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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[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.