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[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

Another couple lists from my trusty name book! :P

Most of these names that I actually do like are guilty pleasures that I would never bestow upon a child, but it's fun to pretend! ^_^

Achilles
Ajax
Amadeus
*Antigone
Aphrodite
Aristotle
Atlas
Bliss
Caesar
*Cassandra -  actually, I could use this one, but I don't like it enough for that. But what I mean is that I wouldn't think twice about a kid named Cassandra as opposed to some of the other names on this list!
Chastity
Cleopatra
*Dante
Desirée
Fidel
Glory
Goliath
Hamlet
Hercules
Jesus
*Jezebel
Lafayette
Lancelot
Lazarus
Lothario
*Lucretia - sorta... it kind of reminds me of excrete, which is not cool!
Maximilian
Merlin
Muhammed
Napoleon
Obedience - heh, anyone who names their kid this deserves it when the kids disobeys them, sorry!
Octavius
Odysseus
Ophelia
Orestes
Plato
Radcliffe
Rambo
Rembrandt
*Rhett
Romeo
Salome
Starr
Storm
Temperance
Tempest
Venus
Washington
Wellington
Zoltan

And, at the other end of the spectrum:

Some of these names as given names? Really? Oh boy.

Babe
Bambi
Barbi(e)
Biff
Birdy
Bitsy
Brandi/Brandy
Bubbles
Buck
Bud
Bunny
Candy
Cherry - I had a great-aunt Cherry! :)
Chip
*Cindy - and an aunt Cindy! lol, but her full name is Cynthia. I wouldn't use it, but I kind of like it (as a nn)
Dee
Dody
Dolly
Dom
Duke
Dusty
Fawn
Flip
Goldie
Gypsy
Hy
Ike
Junior
Kit
Les
Lucky
Midge
Mimi
Mindy
Missie
Muffin
Muffy
Pepper
Pip
Poppy
*Ricky - aww, this is the name of an adorable little boy I used to babysit!
Rip
Shep
Sherry
Sissy
Skip
Sonny
Sunny
Tab
Tad
Taffy
Tawny
Tippi
Tish
Zero - Gee, I wonder why this is on the list... lol.

 
ETA: Speaking of names not to be able to live up to, one of my roommates' co-workers is named Serene. From what I've heard, while she's a nice person, she's also very angry and irritable a lot. Hehe, makes me laugh.

Comments

[lovebird.livejournal.com]

I knew a Bambi in school. In elementary school the mother used to dress her up in these cowgirl looking outfits too which just made it weirder.

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

O.o I don't know what would possess you to name a kid Bambi ... all I can think of is the deer, haha.

[lovebird.livejournal.com]

I believe her first name was Nicole which is so normal compared to Bambi. At least she has that to fall back on if she hates it ever?

[colliemommie.livejournal.com]

And the deer was a boy, which just complicates things further.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

My grandma's neighbour is named Bambi! I always thought it was weird.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

I know an Adonis!

[twitchywoman.livejournal.com]

I really love Birdie/Byrdie and Poppy, but would probably only use Birdie/Byrdie for a nickname and Poppy I want my kids to use as a pet name for my dad (but it probably won't stick because my family has called our grandparents "Grandma" and "Grandpa" FOREVER).

[sunleap.livejournal.com]

My kids call my dad Poppy!

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Cassandra
Dante
Lucretia
Ophelia
Kit
Shep

[blue-suspenders.livejournal.com]

Hehe, I can't imagine being named Obedience...

I like Cassandra and Ophelia.

[skittlebox.livejournal.com]

Bubbles?! I'd name a fish Bubbles, not my kid!

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

I would add Adonis to the first list. I like a few of those - Atlas would make a cool middle.

[justuschickens.livejournal.com]

I know people who have or whose kids have a lot of the names on the first list, including an Achilles and a Zoltan (actually Zolten, but still). I wouldn't say they're having a problem living up to their names.

[stummyflies.livejournal.com]

Ophelia

Lucky
Taffy

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I saw an Achilles on television the other day. I think I'm in the same place as you with Cassandra, I like it, but not really enough to use it. Maybe for a middle name.

[lindiohead.livejournal.com]

Octavius
Odysseus
Ophelia

Those names rock.

[sunleap.livejournal.com]

My mother's name is Dolly Kay. Her sisters are Melinda Gale(she goes by Gale) and Karen Leigh. My mom's name suits her. My dad calls her Doll(and a few other family members) but for the most part she goes by Kay.

[ghetto-lonetto.livejournal.com]

Achilles
Atlas - I actually really like this, which surprises me
Cleopatra
Dante
Glory
Odysseus
Ophelia
Plato
Rembrandt - although this reminds me of toothpaste now, which sorta spoils it
Starr
Storm

Skip
Sunny

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

I like:
Amadeus
Atlas
Dante
Glory
Jezebel
Merlin
Starr
Storm
Temperance

Cherry
Cindy - my mom's name is Cindy... not Cynthia
Duke
Dusty