Associations

[sayga.livejournal.com]

My husband and I had a lot of trouble naming our daughter, because we played word association with a lot of names. He'd say "Lydia" and I said, "eyelids!" My friend said, "Nyla." DH said, "Nylon string!"

What are some of your word associations that go with names? Especially the bad/funny ones that would be such an overpowering association that it would prevent you from naming a kid that.

Comments

[solyma.livejournal.com]

i think the spelling of olivia is awful and always makes me think of an olive, which i think tastes disgusting. same thing goes for the name oliver.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

100% agreed

[krosp.livejournal.com]

olivia makes me think of liver, I guess because of the "liv" in the middle. I like olives though and olive leaves somehow symbolise peace.. but if you hate them then that makes sense ;) i don't like oliver either

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I completely agree. That's possibly the one thing that could keep me from using Olivia.

[cocinadelfeto.livejournal.com]

Shad - shat
Ophelia - I feel ya
Virginia - virgin
Calliope - canteloupe


And actually, my son's name kind of falls on this list.. Sawyer. My husband pointed out that the way we pronounce it sounds like "saw yer," as in, "HAHA, I saw yer underwear!" We didn't realize this until after we named him though, lol. Luckily, most people pronounce it Soy-er and wouldn't think of that. Our pronunciation is a southern thing I guess.

[jenniferdunn.livejournal.com]

Haha I never even realized that about Sawyer. We've kind of joked around about Owen's name too.. 'you'll be 'owen' me some money' ;P

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

I totally see it as saw-yer but always pronounce it correctly, lol.

[cocinadelfeto.livejournal.com]

Anyone I've ever known with the name has always pronounced it Saw-yer.. so that's correct to me. ;)

Although when people ask his name, I just give in and say soy-er, because otherwise they're going "Huh? Sawyuh?"

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

Oh, sorry, I misunderstood. I see it as saw-yer and pronounce it soy-er. lol

[cocinadelfeto.livejournal.com]

Heh, I think the majority of people do. Even my mom says Soy-er. My husband and I are the only ones that say Saw-yer.

Oh, hey! Here's a video in which you can hear my husband and I saying his name. Ignore us acting all mushy, it was the first time he had walked, hehe.
http://www.dropshots.com/day.php?userid=136450&cdate=20060629&ctime=174538

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

Awww, so cute.

Okay, the name didnt sound as 'bad' in real life as it did in my head. I like the pronunciation! :)

[cocinadelfeto.livejournal.com]

Heh, thanks :)

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

Okay, that's adorable!

[cocinadelfeto.livejournal.com]

:D

[missamerican.livejournal.com]

Haha. I definately say it Saw-yer. That's the only way I've ever heard it pronounced actually. I think maybe it is a southern thing. :(

[cocinadelfeto.livejournal.com]

I love that pronunciation. :)

[rhondaaerosmith.livejournal.com]

me too!! i wouldn't have thought to say it the other way!! i'm glad moving up north hasn't changed me that much!!

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

I'm southern and I say soy-yer.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

This is one of those things that's hard to come up with on the spot for me.

My #1 name, Margaret, makes me think of margarine.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Marjorie is even more like margerine... but it's my grandmother's name so at least I think of her first, before margerine

[ships-sail.livejournal.com]

ophelia- she went crazy and killed herself! she was a dependent, weak woman! why name your daughter this? seriously.

jelene and all those variations- gel/jello/jelling. it's random, i know.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think of the loon too, lol.

[in-the-starlite.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on the Ophelia thing. I like the name, but whenever I hear that people actually name their daughter that I want to scream at them: "Did you even READ Hamlet?!"

[ships-sail.livejournal.com]

yeah, it honestly kills me. why not just name her "misery?" that has a nice ring.

[in-the-starlite.livejournal.com]

Seriously, if people want to go for a romantic, Shakespearean name, there are plenty of strong female characters to name a girl after.

[sayga.livejournal.com]

yeah like Regan, which seems to be getting popular only...she was a bad guy. but strong. :P

[in-the-starlite.livejournal.com]

All I've got right now is:

Dane - Stain.

My SO was the one who made that association. And it killed the name for me.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

LOL one of my best friends is named that. We'll have to make fun of him ;-)

[cocinadelfeto.livejournal.com]

Oh, I have another one -- Seamus. Shame us. Bad!

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

see... I just see "Semen" ... which is worse? :P

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

i actually knew one named Shamus

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

That just looks like Shamus...like Shamu from Sea World multiplied himself.

[missamerican.livejournal.com]

Chole/ Corrinne - reminds me of Chlorine.
Herman - her man.
Scarlett- letter?

i thought of a few more...

[sayga.livejournal.com]

Lucy--loose
Blaine--blame
Stacey-- braces, for some reason...
Leslie--lesbian
Mira -- mira, mira on the wall.

Re: i thought of a few more...

[in-the-starlite.livejournal.com]

Ugh. I hate the name Mira. It reminds me of how sometimes when my SO wants my attention, he says, "Mira!" ("Look" in Spanish...) And it really annoys me.

Re: i thought of a few more...

[sayga.livejournal.com]

kevin -- chicken kiev.
sophie -- soapy

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Ethan - makes me think of ethanol
Xander/Zander - makes me think of dander and danderuff
Margot - makes me think of escargot/snails
Scarlett - makes me think of scars
Lucas/Luke - mucus/puke

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Oh, and Brock which has always made me think of a clucking chicken "brock, brock, brock, BROCK!!!"

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

lmfao. i just actually made the "brock" noise and laughed hardcore.

[greenstripe.livejournal.com]

rachel/roachel
and luke/puke

[a-purple-dream.livejournal.com]

Maribel - Mariballs <-that's a nn for a friend.
Marvin - the Martian
Oscar - the Grouch
Ana - banana
Mario - "Mario C likes to keep it clean" <-lyric from a Beastie Boy song
Lily - whorebag
Deborah - ewww

[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

Jane - Plain Jane

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Dwayne -- drain

[amyames.livejournal.com]

Brian=Brain
Millie=Millipeed
Olivia=Olive
Priscilla=don't ask me why but this makes me think of a certain female body part..lol

[cathkitten.livejournal.com]

Anneliese. MY husband says it sounds like Anal-Ease.

My friend once pointed out that Willa sounds like someone is saying "Rilla" with a lisp. Amelia --> everyone who was born in the late seventies, early eighties will immediately think "Bedelia!"

Calvin = "And Hobbes?"

I love Diana, but everyone would think it was after Princess Diana. Bleccch.

I had a friend Leslie who was called Lezzie (like lesbian) for ten years during elementary and middle school. I think its a pretty name but after that...no way.

[cottonrain.livejournal.com]

I love Virginia. I really do. But my sister told me, "Virginia Vagina Virginia Vagina!"

I can't use it now. It's tarnished.