"good names"

[girlsteve.livejournal.com]

So, I have a question: do you ever hear people raving about a name and think ‘I just don’t get it’? I’m not talking about the hugely trendy Jayden type names. I mean the names that, when you post them up here, you just know are going to get a favourable response?

For example, I know a lot of people like Violet, but I just don’t get it. It sounds like vile, and looks like Violent. I also remember a time when everyone liked Harper, and all I ever heard was Harpie. Similarly, my SO will not budge on Evie, even though I love it and as far as I can tell so do most other people…

I hope no one is offended by my posting this – clearly I’m in the minority on such names, so I hope anyone with these on their list won’t hate me. I was just thinking, so often you get a generally glowing review of a name, especially the traditional or classic ones, and then people don’t come forward and say they don’t like it… I just think I’d hate to give my kid a name that I thought was great, and everyone else seemed to love, only to then have someone point out that it sounds like X or looks like Y, and turn me off of it once it’s too late. I’d like to know all possible connotations before I use something, so I can decide whether or not I still like it…

Comments

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

I totally agree on the Delilah thing. I also cringe at the names Cain and Jezebel.

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

I always feel bad for boys named Cain, too, even if the parents don't spell it that way. Kids already have enough trouble dealing with sibling rivalry; there's no need to add onto it!

You've come across girls with the name Jezebel?!

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Only on baby name lists or birth announcements. None in person so far.

I saw a news article about a baby named Delilah Grace. I thought hmmm....

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

A bit of an oxymoron...