Just curious...

[octobre09.livejournal.com]

What does everyone think of the name Olga (f) ?

And what about Cedric (m)?

Comments

Re: makes me think...

[octobre09.livejournal.com]

I had to google those names.:)

I've known one Olga in real life and I always thought it was a cool name.

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

Olga I think of an old Russian lady. Cedric I like.

[ex-thegreyl.livejournal.com]

I love Cedric. Dominic axed it as soon as I mentioned that name because Cedric Diggory is played by Robert Pattinson. :(

[octobre09.livejournal.com]

That's a Harry Potter character from what I've googled right? We've never seen Harry Potter or Twilight and I highly doubt hubby knows who RP is.

Searching for the perfect name for a baby that's yet to be conceived is harder than I thought.;)

[ex-thegreyl.livejournal.com]

Yes, Cedric Diggory is a Harry Potter character, he is mainly in the fourth book/movie, The Goblet of Fire. He is one of the four students that participate in the Tri-Wizard Tournament. I don't think I've ever met anyone that hasn't seen BOTH of those series! No desire to see/read them? Hatred of Pop Culture? ;) I bend under peer pressure and obviously have succumbed to reading and seeing both version of both series'.

[octobre09.livejournal.com]

I've attempted to read the first book of each series and I just couldn't get into them. Not just not my style I guess.:)

[ex-thegreyl.livejournal.com]

At least for Harry Potter, they got better as they went on.. Twilight? Meh.

[morningapproach.livejournal.com]

theoretically I like both. But I wouldn't use either.

[becomingun.livejournal.com]

Like both, wouldn't use either.

I know a very sweet little girl named Olga, but to me it just sounds like a name that shouldn't be heard in conjunction with someone under 60.

[octobre09.livejournal.com]

I do tend to like older sounding names like Arthur and Alice...And my daughter's name is Cléa which I think has that same old fashioned effect. I just can't help but like Olga.

[becomingun.livejournal.com]

Ahh, but see, none of those other names have the same effect for me! I think Clea is actually quite young and sweet while also being very sophisticated. Same with Alice and Arthur.

Olga is on the same page with me as Camille. Immediate "ewww" reaction because to me they both bring to mind a particular image that is not generally one I like. Olga is a hunched little old lady with a temper and Camille is a 60+ lady who tries too hard to look young and has a baseball-glove melanoma tan.

I sound crazy, lol.

[octobre09.livejournal.com]

Ahah, that's okay.

Camille here (in French Canada) is actually pronounced very differently like "Camiye". I don't think it sounds old at all, but Camille with the "l" sounding as "l's" kinda does. I guess my only reference with Olga is this young person I once met and she was lively and beautiful and free spirited and that's the image that I get.

[delqc.livejournal.com]

I know of Camille in the French way as a boy's name.

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

I commented above that I don't really like Olga, but I do like the siblings Olga and Clea. I think it fits really well.

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

Olga feels uncomfortable to say. I think I dislike how most of it comes from the back of your throat, if that makes any sense.

Cedric is nice. It DOES make me think of the Harry Potter character though.

[octobre09.livejournal.com]

I pronounce Olga in my first language which is French, so it sounds different that the English way. The "Ol" part is very soft and not from the back of the throat, although I don't know how to explain it.:)

I have no knowledge of Harry Potter so that doesn't really bother me. It's a pretty common name in French but it's one of the only one that we both like that isn't been used by anyone we know.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I'm sort of indifferent to Cedric. It's okay, but I wouldn't use it.

Olga, just...no. Not for me, I think it's horrendous.

[pixie-bones.livejournal.com]

THIS.

[lovetherobots.livejournal.com]

I don't like the name Olga, because it conjures up an image of an older, large woman. I also find the sound of the L next to the G awkward to pronounce.
I like Cedric, but it does make me think of Harry Potter!

[lovelymae.livejournal.com]

I have a pretty awesome aunt named Olga so I like it. Not too into Cedric.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Hate Olga. Cedric is not my style but all right.

[unaccepatable.livejournal.com]

Cedric makes me think of Harry Potter, since I've never seen it anywhere else. Olga has grown on me since I started reading the Night Watch series. I like it, but I wouldn't use it myself.

[duck-deluxe.livejournal.com]

Olga - I picture a very old, Russian beggar woman in the streets, dressed in layers of afghans and tattered jackets. Not exactly a pretty picture.

Cedric - yeah, don't care for this one either. It just sounds strange to me.

[jesuslovesbono.livejournal.com]

funny, i just met a Cedric tonight. makes me think of Cedric Diggory too...and then Cedric the Entertainer, but i don't know much/anything about him. Not a bad name, tho probably not one i'd use myself.
really don't like the name Olga, myself. I've heard the Russian nn for it, Olya or Ollia, which sound a lot better to me.

[autopsycorpses.livejournal.com]

Dislike Olga. It only makes me think of leather-faced, old, Hungarian women. I thought of Cedric the Entertainer before I thought of Cedric Diggory, but I still like the name nonetheless.