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Help[Opinions] Waverly
What do you think? I really like it for a girl, is it too odd? Do you think of it as boy or girl? ? nicknames ?
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I think that it is better on a boy
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I don't mind it, though I wouldn't use it. I see it as more of a male name actually. I also think it would be best in the mn slot.
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It makes me think of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels and Edinburgh's Waverley train station.
It has a pleasant, undulating, almost melodious sound, and I much prefer it to the outdated Beverley, as well as to many modern choices.
While it's nms, I can see it being used very successfully on a girl. I'd like to see it combined with a more traditional feminine name, though.
It has a pleasant, undulating, almost melodious sound, and I much prefer it to the outdated Beverley, as well as to many modern choices.
While it's nms, I can see it being used very successfully on a girl. I'd like to see it combined with a more traditional feminine name, though.
This message was edited 4/14/2008, 4:26 AM
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It's a GP on a boy only for me (spelt Waverley)
I like it because of the railway station in Edinburgh *blushes* I kept going to Edinburgh or travelling through Edinburgh so I kept seeing Edinburgh Waverley and it just grew on me. It seems rather Victorian romantic, sort of 'age of steam' type thing (that's the station connection, I think).
I think what really sealed it was when I came up with Henry Waverley and Charles Waverley. I'd use it as a middle name, it gives me the feeling of a Victorian industrialist or something - Henry Waverley Brown, Edward Waverley Calder, John Waverley Flint etc like Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
However, Waverly on a girl is just ugly and trendy. Just fits in with all the over surnames ending in -ly that are kicking around.
I like it because of the railway station in Edinburgh *blushes* I kept going to Edinburgh or travelling through Edinburgh so I kept seeing Edinburgh Waverley and it just grew on me. It seems rather Victorian romantic, sort of 'age of steam' type thing (that's the station connection, I think).
I think what really sealed it was when I came up with Henry Waverley and Charles Waverley. I'd use it as a middle name, it gives me the feeling of a Victorian industrialist or something - Henry Waverley Brown, Edward Waverley Calder, John Waverley Flint etc like Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
However, Waverly on a girl is just ugly and trendy. Just fits in with all the over surnames ending in -ly that are kicking around.
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It reminds me of fabric or wallpaper.
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You are going to think I am nuts...
But there happens to be a company that produces very stylish fabric called "Waverly". My friends used to tease me that I bought and decorated my house with nothing but Waverly fabric, that I should end up naming my first daughter, "Waverly"... so that idea has always stuck in my mind... and frankly... I LIKE IT!
But there happens to be a company that produces very stylish fabric called "Waverly". My friends used to tease me that I bought and decorated my house with nothing but Waverly fabric, that I should end up naming my first daughter, "Waverly"... so that idea has always stuck in my mind... and frankly... I LIKE IT!
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I have always loved Amberly but - friends named there daughter Amber. I had never heard of Waverly until last night and I really like it - quirky for not too different. My other daughter is Annabel so although it wasn't too common it is getting really common. Maybe Waverly with an exceptionally normal midddle name will be nice like waverly Rose or Waverly ???
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Joy Luck Club
...I liked it on the character, but it's still a little too strange for my tastes.
...I liked it on the character, but it's still a little too strange for my tastes.
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It's the main rail station in Edinburgh, but it fits with a number of trends in girls' names (ends in -ly, has a v, is a surname/place), so I wouldn't be surprised to see it used as such.
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Waverly is one of my favorite surnames, but only as a surname.
I dislike it as a given/first name... It just does nothing for me that way.
I dislike it as a given/first name... It just does nothing for me that way.
This message was edited 4/13/2008, 7:10 PM
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Waverly's a cracker to me. I don't find it particularly attractive at all.
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I love it on a girl! Wave or Lee/Lea/Ly would be a nice nickname.
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I don't like it. It has nothing to do with the fact that it's odd, as I love odd names. It's just that it seems so made up, and is trying wayyyyyyy too hard IMO. Plus, it's kind of unisex, which I don't like. Still, it's a lot better than say, Avery, I think. You could do a lot worse.
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I love Waverly for a girl. I think the nn Wavy is cute.
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I think it's definitely a girls name. We have a soap opera type show here in New Zealand called 'Shortland Street', and there used to be a character on that show named Waverley, so it's def a name that i've come across before, so I don't find it odd.
Nicknames that come to mind are Wave or Lee.
Nicknames that come to mind are Wave or Lee.
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Waverly is a suburb, here in Sydney. I don't like the sound, it's too surnamish and certainly not a name for a girl.
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There is a hospital/mental institution called Waverly Hills near where I live. It's not in use anymore, except as a haunted house. Waverly always makes me think of that. It also reminds me of Avery. It's alright, but a bit too surnamey for me.
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Waverly is the name of a really unfortunate, small, dilapidated, impoverished town I live near.
There are lots and lots of names out there that you could use that have history as First Names and will do a grand job of connecting any hypothetical children with them to the rich heritage of a humanity in which people were named first names, and lots of them are very unusual. There is no need to name anyone Waverly.
Aside from all of that I don't like the phonetics because I think that dactyls (words with 3 syllables with emphasis on the first) sound very singsongy and unintellectual when the second syllable ends in an R. (as opposed to the third syllable beginning in an r. Kimberly sounds very silly to me - Kim-ber-ly, but Val-e-rie sounds fine.) Aside from that though, the wave syllable sounds pretty.
There are lots and lots of names out there that you could use that have history as First Names and will do a grand job of connecting any hypothetical children with them to the rich heritage of a humanity in which people were named first names, and lots of them are very unusual. There is no need to name anyone Waverly.
Aside from all of that I don't like the phonetics because I think that dactyls (words with 3 syllables with emphasis on the first) sound very singsongy and unintellectual when the second syllable ends in an R. (as opposed to the third syllable beginning in an r. Kimberly sounds very silly to me - Kim-ber-ly, but Val-e-rie sounds fine.) Aside from that though, the wave syllable sounds pretty.
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I like it for a girl
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