Word Names

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

What are your favorite word names (or for the anti word name folks, what names do you hate the least lol)? 99% of the time I like word names to be spelled just like the dictionary - Skye being the only exception I can think of right now. Thoughts? Worst butchering of a word name you've seen? I think the worst I've seen was J'aeh De (Jade, really, its supposed to be Jade lol)

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[theljfromheck.livejournal.com]

I don't like word names like Precious or Unique or Charity. Nature word names I like but wouldn't use like Sky or Ocean.

I can't even think of butchered names right now, I know I've seen some bad ones, maybe I blocked them out. haha

My favorite I guess would be Luna. I hadn't really thought of it as a word name for some reason, but it is one.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

A lot (maybe most) of my favourite names are word names, so:

Beau
Bright
Dean
Gray
Hunter
Royal
Scout
Cash

Olive
Tuesday
Poppy
Savanna(h)
Saxon
Daisy
Ruby
Cricket
Hazel
Summer
June
Bijou
Cadence
Eden
Kiwi
Penny
Iris
Patience

And if place names count as word names, I've got a bunch more of them too.

I haven't seen too many butchering of word names that I can think of. I know a Christal, which I think looks really weird but it's not horrible. It's no J'aeh De, lol. I think if people are going to use a word for a name, they should use a dictionary-accepted version of it.

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Sage is obviously my most favourite; but really I like lots of word names, mostly virtue and botanical ones. My last starts with Ing- though, so that limits me a bit.

On my current short list ...
Autumn, Harp (as a nn for Harper), Iris, June, Juniper, Lily, Sequoia.
August, Banyan, Cash, Indigo, River, Rowan

I'm totally anti-creative spellings and superfluous vowels; but Skye has never bothered me. It's a place/name in its own right, rather than necessarily a rift on the word.

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

Harper
Heath

Hazel
Holly
Magnolia
Violet
Willow

I can't think of any butcherings. I think I try to block names that I really don't like from my memory, lol.

[lorienellen.livejournal.com]

The onnnnly one I can think of right now is Canyon, which I don't like. I'm sure there are tons of others that I do and don't like, though! It's been a long day haha.

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

I like virtue names. Hope, Faith, Charity, Grace.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

I like a bunch of word names I love because I love nature names bu taking a word and misspelling it just because you're calling it a 'name' is... pathetic. To me anyway...

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

I love Mercy, Ruby, Wren, and Wolf!

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Beck
Dublin
Everest
Heath
Lake
Porter
River
Stone

Aura
Aurora
Briar
Cadence
Eden
Georgia
Haven
Iris
Ivy
Lily
Meadow
Raine
Sage
Scarlett
Skye
Summer

Raine, Skye, and Scarlett are about the only names I can tolerate being altered from the dictionary spellings. Idk why.

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

I ONLY like word names when spelled correctly. Ones like Lylly just annoy the shit out of me; Lilly, too.

Archer
Ash
Thatcher
Forrest

Lily
Rose
Grace
Jewel

[fairly-contrary.livejournal.com]

I like most flower names quite a bit. Especially Iris and Lily (but just one l, please).

I'm not a big fan of virtue names in general, but Felicity is the one exception. I ADORE Felicity.

Scarlet and Jade and other color/stone names are guilty pleasures for me!

I don't tend to like word names on boys... I'm not sure why.

[stillicides.livejournal.com]

Skye isn't a butchering, it's a Scottish island.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Thats actually how I found the name - in a book (can't remember the book) but her father named her after the island...Most folks aren't up on Scottish geography though lol.

[stillicides.livejournal.com]

Well true, but I'm Scottish :)

[bellanatura.livejournal.com]

Aster
Aurora
Autumn
Briar
Ember
Felicity
Iris
Ivy
June
Linnea
Rain
Willow

Foster
Phoenix