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What's a name that you LOVE that everybody else seems to hate, and why do you love it?

Mine is Maude (surprise!). I posted my list a few months back with that on it and all I got was "Ewww! So old!" I love it and will always love it for threee reasons:

1. It is the name of a very intelligent, optimistic, beautiful character in my favorite movie (Harold and Maude) and I would love to name my daughter for her and ba able to share the movie with her and say, "She is what you are to me. I want you to have a just as beautiful, meaning life as she does." Or something equally corny.

2. It's also the name of an awesome vintage shop in my city. They sell local artist's jewlery and fashions and host events all the time to benefit charities that I believe in (the women's shelter, pro-choice campaigns, etc). The owners also run a local record label and sign & sell a bunch of local bands. It's just a really neat place that is trying really hard to make the world a better place and give people chances they usually wouldn't get.

3. I just think it's pretty. HAHA. I love the look of all the letters together. It's also not popular/trendy in the least, and as someone with a popular name, I would love for my daughter to always be Maude...not Maude K. or Maude T. or whatever everywhere she goes.

Comments

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

Eleanor.

1. Eleanor Roosevelt. I would love to name my daughter after her.
2. Nicknames such as Nora, Ellen, Elly, etc.
3. Nicknames make it a good name for a kid as well as a mature, sophisticated sounding name for an adult.

I will at least be using it as a middle name, but I'd love to use it as a first, too.

[imyourrapunzel.livejournal.com]

That's why I really like the name Eleanor, the nicknames, there are so many nice options.