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[solitudete.livejournal.com]

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.

Comments

[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.

[wolfbane.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't use it, but it's definitely not awful.

[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..

[hwar.livejournal.com]

ITA. I would love it as a cat name though. :)

[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.

[soapfaerie.livejournal.com]

Absolutely!! :) Beautiful name for a horse, too...

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I think of Prairie Dawn from Sesame Street.

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

Prairie Dawn?

lulz

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

Damn, beat me to it.

[corielcries.livejournal.com]

I like it on a pet or fictional character. This is on my guilty pleasure list.

[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.

[bugwife.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[rorylareina.livejournal.com]

Totally a guilty pleasure of mine.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

NMS, but I think it's cute.

[frost.livejournal.com]

I don't like it, but I don't think it's completely horrible either.

[nimnod.livejournal.com]

I... actually like it. It rolls off the tongue nicely. Hard to shorten though.

[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.

[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. :(

[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.

[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

[bluedano.livejournal.com]

Better a muppet than Prairie dog, which is the first thing that popped into my head. :/