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[gothikbutterfly.livejournal.com]

My husband and I are planning on naming our son (who is due today, by the way) Chasval, and we haven't really decided on a middle name. My husband and I both like the names Hadrian and Gerik, but we're not sure which sounds better... Or if a different name would be better. So which do you think sounds better?

Chasval Hadrian
Chasval Gerik

And, in case you're not sure, Chasval is pronounced [caz-vall] and we've been pronouncing Gerik [ger-ick], rhyming with Derrek (however it's spelled).

I know Chasval is a very odd name, but when I first heard it, it just felt right. It's a name from an old Gundam series, so, I didn't make it up.

Any thoughts? Negative and positive are both wanted! Thanks!

[I'm sorry if my post seems rushed... I'm not very good at getting my ideas out proper today...]

Comments

[macabre.livejournal.com]

You can be unique without harming your child's future though. Unique may be fun, to you, but not for the child in question. Already, another person and I don't like it. Imagine how he would feel going to apply for a job. Do you think people will take him seriously?

[gothikbutterfly.livejournal.com]

How and why would people not take him seriously? A name is a name... And I'm honestly not trying to be unique... It just came out that way. As I've replied to someone else, this name is just the one that I felt would fit him.

[gothikbutterfly.livejournal.com]

But the thing is, only obsessive Gundam fans would know that name. The character that is named that doesn't even go by that name... He goes by Char. I didn't even know that the character was originally named that until my husband pointed it out to me... And my husband just happens to be one of those obsessed fans. I would go into the details of the name in the show, but I'm quite sure you don't care to know about it.

[gothikbutterfly.livejournal.com]

I actually don't think the name Char would fit my kid. And why name the kid something that people would recognize as an anime character? Very few people will actually recognize Chasval as an anime character.

[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

Exactly... I don't watch anime, but still, I wouldn't have thought it was from any sort of anime thing until you said so in the post. it just sounded like an extremely pretentious european name to me... a style i like, lol.

[macabre.livejournal.com]

Because it sounds like a silly name to me. I'm not trying to be mean, sorry if I sound that way, but I think your child will not be taken seriously in anything with the name from a cartoon show.

[gothikbutterfly.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know you're not trying to be mean... You're just giving your honest opinion, which I do appreciate. As I said above, you'd have to be an obsessive fan to know that the name is even from the show. It's mentioned very few times.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

exactly. Wanting him to have an uncommon name is fine, but there are TONS of "regular" classic uncommon names. You have to think about the child as something other than a 3 year old. He's going to be correcting every teacher he ever has, spelling his name for everyone, etc.