Zoe Jacklynn Stowe

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

my friends just had their first baby and that is what they named her. what do you think? i really like it.

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[bree019.livejournal.com]

It's a pretty name, but to be honest, I hate the way they spelled Jacqueline.

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

well, my name is Madelynne so i guess i'm partial to the way they spelled it. lol. i'm also kinda wondering if my name influenced them. i know Madelynne was on their list of girl's names...

[bree019.livejournal.com]

It's not the "lynne" I don't like, it's the "Jack". Too masculine a spelling, IMO.

Your name is fine. Very pretty :)

[ladyartemisa.livejournal.com]

I agree. It's quite ugly.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

It's nice, but I don't think Zoe goes at all well with their last name.

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

well, they had to have a name that sounded good with both of their last names. she's ukrainian and he's american, but they had to go to ukraine for a year to complete some sort of complication with her visa. they had the baby over there and they're both using her last name over there so that they're identified with her family (which has a russian name), and they'll both be using his last name (stowe) when they come back here in a few months.

god, that sounds complicated. lol. anyway, her last name is kiyashko, which is what they're all using right now.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

That is interesting....and complicated. I just didn't really like the repeated long-O sound in both names, especially since the names are short. But it's still a decent name of course

[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

i had a friend in grade school with the surname kiyashka. :O

[bree019.livejournal.com]

I didn't even notice that! Zoe Stowe. Way too similar.

[sayga.livejournal.com]

that was my first thought. and if someone mispronounced the last name, you'd have Zo-ey Stow-ey.

[ladyartemisa.livejournal.com]

whats with the extra n?

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

I love it!

[maude.livejournal.com]

I don't like the sound of Zoe Stowe (it sounds like a cartoon character), and I hate the spelling of Jacklynn. And IMO, Zoe and Jacklynn don't go together at all. Overall, I'm not a fan.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

it's nice & i think it flows well, but i don't like the way they spelled the middle name.

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

I like the way it sounds, but not the way it looks. And the oh sounds in Zoe and the last names are weird.

[itcouldbelove.livejournal.com]

does zoe stowe rhyme? cause if so, that's horrible.

[jenniferdunn.livejournal.com]

I've always heard Zoe pronounced 'ZO-EE' not 'ZO'.

[itcouldbelove.livejournal.com]

First I was reading it Zo Stowe... and then I thought, well, it could also be Zoey Stowey... so hence my wondering if it rhymes. Or if it's Zoey Stowe... either way it's weird.

[jenniferdunn.livejournal.com]

Ahh.. See I was reading it as 'Zo-ee Sto', I don't think the names rhyme.. most parents wouldn't do that to their babies.. haha. But either way they do have similar sounds and it contrasts a bit.

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

it is pronounced "zo-ee sto" so no, they don't rhyme.

[ferretiger.livejournal.com]

i think it sucks on multiple levels.

sorry.

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

that's a rude way of phrasing your opinion.

[ghost-dance.livejournal.com]

I like Zoe. I prefer Jacqueline to Jacklynn (the latter doesn't look nice).

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

I think it's great, although I would have spelled it Jacqueline.
There is nothing wrong with Zoe Stowe, unless someone doesn't know how to pronounce Zoe properly, in which case it's their problem, not the name's :) I don't know anyone who would actually pronounce it "Zo," though.

[ashadelic.livejournal.com]

My Aunt's sister's name is Zoe and she is called Zo... She's the only one I've ever known, though.. and I don't particularly like it.

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

As a nickname, though, right? Nothing wrong with that.

[ashadelic.livejournal.com]

Nope, not as a nickname. It's the way her mother wanted "Zoe" pronounced. It's not particularly something I would ever do (Zoe is one of the names my husband and I have picked out) but Zo is how they pronounce the name (?)

[arbus.livejournal.com]

its actually pronounced either way. pronouncing it zo isnt "wrong".

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I don't like the way they spelled "Jacklynn". To me Jacqueline would have been more beautiful.
Other than that I like the name though.

[super-bitch06.livejournal.com]

I think its cute. Jacklynn isnt my favorite spelling, but it's not a bad name.

[x-lostinyou.livejournal.com]

I hate Zoe, it reminds me of sesame street. I think it's a cute NN for a little girl - we've considered using it for one of our longer full names - but I don't like it as a given.

Jacklynn looks horrible, but I like the name.

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

what would you use zoe as a nickname for?

[x-lostinyou.livejournal.com]

Isolde.

We like it, but it is a bit much on a small child. Issy and Zoe are potential nicknames we've come up with, if we use it.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

jacklynn is okay if theyre honoring someone named jack, but otherwise its just a "kreatyv" (aka: wrong) spelling.

zoe stowe is wierd. i hope theyre pronouncing it zo-ee, not just zo, but either way im afraid shes probably doomed to a life of people calling her zo stowe.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

no, I don't like it at all. Zoe is along the lines of Chloe, too popular and too trendy and I don't think it ages well. Jacklynn is a horrible misspelling of Jacqueline.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

Also Jacklynn just seems very HARSH. Jacqueline sounds a bit softer, I don't know how to explain it exactly, but I think you DO prn the "que" differently than a "ck". To me, Jacklynn is 2 syllables, and Jacqueline is more of 3... Jac-kuh-lin, sorta.

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

yeah, it would be two syllables and perhaps that is what they liked about it.

and i like the spelling, but then again my name is Madelynne. i've always found the spelling of my name helps people pronounce it correctly instead of calling me "Mad -uh-line" like the girl in the books.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

Yeah I could see the confusion with Mad-uh-line and Mad-uh-lynn, definitely. If the 2 syllables is what they like, then that's cool, but I prefer the 3 for Jacqueline.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

I don't like the spelling of "Jacklynn" but it's a nice name :)