fourth graders

[arbus.livejournal.com]

a few fourth graders i just met. just found the names kind of interesting.

ada
miriam
donna
mae

Comments

[sal_amanda]

I love Miriam and had it on the list my husband and I are currently compiling, until a friend pointed out that it means something like bitter or sorrow or some other unpleasantness like that, so we scrapped it. Meanings can be a deal breaker for me, but otherwise, it's a great name. I used to teach a Miriam who went by Mim.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

From what I've heard there are two different definitions of Miriam! The more common one is that Miriam is a diminutive form of Mary, hence the bitterness and sorrow meaning. The second meaning is "songbird" because Miriam (the sister of Moses and Aaron) occasionally became the voice for Moses, as well as sang a lot in the Torah. (I've only heard the second definition voiced in mostly Jewish naming boards, however.)


To the OP, I adore Miriam and Ada!

[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

There are some names I have to wonder why anyone would name their kid that.

Yes. People ARE named Donna, but for the life of me I can't imaging PICKING IT and giving it to my kid.

I dunno.

[lorienellen.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I always feel a little confused when I meet a Donna who is younger than 40.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Mae.

I can deal with Donna & Miriam, they're not just my style. Ada I really don't like.

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

I really love the name Ada.. it's on my list for girls :)

Miriam is pretty, too, but I don't think I like it enough to use it.

Donna is just .. ew to me. I can't picture that name on a little girl AT ALL.

Mae is pretty, but it always seems more of a middle name to me.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Very surprised to see Donna on a 4th grader.

Mae is a nice middle name, and I love the name Miriam! Never liked Ada.

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

I love Miriam. The others, not so much. Donna? Seriously? Unless she was born 40 years old, I just can't see it.

[twitchywoman.livejournal.com]

I love love love Ada and Mae. I think they are so beautiful.

[ajsuram.livejournal.com]

Miriam is a beautiful name!

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

lol my sister is a donna. and I just don't get that name. I'm glad I got the better name.