Favorite names from songs--something light to discuss

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

We all know that songs with a name in the title (usually a woman's name) are instant hits. What are your favorite names from songs/songs with names/whatever? Has a positive association with a beloved song ever changed your opinion of a name? Has a song you hated ever ruined a name for you?

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Admittedly, I am totally into the name Vidalia because of the Sammy Kershaw song. I love cheesy puns, so when he begs "Tell me why, sweet Vidalia, you always gotta make me cry?" I just get the biggest kick. I also love that the first verse of the song is about how she got her name (parents' names are Violet and Dale) and how her parents didn't realize when they combined her name that they were dooming her to an onion-y lifetime of making men cry.

The George Strait song "Adalida" has gotten me intrigued by that name.

Comments

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

Phil Vassar's "Carleen" made my like the name more.

Ummm... I'm sure there are more...

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

ooh, that made me think of Dolly's "Jolene," a name I probably wouldn't like without the positive association of that song.

[solyma.livejournal.com]

"sarala" by caedmon's call. it's a hindu name, but i really like it because of the song.

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

i'm not familiar with the song. how is it pronounced? it's interesting

[solyma.livejournal.com]

it's actually pronounced just how it looks. :) sara-la

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

i guess i should have asked where the accent is? i'm saying it sah-RAH-lah.

[solyma.livejournal.com]

hmm i'm actually not sure where the accent is. this is how they say it in the song (and how i pronounce it): sare-uh-la. i guess the accent is on sare. SARE-uh-la?

"sare" like "pear"
"la" like "fa la la la la" :)

[joelenebeverly.livejournal.com]

That's my name! except with an extra E (Joelene) - and I was NOT named after the song! I like the name, but I hate that when I introduce myself to people they start singing the song!

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

aww, i'm just the kind of asshole who would do that, too. only because i love dolly so much!

i know a man named roger miller, and any time i see him i start singing, "dang me! dang me! they outta take a rope and hang me..."

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

so biggest stress on first syllable, slight stress on last syllable bc of the long 'a'? it's neat!

[solyma.livejournal.com]

yep, exactly! it's pronounced just like how you'd say sara, but with a "la" at the end. i think it's really interesting. i don't know if i'd ever use it, but i do enjoy it. if you have iTunes, you can hear a clip of the song to hear how it's pronounced.

[rhondaaerosmith.livejournal.com]

how bout 'help me rhonda', it's my name and when i was working people would sing it to me all the time.

[ireane.livejournal.com]

If my husband and I ever have multiples, I'm all for naming them Sage, Rosemary, and/or Thyme.

[missamerican.livejournal.com]

I love that song and that name! :)

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

hehe, but they will feel incomplete without a parsley!

[missamerican.livejournal.com]

I actually started liking my own name (Jamie) when hearing the songs "Jamie" by Weezer and then Dashboard Confessional and "Dear Jamie" by Hellogoodbye. And well... a couple of other Jamie songs. haha.

When I heard Austin (Blake Shelton) I really feel in love with that name though.

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

clementine

layla

ophelia

brandy (i hate the name but i would totally use it because of the song lol) ok maybe not

daniel

[ireane.livejournal.com]

Doh! How true. I can't believe I forgot poor parsley!

Now parsley, would that be masculine, feminine, or unisex?

[apple-seed.livejournal.com]

ugh sorry, that was supposed to be a reply to the post, not to your comment! :P

[apple-seed.livejournal.com]

I was named after a song- Melissa by the Allman Brothers.

I love the song Romeo & Juliet by Dire Straits, since Juliet is my daughter's name.

My sister was also named after a song- Amanda by Boston.

My mom wasn't named after the Weezer song Susanne, but it's a song I like :)

Names I like from songs are some of the more typical ones: Layla (Eric Clapton) Jamie (Weezer) and Jonas (Weezer.)

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

i love, love, love clementine.

my sister is brandy, so of course the song is "her song."

[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

'Eli, the Barrow Boy' by The Decemberists made me fall in love with the name Eli.

also, Rasputina has a song called 'Dig Ophelia,' and it made Ophelia grow on me more. :)

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

oh, i love that decemberists song. i have a friend named eli who loves the decemberists; oddly, he hates that song.

i also have a friend who named her son Eli Magellan. i think the combo is stellar.

[annieareyouokay.livejournal.com]

I love love love Haligh from the Bright Eyes song. And Lyla from the song by Oasis. Actually thinking about it, I'll have to run Lyla Haligh by my husband. :)

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

oh i love the song, but i don't care for the name. i always wondered where he found it.