[identity profile] solitudete.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames
I just met someone named:

Prairie (f)

Curious to know what you all think about this one.

I almost want to hate it, but I find it pretty in a guilty-pleasure-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder-y way.

Date: 2010-02-23 11:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] retrodancekitty.livejournal.com
Heh, I'm no fan of Laura Ingalls now, but I too find it guilty-pleasurably-likeable :D
Must be cause I tend to like all "nature" names, as long as they make some sense.

Date: 2010-02-23 11:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wolfbane.livejournal.com
I wouldn't use it, but it's definitely not awful.

Date: 2010-02-23 11:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] soapfaerie.livejournal.com
It's along the lines of other crunchy names, like Willow and Meadow. I kinda like it, but don't think i'd use it for a child..

Date: 2010-02-23 11:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hwar.livejournal.com
ITA. I would love it as a cat name though. :)

Date: 2010-02-24 12:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] soapfaerie.livejournal.com
Absolutely!! :) Beautiful name for a horse, too...

Date: 2010-02-23 11:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com
I like a lot of nature-y kind of names on girls, but I don't really like Prairie. I guess it just makes me think of dust and boredom, as opposed to names like Meadow and Iris, which give much more beautiful mental imagery.

Date: 2010-02-24 12:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] schexyschteve.livejournal.com
I think of Prairie Dawn from Sesame Street.

Date: 2010-02-24 01:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com
Damn, beat me to it.

Date: 2010-02-25 09:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bluedano.livejournal.com
Better a muppet than Prairie dog, which is the first thing that popped into my head. :/

Date: 2010-02-24 01:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com
Prairie Dawn?

lulz

Date: 2010-02-24 01:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] corielcries.livejournal.com
I like it on a pet or fictional character. This is on my guilty pleasure list.

Date: 2010-02-24 01:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] laminy.livejournal.com
I don't hate it. And I am shocked at myself. I definitely wouldn't use that, but it's really not that bad.

Date: 2010-02-24 03:09 am (UTC)

Date: 2010-02-24 03:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rorylareina.livejournal.com
Totally a guilty pleasure of mine.

Date: 2010-02-24 06:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fleckerbug.livejournal.com
NMS, but I think it's cute.

Date: 2010-02-24 09:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] frost.livejournal.com
I don't like it, but I don't think it's completely horrible either.

Date: 2010-02-24 12:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nimnod.livejournal.com
I... actually like it. It rolls off the tongue nicely. Hard to shorten though.

Date: 2010-02-24 02:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] waitingonsunday.livejournal.com
I probably couldn't picture it on a person if not for The Ballad of Lucy Whipple, by Karen Cushman, but it is definitely a guilty pleasure of mine. I was born in Kansas, so the name has some nice associations for me.

Date: 2010-02-24 03:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arbus.livejournal.com
i am really surprised that i dont hate it. then again, i was laura ingalls obsessed when i was a kid.

but my first thought was "prairie dog" when i read it. that doesnt bode well. :(

Date: 2010-02-24 03:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pegasus2o5.livejournal.com
My main objection is that it's difficult to say, too many R's close together. Maybe that's just me. Aside from that... well, it's certainly odd. But not in a terrible way.

Date: 2010-02-24 09:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crosseyedcookie.livejournal.com
My new cousin's name is Savannah. My grandfather upon hearing it asked if her sister was going to be named Prairie or Tundra. lol
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