WDYT?

[luliriisi.livejournal.com]

For the past few days, I've been entertaining thoughts about the names Gretchen and Giselle. Not together, but possibly as names for future daughters. I quite like the combination Willow Gretchen.

I also like Helmi Heather (Helmi meaning pearl in Finnish and it's one of my great great aunt's names). My bf doesn't like Helmi though.
He does like Willow and Heather. Don't know his opinion on Gretchen and Giselle.

What are your opinions?

Comments

[tokossel.livejournal.com]

i think helmi is sweet, and so is the meaning. willow is cute.
i've never liked gretchen, it reminds me of 'wretch' for some reason!

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Gretchen is one of the ugliest names ever. Gretch like wretch urgh..

Willow Giselle is beautiful though.

Heather is too 80's reject for me, I've never seen the appeal. I don't really have an opinion on Helmi, i don't like it but I don't absolutely hate it either. Next to Gretchen anything looks good.

[in-the-starlite.livejournal.com]

I actually like Gretchen. Maybe it has something to do with my obsession with Donnie Darko throughout high school. lol.

I can see why people wouldn't like it, but jeez, it isn't that bad.

[sorqaqtani.livejournal.com]

I don't like Giselle because it sounds like jizz.

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

Wretched. Retching. Gretchen.

This is one of the ugliest names out there, at least for English speakers. If one is German and is used to the diminutive -chen ending and pronounces it the German way, then ok, but in English it's absolutely hideous. Sounds like you're spitting up a hairball.

[sleepherealone.livejournal.com]

I like Willow Gretchen. (and I've always been a fan of the name, due to my mother's obsession with it.)

Helmi - not too familiar with it, but I don't hate it. Heather doesn't work most of the time for me... I like it on people like Heather O'Rourke, but when I meet Heathers around my age, it doesn't seem to fit correctly.

[septembergrrl.livejournal.com]

I like Gretchen a lot; Giselle is just okay for me. Heather sounds very '80's to me. Helmi doesn't sound pretty to me, but I'm not Finnish.

[wildirishgypsy.livejournal.com]

Helmi Heather is nice, BUT... when you're in elementary school and you play the game where you pick an adjective to describe yourself based on your first initial... I ended up being "Helpful Heather" and that's all I thought when I saw the name.

[abandoneddream.livejournal.com]

I don't like Gretchen; but, I love Greta! I also like Giselle.

[postwar-dream.livejournal.com]

i adore giselle!