inspired by the last post..

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Are there any names that you love hearing on other people?

Maybe it's a guilty pleasure (or maybe your partner has told you that there's no way in hell they'd ever have a kid with that name .. ehhem) and you're just glad that SOMEONE is using it, maybe it's a little validation that said name isn't as weird or out there as others claim it is, maybe it's something hard to pronounce and gaining a little popularity might help people know how it should be said... maybe something else entirely. Why do you like hearing that name?

Well, considering that this was inspired by seeing "Atticus" in that last post... that's one of them. Others include Desmond, Nolan, Eloise, Katarina, Lacey, Elisa and Eva. The boys names all fall into that "no kid of mine is going to be named ___" category. Well, I think he likes Atticus, but not enough to actually have a kid with that name. I will push Nolan until I hate it or convince him, though. ;)

Lacey and Elisa are guilty pleasures. I thought I invented the name "Elisa" when I was 6 years old (then pronounced like Alyssa) and I think it looks prettier than Alyssa, though usually pronounced differently, I still like it. I don't think I'd use it now, but it makes me smile seeing it. Normally I'm not really fond of names that end in the "-ee" sound because they tend to sound overly cutesy, but I like this one for whatever reason, though I couldn't see myself using it.

I think Katarina and Eva are both just really nice, pretty names. Eloise joins that list, but since I've began liking it, I've seen it EVERYWHERE. It doesn't help that there's a song called "Eloise" on the newest Say Anything CD. I'd still use all of these, though.