Is my taste terrible? :(

[ironqueen.livejournal.com]

These are my favorite names. My name list seems to be pretty negative.
http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9515034

Girls:
Allegra Sage
Catriona Jocelyn
Evette Veronica (nn Evie)
Wilhelmina Celeste

Boys:
Bryan Alexander
Garrison Culver (nn Gary)
Jacob Gabriel (nn Jake)
Lucas Brendan (nn Luke)

I will definitely use Catriona Jocelyn for my first girl. I really like Catriona spelled this way. Whenever I mention this to people they're always like "Why don't you spell it the normal way?" I wouldn't call Katrina the "normal" way, it's just one way of spelling it. I like that Catriona is different. It is also the title character in one of my favorite books so that makes it extra nice for me. I know I'm going to have to correct people all the time but I don't care - they'll get used to it. Jocelyn would be the middle name in honor of my Aunt Joyce. I think Catriona Jocelyn flows well and the name together means "Pure Joy" so I really like that.

Evette Veronica would be in honor of my grandmother (her middle name was Veronica). And I love the nicknames I am using - Evie, Gary, Jake, and Luke. Overall, I know my boys names are more traditional than my girls names, but I really like them. I don't think they're boring and I think all of them flow nice too.

As far as the negative feedback goes, I'm hoping that these names are just not people's style as opposed to people thinking that they are absolutely horrible. LOL At any rate, at least they're all real names. ;)

Comments

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

This is the second time recently somebody here has made a post about how they'd like people to reconsider their negative responses. Fair enough, but realize that you're not going to be able to have this conversation with the tens of thousands of people your child meets through the course of his or her life, and if the INITIAL reception is primarily negative, that's something to consider.

Also, I think Catriona Jocelyn is made worse by the fact that the most famous person ever to use the "Jocelyn" spelling is... well, see for yourself (http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=jocelyn&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2). Sure, both Catriona and Jocelyn are established spellings, but both are a step away from standard with their own separate hitches.

I dislike Garrison, despite my love of Garrison Keillor.

Still, I like all of your names more than anything truly ridiculous like Peyton or Braelyn — or Kaylyn or Kaedee or what have you.

[ironqueen.livejournal.com]

LOL Well she is scary! Jocelyn's been around for hundreds of years though, hasn't it? I thought so...

Anyway, I'm not asking people to reconsider. I was just wondering if people thought they were the most horrible names they ever saw, or if they're just not to their individual taste.

Thank you for commenting!

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

It has, although the spelling associated with Joyce was traditionally "Joscelyn". Without the S, it's not generally considered a variant of Joyce but instead a surname-turned-male-first-turned-female-first-name.

Whatever float your boat, though! Like I said, I don't actively dislike your name selections that much.

[ironqueen.livejournal.com]

Ohh okay. I didn't realize that about Joscelyn. Thanks for the info! :)

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I don't even know who that is... I've never heard of or seen that person. Maybe I'm really dense, or something.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

Jocelyn Wildenstein is famous for being a freakishly, intentionally disfigured plastic surgery addict — not for any particular achievements. It's probably a good sign that you don't know who she is.