[identity profile] elemmennope.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames
Iola Violet
Ramona Sparrow
Kaia Elodie
Tabitha Joy
Lark Cecelia
Emmanuelle Jane
Linnea Zoe
Calista Sky
Elsa Daphne
Annabel Daisy
Kaia Delphine

Date: 2007-03-31 05:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eleanorgrace.livejournal.com
I think Linnea sounds like a made up name. I met a girl named that and honestly thought her parents had made it themselves. And with Zoe I think it's too vowel-heavy.

Date: 2007-04-01 01:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] neroli.livejournal.com
If people think it's made up, you can always explain the history to them. Linnaea is the scientific name of a wildflower...

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...and the flower was named in honor of Carolus Linnaeus, the 18th century naturalist.

(I actually don't know whether people are using Linnaea/Linnea in tribute to Linnaeus, in reference to the little flower, or just because they like it. But it has been used as a female name since the 19th century, which pre-dates the creation of most of the names people categorize as made-up.)

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