Why we love what we love
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babynamesToday Nameberry's blog posed this question: why do we love the names we love?
I thought it was interesting and I was curious to see what your favorite names are and if you can pin point why you love them.
Well, I really love old names. I like them to be a little quirky but not too crazy. I don't want my kid to be one of five people with their name in the class, but I also don't want everyone they meet to go "your name is WHAT?!"
My favorite girl's name is Pearl Frances. Pearl because I think it's adorable but also classy. Janis Joplin was also one of my first favorites, so the reference there doesn't hurt either. Frances was my great grandmother's name and I think it's beautiful. I love it as a middle name.
Boy's names are harder for me. If I absolutely had to pick, I think I'd say my favorite boy's names are Henry and Knox but I don't necessarily like them together. Henry is just a classic and I think the nickname Hank is adorable. Also, the love of Hank sort of stems from my love of Charles Bukowski. I've loved the name Knox since I saw the movie "Dead Poet's Society" as a child. I was sort of sad when Brad and Angie used it because I was afraid of a Knox insurgence but it doesn't seem to have been too bad yet. Again, I just think it's a really classy, strong name that could take someone far.
I thought it was interesting and I was curious to see what your favorite names are and if you can pin point why you love them.
Well, I really love old names. I like them to be a little quirky but not too crazy. I don't want my kid to be one of five people with their name in the class, but I also don't want everyone they meet to go "your name is WHAT?!"
My favorite girl's name is Pearl Frances. Pearl because I think it's adorable but also classy. Janis Joplin was also one of my first favorites, so the reference there doesn't hurt either. Frances was my great grandmother's name and I think it's beautiful. I love it as a middle name.
Boy's names are harder for me. If I absolutely had to pick, I think I'd say my favorite boy's names are Henry and Knox but I don't necessarily like them together. Henry is just a classic and I think the nickname Hank is adorable. Also, the love of Hank sort of stems from my love of Charles Bukowski. I've loved the name Knox since I saw the movie "Dead Poet's Society" as a child. I was sort of sad when Brad and Angie used it because I was afraid of a Knox insurgence but it doesn't seem to have been too bad yet. Again, I just think it's a really classy, strong name that could take someone far.
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Date: 2009-09-08 02:57 pm (UTC)On the whole, I like names that are either a little weird/a little crazy, or more normal, just not common. Yes, I've got a few popular names on my list that I can't see ever going out of style (Mary, Violet, Nathaniel, Noah, the such), and I even have some darn right trendy ones too (Avery, Savannah, Hayden, Scout), but they are a bit further down on the list.
My favourite girl names are Olive and Dreama. I just think that they're both so gorgeous. I hate Olivia and I dislike Oliver, but I fell in love with Olive the first time I seriously considered it. It's older and less common these days. Dreama is just so pretty to look at and say, I love it.
My favourite boy name right now is Beau, and it has been for awhile, but I think I might be growing out of it just a bit. I just think it's short and simple and sweet and I like the image of a person I get when I say it.