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[Opinions] new twins on my block
Boy and girl:Alex and ColleenI love both names. I have two friends named Colleen and it's nice to see it on a baby.
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Colleen is a nice name. Alex is ok but too common. I do really like Alexander though. I would use the nickname Xander or Xan instead to make it a bit more unusual.
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Colleen is beautifulAnd Alex is ok, though overused.At least the parents did not name them Colin and Colleen or Alexander and Alexandra!
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I really like Alex but I really dislike Colleen. It's like calling your daughter "Girl" to me.Image hosted by Photobucket.com
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But Kora/ Cora comes directly form the ancient Greek for girl, and people still use that.I know it's fashionable at the minute to understand a bit of Gaelic, and to let everyone know that you do (not you personally, just people in general), but it's also quite annoying to know that in any post where someone mentions the name Colleen, there's going to be at least one response saying 'but Colleen only means 'girl' to me, it's Gaelic for 'girl,' etc etc...'I don't mean to get at you personally, it just seems like that's a very common response to the name Colleen at the minute.
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Yeah, but Kora / Cora comes from an ancient language, whereas cáilín (pronounced exactly like Colleen) is from a modern language. I dislike it because I use that language a lot.I see what you mean about the "Gaelic" fashion though. :)Image hosted by Photobucket.com

This message was edited 9/6/2005, 8:37 AM

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All names mean somethingThough sometimes the meaning is forgotten. And I don't see anything wrong with a name meaning "girl" for a girl. Much better than a name maning "Adam's SON" (Addison) or "SON of Kenneth" (McKenzie) for a girl.
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That's not what I meant ...Colleen comes from cáilín which is an Irish word (meaning 'girl'), not an Irish name. :)Image hosted by Photobucket.com
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All names come from wordsIt is not like the names fell down from heaven. People used words as names, just like my name, which means she-wolf.And since "colleen" does not mean "girl" in English, I don't see the problem. Erin is another Irish name, not used in Ireland. Does not mean that it cannot be used outside Ireland."You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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Okay, all I ever said was I dislike the name Colleen because it's just like calling a child "Girl" to me. You're Swedish, right? Would you like the name Flicka for a girl?Image hosted by Photobucket.com

This message was edited 9/6/2005, 8:24 AM

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So to you its okay to call a child Laddie Lassie Missy Sonny Girl Boy Infant Female Male excetra as long as you dont live in England, or their equivilent in other languages as long as you dont live in the country of originA childs smile is worth more to me than Gold
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Yes, why not? We would not use these names in Sweden b/c almost everyone knows English. But it also depends on tradition; if a name is used as a name for a long time, who cares about the meaning? I think Bonnie and Darleen are used as names in English-speaking countries.And people use first names which mean "blind", "lame", "ewe", "dog", "small", "bad luck", "misshapen head", "crooked nose" (Cecilia, Claudia, Regina, Rachel, Caleb, Paul, Mallory, Kennedy, Cameron) etc, without caring or knowing about the meaning. So it seems narrow-minded to say that Colleen is not a good name, just b/c it means "girl" in Irish."You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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I never said Colleen was a bad name I just wanted to see how you felt about other forms of address being used as names
You see I think its rather impersonal to call a child by a form of address almost as if they dont deserve to have a name,
I see nothing wrong in a name meaning girl being used if the word it originates from is not in everyday usage or if the name is used in a county where the word isnt in everyday usage.
However Names like Missy and Sonny might be cute on a five year old but they dont age well and seem a bit ridiculous on a fifty year old when used here in EnglandA childs smile is worth more to me than Gold

This message was edited 9/6/2005, 5:46 AM

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"colleen"I don't know if it's still currently used, but "Colleen" is not only based on a word meaning girl, but "colleen" is sort of slang for "girl." It's a little different than just having a name come from a meaning; it can be used interchangably to this day, feasibly, in this way.
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I like both of those names together. I think it is a cut sib set.
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