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[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

 what do you think of the name geoffrey? the combo geoffrey orion? any other suggestions?

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[bluekoala.livejournal.com]

I can only think of the kid we called "gee-off", but as far as teasing goes, that's not horrifying or anything. anyway, the name spelled that way seems a little upper-class-english-twit, but I still kinda dig it.

[mrandmrschippy.livejournal.com]

Geoffrey is not a popular name amongst the British aristocracy.

[bluekoala.livejournal.com]

who ever said it was? it seems that way to me. my opinion.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I have a cousin named Geoffrey, and you'd think after 17 years I'd be clear on what I think of it, but I'm not haha. I think it sounds better than it looks. So it would follow that I think Jeffrey looks better, but I don't. It's a pretty decent name ... I guess since it would be kind of "off-limits" for me to use it, I've never really had to think about what I actually think about it, if that makes any sense?

I like the name Orion (more a guilty pleasure name for me than anything else), but I don't really think it goes with Geoffrey. Some combos I like with Geoffrey:

Geoffrey Alexander
Geoffrey David
Geoffrey Matthew
Geoffrey Michael

[lovetokate.livejournal.com]

Do not mind the name...HATE that spelling. I can't read it without thinking, "Gee-OFF-ree" :/ But I do not mind Jeffery. I like Orion but they don't seem to "go" together.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

There's a Geoffrey that I know that I really do not like, but I can say this about it: I prefer that spelling a lot more than Jeffrey. I'm not too sure about Orion, but that's just so far from my style for boy names, it just sounds weird to me. I much prefer Orrin.

I can't really think of anything else, but if you like Orion, what about other names in mythology? Like Achilles and the such.

[jenufa.livejournal.com]

Geoffrey always makes me think of the giraffe of Toys R Us fame. I'm a total nerd, I know. And I can never imagine it being pronounced like people want it to be. Eh.

[magicpointeshoe.livejournal.com]

Geoffrey always makes me think of the giraffe of Toys R Us fame

This. And Toys R Hell is one crappy place to work for, so name association is further damaged for me.

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

My brother's name is Jeffery and people always spell it Geoffrey!

I Like either spelling, I'm probably more partial to Jeffery though.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

The reverse happens to my cousin a lot.

[aprettybinding.livejournal.com]

It's my brothers name, and i don't like it. It's also mis-spelled all the time, and he got a lot of geoffrey the giraffe and "gee-off" comments as a kid.

[mykissmightkill.livejournal.com]

I also know someone named Geoffrey I only thought the spelling was just.. interesting when i first met him because I had never seen the spelling before. But i didnt think it was weird or anything. I totally didnt think of the toys r us thing until people here said it. so i dont think i would worry about it to much otherwise. I think i prefer this spelling over jeffrey. Im nota big fan of "j's" for some reason lol. I think Geoffry Orion is an ok combo. Geoffrey Michael for some reason popped into my head thought Michael isnt really on the same plane as Orion so i dunno how much you would like that.

[mykissmightkill.livejournal.com]

Oh and alot of my friends would call him Gee-off like others have mentioned but it was like a fun friendly nickname kinda deal with us and him that he didn't mind. So i dont think its a bad thing. When he introduces himself he wont be "oh hi, im gee-off." so yeah lol just adding that in :)

[mrandmrschippy.livejournal.com]

Geoffrey says boring and Orion says onion or my parents are new agey. A truly bizarre combo, as Geoffrey is so middle aged compared to Orion.

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

this is by far the best comment i've gotten from this community to date... :)

orion has been at the top of my list for a while now, along with andromeda for a girl, and i'm coming to grips with the fact that they're very out there and that i might be growing out of my "oh my gosh, mythology names rock!" phase.

[mrandmrschippy.livejournal.com]

There's a saying that goes 'kill your babies'. We all have a tendency to cling on to pet ideas, and sometimes you have to let go. I think Andromeda is cool actually, but it's also self-indulgent.

That isn't to say you totally have to ditch mythology names, there are lots which are still 'popular' enough to be okay (i.e. not a burden for the name-bearer), like Pandora or Persephone.

And fashionable names are so weird nowadays it's quite radical to use old-fashioned 'boring' names like Geoffrey. It just happened to be one I really don't like. I do like Arthur, Percy and Basil, for example.