WDYT

[unicornonthecob.livejournal.com]

Names I've come across at work today:

Roberta
Crimsen
Nickole
Leonia
Elsie
Pierrette
Trina
Leigh Ann
Merilynne
Danijela
Zora
Morley
Eszequiel
Colby
Wilhelm
Lancelot

Comments

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Roberta: I've never figured out whether it's pronounced Row-BEAR-tah or Row-BUR-tah in english. It's Row-BEH-rtah in italian.
Crimsen: Crimson is a guilty pleasure of mine, but this, no.
Nickole: yuck
Leonia: NMS, but it could work sometimes
Elsie: I like it only a nickname for Elizabeth
Pierrette: makes me think of Pierrot, the clown
Trina: NMS, there are best nn for Katrina, etc, imo.
Leigh Ann: too common combination
Merilynne: what was so wrong with Marilyn??? duh
Danijela: maybe it's a legit spelling in- don't know- Holland?, but to me it looks wrong. Daniela is just fine.
Zora: definitely not bad
Morley: sounds like Marley being mispronounced
Eszequiel: Ezequiel is less complicate, but this looks like a polish spelling
Colby: NMS
Wilhelm: it wouldn't occur to me to use it, but it's a refreshing variation to William
Lancelot: lol a bit too "arthurian" for my taste. Plus, the "do you lance a lot" joke would run old after a while.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

my friends daughter is named crimson. she is in her early teens now.

i like elsie, sort of.

[devaretha.livejournal.com]

I like Zora and Elsie a lot.

[adamant-turtle.livejournal.com]

"Elsie" immediately makes me think of Elsie Edwards in the Barthe DeClements series (Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade, How Do You Lose Those Ninth Grade Blues?, Seventeen and In Between, etc.) which I LOVED as a kid, so I think favorable on this name, lol

I'm with the above commenter who wonders if "Danijela" is a legit spelling in another language...seems to me like it might be...

[wolfbane.livejournal.com]

Elsie is cute.

[starskye.livejournal.com]

Pierrette is bad. Normally, I do like female versions of male names (Victoria, Wilhelmina, etc.) but Pierrette is just yuk.