Which do you prefer?

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

Which do you like better?:

Robin (m) or Marion (f)

I'm starting to quite like both, but obviously can't use together, and debateable if I would use them at all as I'm a stone's throw from Nottingham.


Also - the great Vivi debate - which do you think is best:
Vivienne or Viviana or Vivien or Vivianne or Vivian

Comments

[willsjoy.livejournal.com]

I love Marion. It's my aunt's name, though they call her by her middle name, Ann. I never understood that; I think Marion is so much prettier than Ann.

[depeche810.livejournal.com]

My husband's grandma is Marian. I think it looks nicer with an "a" instead of "o". The o makes it look more masculine to me.

I don't really like the name Robin.

Vivian or Vivienne are my choices.

[satunian.livejournal.com]

Marion, and I love the Vivi names, though my order of preference goes:
Viviana, Vivienne, Vivian, Vivien, Vivianne

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I think I like Robin better. Marion is okay, but I prefer Marian or Marianne.

As for the Vivians, honestly, I like them all! But I do like Vivian the best.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

I like Robin. Marion makes me think of the mom on Happy Days.

I tend to like Vivian the best (I like simple spellings) but I know that Vivienne is more correct as a female name. Both are fine imo.

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

Vivienne or Viviana.

[zorianna.livejournal.com]

I don't like Robin or Marion, sorry. :(

I like Vivien or Vivian best from those choices.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Robin on a boy. I like both, too, but I love love love Robin:)

[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

i like vivienne. i don't think i like any names that end in A that have a counterpart that doesn't. like i love gabrielle and isabelle but i really dislike both gabriella and isabella.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Probably because Marion with an o IS technically a masculine name. It was John Wayne's given name. Marian is the more feminine version (more common on females, historically, than Marion ever was).

[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

oh and i like marion. i don't like robin on a boy at all, it's always struck me as a girls name.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Oh, and out of those spellings, I like Vivian the best, with Vivienne at a distant second. I don't particularly like the others, but I really like Vivian spelled that way.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Aviva.
Though, if I had to choose from those two I'd say Viviana.

I think I prefer Robin.
I'm in Nottingham :-)

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Sophia/Sophie
Amelia/Amelie
Diana/Diane
Catrin/Catrina
?

Hmm.. I think I prefer all of the -a's!

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I like Marion better, but I do like Robin on boys too.

I don't like any of the Vivi- names at all, but if I had to pick I would choose Vivien.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I love Robin for both genders. I hate all girls' names that start with Mar- except for Mary and Marissa.

I like Vivienne the best, and not just because of baby Brangelina.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I thought I was the only one who likes Susan better than those other names!

[azelmaroark.livejournal.com]

Love Robin, not a fan of Marion (don't think it works on a young girl).

My favorite of the Vivi list is Vivian, with Vivianne second.

[slang-jockey.livejournal.com]

I love the name Robin for boys; it's on my list because I adore the Robin Hood stories. Marian ((spelled this way)) too, but I like Robin a bit better.

Vivienne or Vivianne, I guess, but I'm not a huge fan of the name overall.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I like Robin. I like Marion, but spelled Marian on a girl.

I like Vivian or Viviane.

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

i like marion on a girl better than robin on a boy, but i like robin on a girl better than both :)

i like vivian best, but vivienne is pretty too...

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

This.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Marion. I don't like Robin at all, on either sex.

Vivian.

[seksimaggie.livejournal.com]

Vivian first.
Vivienne second.
I don't like the rest of the spellings, but I do love the name.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I don't like Robin or Marion, so I'll sit that one out. And I'd probably have to pick Vivienne; I think that it looks prettier.

[mrandmrschippy.livejournal.com]

I loathe the name Robin, though it's far worse for a boy.

Also, Vivian with an 'a' is a man's name. Viviana is the female form.

Vivien with an 'e' is a woman's name, as in Vivien Leigh, Vivienne Westwood.

I think they have separate etymologies.

So as for preferences, for a boy Vivian, for a girl Vivien. If you're going to go for unisex-ish names, at least give the right one to the right sex.

[morning-glory47.livejournal.com]

I hate the name Robin, only because my boyfriend's mother is named that and that woman is a bitchhhhh!


Vivian.

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

I like Robin. Don't really like Marion, but that's probably because of the associations I have with the name.

And Vivienne, hands down. I don't like any of the others.

[twitchywoman.livejournal.com]

Robin seems too feminine for a boy and too masculine for a girl, so I guess I'd go with Marion, although Marion is also unisex.

I for some reason like E's instead of A's for names like Damien, Adrien, etc., so I like Vivien, but I'd be more keen to using Vivian as it was my great grandma's middle name (Her first name was Eva). But yeah, I don't really like the name, so if I were going to name a kid after her, I'd use Eva.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Marion is better, but yeah, the Robin Hood reference is bad.

None of those, I prefer Genevieve-- the french pronunciation.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I like Robin better, although I wonder if it's been used too much on women now.

I don't really like Viviana or Vivianne. The others are all equal to me... maybe Vivienne

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

Marion
Vivienne or Vivian

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I can't use it either, because it's my aunt's name.