A name idea

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

Hello all!

I am nowhere near having kids, but I think about names all the time, and love them. So I was thinking about boys' names, since I generally don't care much for them; my real passion lies in girls' names.

I finally had an idea for one I really love! Love passionately enough to give.


I threw it out there for a few family members' and friends' opinions (they liked it, surprisingly) but I was wondering what a bunch of strangers thought of using the name Everest for a boy.


I'm a huge Mt. Everest enthusiast/fan, and I think it's a good, strong word/name. It's not as "crazy" as some of the place/thing names out there. I just really love it, and it has personal meaning.

If I have girls, they'd be Lorraine Helena and Margaret Diane - Lorraine first. (Those middle names are up for debate, but that's kind of irrelevant for now, in this context.) So a boy-girl sibset would be Lorraine and Everest.


I'd love to get your opinions, though! Yea or nay? (Also - middle name ideas? I keep joking that Himalaya would be a good one, but I am so so joking. LOL)

Comments

[redfield79.livejournal.com]

I feel like if he ends up a large child...not overweight. My friend was 6'3 and not fat but was called everything under the sun...mt Everest bring one of them. Shrek another. I think itd be much worse if his name was Everest and not Thomas. He was a pretty angry sad depressed person in high school :(

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

That's something I never even considered! Thanks! Hm, good point!

[roseofjuly.livejournal.com]

I don't really like Everest, and I think that redfield79 brings up a good point. What about Everett?

I love Lorraine and Margaret! I like Lorraine Helena, but I don't think I like Margaret Diane. It's like a clash of classic with a very 1970s type name. What about Alice?

[lipsty.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Everest is actually kind of cool. Your girls' names are definitely NMS and I don't think such ordinary names fit well with an unusual name like Everest.

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

A friend of a friend named her son Everest - I think he's about 5 now. When I first heard the name, I couldn't take it seriously. I am still not a fan.

ETA One of my favorite names is Everett.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

I should have said - Helena and Diane are family names I'd be using to honor folks. Alice is eh. I'm pretty much set on my girls' first names, but middle names are negotiable.


If it's not Everest, it's something totally different. Everett is a totally different name, with no meaning to me, and I don't particularly care for it.


Thank you, though! You're kinda right about the clashing of the girls' middle names. lol

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's really my only concern. My girls' names are so classic that it really is kind of opposite.


Thanks!

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

WOW! Someone else actually used that! I'm half excited, half disappointed. LOL Is she a Mt. Everest aficionado?