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[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

A girl in my Gym and Math Class is named Meaghanne Florabelle. She's a relatively nice person but, ack. The spelling of her first name hurts my eyes.

Oh, and do you guys prefer
Gillian, or
Jillian ?

Comments

[snailrevolution.livejournal.com]

The girl's name: Oh dear. Embellished to death. :(

I like Jillian better.

[blissurrenderd.livejournal.com]

The middle name hurts my eyes too...

I like Jillian better, also.

[screaming--pink.livejournal.com]

Here's how I see it:

Gillian seems masculine to me. With the possible nickname of Giles.

Jillian seems femanine to me. With the nicknames of Jill or Jilly/ie.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

I know. :[
For me, even Meagan's pushing it. I guess I'm not that open to kre8tive names.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Florabelle? I know.
I love Flora, and Belle's okay. But not together.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Hmm.
I disagree.
Ever since I saw Practical Magic, I've loved Gillian with a G. Mainly because I think J names are so common.

But I see what you mean with the G.
There's a show called the Gill Deacon show and I keep wanting to say 'Gil'.

[hygher.livejournal.com]

I prefer Jillian

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

May I ask why?

[hygher.livejournal.com]

when I see Gillian I think gils, like on a fish.

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

Gillian, though the nn Gill wouldnt exactly turn out as one might hope, hahaha.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

No, probably not. :]

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

I don't know!
Is it because you think Jillian looks prettier when written?

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Ohh, okay, haha.

[screaming--pink.livejournal.com]

I say we go with Jyleeanne or Gyllianne, haha.
Oh god, just typing that made me twitch a little. :]

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Jyleeanne.
That's beautiful.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Oh, darn.

[xanya.livejournal.com]

Gillian! So, so, so much more. It's actually pretty much my number one name for a girl... maybe I'm biased. I really love it. Gillian is a lot more classical, too. Jillian is kind of like a desperate attempt to formalise Jill, which is a nice enough name, but not very "dignified" (mostly associated with younger people and 'Jack and Jill').

Yeah, I love Gillian.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Like Gillian Andersen, huh, huh?
Yay! I'm so glad I'm not completely alone.

[selador.livejournal.com]

gillian looks like a boy name to me

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Really?

[xanya.livejournal.com]

Ha, how did you ever guess? I also went to school with a girl called Gillian who was one of the loveliest people you could hope to meet, so it has nothing but positive associations for me.

You're definitely not alone! And anyway, who cares what other people think? With a name like Gillian that isn't going to be harmful (it's not like you're saying, "hey, how about the name Klamadia? That won't cause problems, will it? It looks pretty!") it really doesn't matter, I don't think.

[selador.livejournal.com]

any nick names would end up looking like boy names (Gill, Gilly). it also makes me think of giligan. and no girl wants that as a nickname.

I think jillie is really cute for a girl though.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Is it on the rise for popularity or anything (granted, I'm not pregnant and I won't be for a very, very long time, seeing as I'm fourteen)?

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Jillie reminds me of Jelly and therefore Jelly Bean.
Which I suppose could be a cute nickname when they're little.

[xanya.livejournal.com]

Ha, seriously, show me a boy whose nickname is Gilly and I will concede. But until then... no. Gillian is very much a girls' name.

Jillie is cute for a girl under the age of eight, maybe.