Medley

[jerseygrits.livejournal.com]

So I was watching the Olympics the other day, and there was a medley event happening in the pool. My reaction was something like, "Medley, I like that word. Hmm, that could almost be a cute name for a girl."

The general sound actually seems like it fits in with some of the more popular names these days, so I'm almost surprised I haven't heard it used yet.

It has a nice enough meaning (in the musical sense), and it definitely strikes me as a word name that could sound completely normal in the future if it were used more frequently. (FYI, it's never been in the top 1,000 according to SSA records.)

I doubt I'd ever seriously consider using it, but it seems like it has potential. What do you think?

Comments

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

Kind of like Melody?

[goaskyourmother.livejournal.com]

I prefer Melody.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I think you're right, considering the popularity of Hailey and Hadley.

I don't like it myself, though.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

*I just realized something else...Medley may sound too much like 'madly'.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I know the feeling, I've thought about it once too :P
I think it has potential but stays there.
Being too similar to Melody and other names (Hadley, ecc) it might not work too well.

As a middle name, hell yeah!

[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of the "vegetable medley" we used to get at lunch in high school.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I can't get behind it as it something my (maiden) last name has often been mispronounced as.

[jyl-mac.livejournal.com]

I agree, it's an awesome name, and I can totally see that catching on, especially when this emo music generation gets a few years older!!

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

It'll probably take off when people finally get tired of Cadence and need a new "unique" name-sounding musical word.

I can see siblings Medley and Beckon.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I could definitely see somebody using it. But I don't think that I like it. It may just be one of those words that should stay a word.

[mrandmrschippy.livejournal.com]

The musical sense is usually applied to terrible compilations or muzak (e.g. Handel's Xmas Medley) so I regard the word negatively in this respect.

Apart from that, who'd want to be named after a mixture of stuff in general, the thesaurus gives alteratives such as hodge-podge or miscellany?

Sounding nice isn't enough. Clitoris sounds pretty too.

[ugottafriend.livejournal.com]

I think it could be confused for Melody.

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

i definitely like melody better :]

[limelight-lude.livejournal.com]

when talking about musical names, people are going to go for melody before medley because of the frequency of use musically.

[pixietangerine.livejournal.com]

i think it'd be a cute name, but i wouldn't use it myself.