Girls' Names Poll

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

Ahh, the obsession continues. Just wanted to know your favorites out of the following. Try to vote for your top 3-4 or less. :)

[Poll #837306]

Thanks!

Comments

[dosequisgirl.livejournal.com]

Arden and Helena, but I don't like to options.

[dosequisgirl.livejournal.com]

*'the' options

[kindofquixotic.livejournal.com]

How do you pronounce Celestia? Celeste-tia?

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

Suhl-EST-tee-uh

[ashadelic.livejournal.com]

I really like Helena Isolde! Arden is a nice name, I think.. one I'd never considered before, but I like it! =) I can't, however, muster any love for Gemma...

[anapology.livejournal.com]

What is the attraction of Gemma? Helena is only okay when it's hel-ay-nuh, not a massive fan anway. Arden sounds like hardon, but if you get over that it's quite nice. Rosalind is fine but I can't help thinking it's a bit much, i'd be tempted to use the nn Rosa.

Scarlett as a first name :-D

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

I think Gemma is pretty, and I like the name Emma, just not the popularity of it. I like the J sound in front of it, and that it has "gem" in it, because a daughter is considered a gem. It's also the name of one of my favorite characters, Gemma Doyle, from the books A Great and Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels. I like Helena pronounced "HEL-in-uh," not so much the way you like it pronounced. =\ I knew an Arden, and I've never heard anyone joke about her name or call her hardon. That actually doesn't come to mind for me.. the word "ardent" does, though, which means "very enthusiastic; passionate. 2 archaic or literary burning; glowing." I did think Rosalind would be a bit much for a little girl, though. But I like Roz and Rose as nicknames. I'm not sure I like Scarlett as a first name because she would forever be asked if she was named for Scarlett Johansson, lol.

[serendipitous13.livejournal.com]

Whenever I hear Scarlett I think Gone With the Wind.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Scarlett Celestia ohhhh im in love!

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

That is pretty, but I think there may be a lot of people naming their daughters Scarlett since Scarlett Johansson became popular.

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

I like your middle name choices a lot more than the first name ones *shrug*

[so-there.livejournal.com]

Arden is just terrible. it's the LAST NAME of a freaking purse designer! (or perfume or whatever. I hate the trend.)

[mooie-ziel.livejournal.com]

I am unaware of this designer, not like I know that many anyways

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

I don't understand why it being the last name of a designer makes it terrible? Obviously not everyone knows about Elizabeth Arden. And there are a lot of nice names out there that happen to share it with a piece of pop culture, be it a designer, actress, character name, company, etc. And what exactly is the trend? The designer? because not a lot of people know about her. I knew about the name Arden before the designer, so I'll always associate it more with her than with Elizabeth Arden.

[so-there.livejournal.com]

it's terrible because even if it wasn't a designer's last name, it would still be a horribly ugly girls name. it just makes it worse to think people would give their kids ugly names because they want to use the last name of a designer.

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't want to use the last name of a designer and I don't associate it with the designer at all, but rather a girl I knew who happened to be beautiful and really nice. I think it's a lovely name.

[dosequisgirl.livejournal.com]

I love the name Arden and it is an actual first name, not just a last name. I don't associate it with a designer either. I can think of many people who have given their children horribly ugly names in this community.

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And I completely agree. ♥

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

Arden Isolde
Arden Celestia
Arden Fae
Helena Isolde
Rosalind Fae
Gemma Isolde

[sayga.livejournal.com]

i really like gemma, but i didn't prefer it paired with any of the middle names on the list. Gemma Fae was particularly bad to me, becuase if you reverse the first letters, you have Femma Gay, which is horrible. :P What about Gemma Rosalind?

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

I really like Helena and Gemma as first names, but I didn't like ANY of your MN choices.

[naturalgoddess.livejournal.com]

I love them all so much!! Any combination is sure to be beautiful! :)

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[corielcries.livejournal.com]

I really don't lik Fae. It reminds me of a cow. I like Rosalind and Scarlett.

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

Just curious, but why does it remind you of a cow? Reminds me of faeries, lol.

I like the combination Rosalind Scarlett a lot too.

[peach-rose-girl.livejournal.com]

Arden does remind me of Elizabeth Arden, but witht he way some people react you'd think it was "Hitler" rather than Arden. Even if someone heard the name Arden because of the designer, it's not like you're naming your kid after her - you just like the name. It's also similar to Arwen.

I don't like Helena the way you pronounce it (Helen with an "uh"), but as Hel-AY-na. Even then, it's not my favorite. Nor is Gemma. Gemma Scarlett is a bit much I think, because you might as well name her Ruby. Gemma Scarlett, Scarletts Gems...

Rosalind I like. It's shakespearian, it's relatively uncommon but not unheard of, and ther's much potential for nicknames. I also like Rosamund. I like Scarlett, Celestia (bit of a mouthful, but pretty), and especially Isolde. Are you pronouncing it the French way, like Ee-zold? It's awesome no matter what. That's why I like Rosalind Isolde. It's very... literary with a lot of history.

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

I love Arden and Arwen, but I like Arden better because it reminds me of the word "ardent." And I agree with you - just because a name I like happens to be the last name of a designer doesn't mean it's not usable. It's been valid as a girl's first name since before the designer. I know a 20-year-old with the name.

I like Helen-uh better than Hel-LAY-nuh because the LAY in that second syllable sounds kind of harsh to me. And it sounds a bit too much like Elaina, which is a name I don't care for. I do see what you mean about Gemma Scarlett, though. That's a good point. It does make it sound like I'm implying the name is supposed to mean "rubies" though it's not. Hadn't noticed it until now.

I love Rosalind because of As You Like It :D I agree with you on it being sort of uncommon but not unheard of and that it bares a lot of nicknames. Another reason why I like it. I like Rosamund too, just not as much.

I also quite like Isolde, for the sound and meaning and that it's pretty but you never hear it being used these days. I pronounce it eece-OLD, eece rhyming with fleece, but it's close to the way you mentioned. What other ways are there of pronouncing it? I've just heard eece-OLD or eez-OLD. I do think Rosalind Isolde is one of my top 3 favorite combinations in the poll. Very literary and historical, indeed. :) I believe Helena Fae, Rosalind Isolde and Arden Celestia are my favorites.

Thank you for your opinion!