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[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Violet Simone
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[arbus.livejournal.com]

i love it! :)

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thanks.
My husband and I (he begrudgingly) are kinda starting from scratch on girls names.
We had a combo he loves but I am over it.

I emailed him a list of girls names from which he said he could maybe deal with Leah(LAY-uh), Naomi and Violet.
I proposed Simone as a middle name, since that's a name we both think goes with just about anything.
He said with Simone he liked Leah or Violet. I think Violet Simone is the better combo of the two, hence my post.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i completely agree. i think violet simone is the best combo. good luck! :)

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Thanks.
I'm not one to try and get my way completely with names but he threw out our agreed upon boy's name (which I still love) and came up with a new one, which I agreed to.
So I think I should get a little more say with the girl's name, lol.

[fangirlism]

I could never see Leah pronounced as LAY-uh. That's my sister's name, pronounced LEE-uh and she'd throw a fit when it was mispronounced lol.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

:) It's not mispronounced. That is the original Hebrew pronunciation.
It is my Husband's Bubbie's Mother's name.
However, I am aware most people pronounce it LEE-uh with that spelling, which has why I hesitate to use it.

[fangirlism]

By "mispronounced" I meant they'd call her LAY-uh, which is not how we pronounced it.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I just meant that LAY-uh is not a mispronunciation of the name in and of itself...although it is in your sister's case, lol.

[fangirlism]

Oh I know. :) It's a valid pronunciation in and of itself. Just like Erica and Ericka are valid spellings of my name, but that doesn't mean they're correct ways to spell it when addressing me.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Don't take this the wrong way, as I am sorry people say your sister's name wrong all the time, but it actually gives me hope that if we use the name that people will say it with the pronunciation we mean...does that make any sense?

[fangirlism]

Yeah. And no offense taken (it's my sister's name, not mine lol)

I even joked a few comments down that you should move to Tucson (where I live).

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't actually like the name Simone, but the two names don't really seem to go together in my head. They're like, two completely different styles. It flows nice, I just think they're mismatched.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Thanks for your input. The other name my husband thought went well with Simone as a middle is Leah (LAY-uh).
Do you think Leah Simone matches better?

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think that it does. The styles match a little bit better, to me anyway, but what the heck do I know?, and I think that Leah just sounds prettier with Simone than Violet.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Well, they're both Hebrew names so I can see how they could mesh better together. I just like Violet more as a first name, I think, lol.
Coming up with names is harder now that I'm actually pregnant, sheesh

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

ia. i've never been a fan of simone, but the two flow really well.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Not my style, but really pretty!

As for the comment above...Personally, I like Leah Simone a little better.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thank you!
I have to see which one my husband likes better.

[omfg----hxc.livejournal.com]

Two of my faves!

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

yaay, thanks :)

[kaoriz.livejournal.com]

I like it and I think it would flow fine when you say it with the last name.

I like Violet better than Leah; there's not enough Violets in the world.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thanks for your input!
Our last name starts with a Sh sound and is Jewish.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

there's not enough Violets in the world.
there definitely will be in a few years.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

It's only 231 on the ssa website.

Here are the names that were 231 starting 10 years back and moving forward:

Madeleine (now 290)
Nina (now 266)
Tara (now 539)
Alison (now 288)
Cierra (now 716)
Holly (now 339)
Raven (now 508)
Vivian (now 210)
Haylee (now 237)
Makenna (now 243)

The only one that has moved up is Vivian, and that only minimally so I am not too worried.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Very pretty

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thank you!
Also: Blueberries for Sal!!!!

[ladymela99.livejournal.com]

I think Leah Simone goes together better. But I like the name Violet better. LOL They are both pretty :)

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thank you very much.

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I really love it. I think it would flow equally well with Violet or Leah, actually. Sounds good either way--I think I like Violet Simone a little better.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Thanks!
I'm still waiting to see what Hubby will say.

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

Let us all know what he thinks!

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

ugh he likes Leah better but he wants to spell it Lea.
I tried to tell him that no one will pronounce it LAY-uh if it's spelled that way!

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

I like Leah Simone better, but I'd consider spelling Leah differently to get the sound you are going for. Most people are around to say "lee-uh" first and I can imagine that would get extremely old.

[fangirlism]

As I said the above, my sister had the opposite problem. (It's lee-uh, and she was constantly addressed as lay-uh and she hated it)

OP - move to Tucson! lol.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I suggested Leia but he can't get over the Star Wars connection.

[pixi-ana-vixn.livejournal.com]

i'm a geek for dif spellings. hope i didn't already post this to you.

Vylet :-)

<3

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your suggestions but I don't care for creative spellings of names :)

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thanks!

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

The combination sounds really great!

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thank you!