headley - too surnamey
Heath - nice
Horatio - too dramatic
Joaquin - nice
Joel - love
Julian/Julien - fine
Keanu - maybe... it's so hard to get past the actor though.
Keefe - ok. I do like the name Kiefer a lot.
Keith - bad image for me. I think of some slimy 70s guy with chest hair and gold chains.
Liam - love
Lionel - ok
Neil - fine
Noah - fine
Phileas - no
Raphael - love
Reed/Reid - love
Raoul - eh
Samuel - nice, but common

Yeah...

[toia-nilson.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. Can't define any certain sounds that I really loath at the moment, but there definitely are some, I'm pretty sure about that! xD Well, I could give you some names I really hate but well... I don't want to annoy anybody. :-/

Anyway, great you love Reed/Reid, too! Still can't decide for one way of spelling it. I love both ones...! *lol*