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[fellclutch.livejournal.com]

The actor Jason Bateman and his wife Amanda Anka welcomed their second daughter last week. Big sister Francesca Nora now has a little sister named...

Maple Sylvie

Now..I like Sylvie. But Maple? Is this actually a name or is the only significance the tree? Help me out here. Because I really do not like Maple as a name.

Comments

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

As much as I usually hate words as names, this one...isn't so bad? I think it's inherently more male, for some reason. It's kind of cool though.

However, Francesca and Maple don't really go together.

[alas-earwax.livejournal.com]

i think maple's kind of cute. reminds me of mabel.

[ladydreamfire.livejournal.com]

I just got a new name book with all sorts of lists of the top 10 everything in it. Under trees Maple was up there so I found it really odd to see a post where it was actually used and as a first name. I too immediately thought of Mabel. My kindergarten's principal was a Mabel. She was strict but fair, and I like her name. Maple sounds so close that I like it too. Plus it's a cute nod to Canada. I'm pretty sure Jason Bateman is Canadian.

Also, I love the username. Love Dumbledore, and that was one of the prize moments of the series.

[alas-earwax.livejournal.com]

Right! I actually thing it's cute, and I think May is a cute nickname.

And thank you! I get happy when people recognize it.

[sparklymoon.livejournal.com]

I like that it's a nod to Canada, but Jason Bateman is from NY so that's kind of weird...

[ladydreamfire.livejournal.com]

I stand corrected! You are right and he is from New York. I could've swore that I watched something that said he was Canadian, but it's no matter at all really. :)

[jaydestarlight.livejournal.com]

As much as I love plants, trees & flowers as names I don't like Maple. Sylvie is cute but strikes me as more of a nickname than a full name. However, Francesca Nora is an adorable name.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Maple was the heroine in a fairly well known book by Anchee Min. Maybe that is where they got the name? I like the name because it reminds me of the book, but I agree that Maple and Francesca aren't really the same style. Maybe they will call her Sylvie instead!

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I love Sylvie. Maple isn't my style, but I'm surprised to find myself thinking it's not completely awful. Mabel is a favorite of mine, so I'm sure it's just the similarity I like. But the most troubling thing to me here is that the baby's most likely named Maple Bateman, which sounds like a little kid trying to say "maple bacon." Maple Anka doesn't sound so hot, either, nor does Maple Bateman-Anka, and as someone else said, Maple and Francesca sound very mismatched as part of a sibset.

[bookity.livejournal.com]

Really like big sister's name. The other one, not so much.

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Maybe they were thinking Mabel, and didn't know how to spell it (hehe)

Not a fan, but it's not as bad as Apple.

[ladydreamfire.livejournal.com]

Okay let's agree that Jason Lee's naming his kid Pilot Inspektor had to be the worst call ever.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I don't know, there are still worse ones than Pilot.

I like Apple, though.

[fellclutch.livejournal.com]

Audio Science is up there.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I was thinking that. But then I started to think of Reignbeau, and then other ones and I couldn't decide...

[fellclutch.livejournal.com]

Jermajesty...

It really never ends.

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Probably. Though Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily is pretty bad, too....

Oh, and all these people calling their kids Bear. What is that????

[sparklymoon.livejournal.com]

Francesca Nora is absolutely gorgeous... so Maple Sylvie is just weird.

[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

Exactly what I was going to say.

[lorienellen.livejournal.com]

I wonder if I'm the only one who immediately thought maple syrup, since Sylvie has the same first two letters. I love Sylvie but not really into Maple as a name.

[ladydreamfire.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAHAHA. I didn't make that total connection to SYlvie vs SYrup. Kinda funny now that you point it out. I just thought Maple Leaf.

[fellclutch.livejournal.com]

The best part is that the whole name is Maple Sylvie Bateman. Like Maple Syrup Bacon.

[twinklieetoes.livejournal.com]

Great, now I'm hungry!

[becomingun.livejournal.com]

Makes me think of Maple Batalia, a young woman who was murdered in Canada recently. Cheery.

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I hated it at first, but after seeing a couple more positive comments, I don't think Maple is sooooo bad. I'm into a lot of Canadian fandoms so I do like the Canada connection. I agree with whoever said it seemed more masculine though. That was one of my first thoughts. But then, it does sound a lot like Mabel and May would be an obvious nn so...I just don't know anymore! <-- naming angst. lol.

I don't like it with Sylvie, perhaps because I don't care for Sylvie. I really don't know what would have been better though. Maple Charlotte? Maple Claire? Um...I don't know.

Anyway, I think Francesca Nora is great! But Maple makes for a really odd sibset.