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[florallove.livejournal.com]

Currer and Ellis (both female) - cool, or incredibly pretentious?

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[hwar.livejournal.com]

I like Ellis. Currer is hard for me to say. I could see it as a middle but not really as a first.

[hwar.livejournal.com]

PS these two names remind me of the middle name of a (female) friend of mine: Hollis. Which I like very much.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

huge Bronte fan?

[sunshinefleur.livejournal.com]

I like Ellis (and it also has the nn Ellie if the girl hated it/was really feminine, etc). Currer is a bit hard to say, but I don't think I would hate it if I met someone with the name.

[janenx01.livejournal.com]

It's a pretentious in-joke. I love it.

[sereneignorance.livejournal.com]

Currer Ellis...isn't that what Charlotte Bronte went as before she was allowed to publish as herself? Other than that, I don't like Currer, but Ellis is actually kind of cute.

[sereneignorance.livejournal.com]

under her real name, I meant.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

Ellis is alright but not very feminine. Currer is very hard to say.

[blueberryeyes17.livejournal.com]

I think Currer is very ugly... my first thought was cur, like a dog.

[rorylareina.livejournal.com]

Love Ellis, think Currer is just alright, but I wouldn't use them together. You're not a fan of Acton?

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

This.

[jeweledvixen.livejournal.com]

Horrifying. Ellis would be all right for a boy. But neither is appropriate for a girl. Currer? What is that? It sounds like a surname to me. I dislike surnames as given names.

[florallove.livejournal.com]

Charlotte went by Currer Bell, her sister Emily went by Ellis. I agree with you, Currer isn't my favorite, but I like Ellis.

[florallove.livejournal.com]

Charlotte Bronte published her books as Currer Bell, Emily Bronte as Ellis Bell. They were meant to be androgynous. while I generally agree with you on Ellis being better for a boy, I wouldn't like to name my boy after a female author (same as I wouldn't want to name my girl after a male author). not that I want to name my children Currer or Ellis, I just wanted opinions:)

[florallove.livejournal.com]

oh, of course not together. I'm not really planning on naming any future children these names, I just wanted opinions. I do like Acton, but haven't read Anne's book, so I didn't include it.

[florallove.livejournal.com]

haha, not really. I liked Jane Eyre and kind of liked Wuthering Heights, but I just think the names are interesting.

[rorylareina.livejournal.com]

Just wondering. I do think they're cool and I would consider using Ellis :)

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

my sex industry name is ellis belle. it makes me feel like I'm better than people.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Currer will be teased rotten and nicknamed something cruel to do with curry, horses or both (in jokes can be funny, but get stale very quickly for something the child have to live with)

Ellis is fine (the medieval mystery writer Ellis Peters was a woman, real name Edith) but I don't see it cool, it's rather a weak sound after all.

[sereneignorance.livejournal.com]

Ahh, thanks for clearing that up!

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

So pretentious, I could puke.

Highly educated people and literature buffs will think it's trying way too hard, and others who don't understand the reference will think, "Those girls have the weirdest names, WTF!"

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

I love the idea of it, but Currer is even more awkward than Aurora for double R weirdness.

[frost.livejournal.com]

Ellis is okay, but Currer is hideous and kind of awkward to say.

Individually, I don't think they're pretentious, but if you used them together (first & middle name), or as a sibling set, people who got the reference would probably think you were trying too hard.

[heure-actuelle.livejournal.com]

i like Ellis but for a boy

[wolfbane.livejournal.com]

I think Ellis is a nice middle name, and I don't like Currer at all.

[leatherandjeans.livejournal.com]

Incredibly pretentious. Sorry :(