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Help[Opinions] WDYT of Campbell?
Looking for a girl's name that's unisex, but not masculine. What do you think of Campbell?
We would probably do a more feminine middle name like:
Campbell Elena
Campbell Marisa
Campbell Eileen
We would probably do a more feminine middle name like:
Campbell Elena
Campbell Marisa
Campbell Eileen
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I like it, and my first reaction was not to think of the soup, either. :-) The only problem I have with it is that it just makes my skin crawl to think that the girl would end up being nicknamed Bell or any variant of that (Bella, whatever). Belle/bel/bella names (like Isabelle, Annabelle, etc; those name stem + 'bel' names) are my personal pet peeves and probably resulting from that I really don't like Bell or related nicknames.
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Mmm, mmm good. That's all I can think of. NOT a girl's name.
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I have met a little girl named Campbell.
Honestly after spending an evening at the same dinner table as this lovely child, I can't say I perceive the name as the slightest bit more feminine. I'm so accustomed to Campbell being a surname that a girl called that seems rough and tough to me.. I find it awkward and alienating.
Of course I'd get used to it eventually, like anything. At least you spelled it right. I just don't understand the appeal of surnames as girls' names, not yet anyway.
Campbell Eileen sounds like a really good combo.
- chazda
Honestly after spending an evening at the same dinner table as this lovely child, I can't say I perceive the name as the slightest bit more feminine. I'm so accustomed to Campbell being a surname that a girl called that seems rough and tough to me.. I find it awkward and alienating.
Of course I'd get used to it eventually, like anything. At least you spelled it right. I just don't understand the appeal of surnames as girls' names, not yet anyway.
Campbell Eileen sounds like a really good combo.
- chazda
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Campbell is too masculine for a girl in my opinion.
A list of Unisex names for you:
Aaron / Aaren / Aeron / Aeryn / Erin
Abbey
Abiah
Abijah
Abner
Adair
Adalia
Addison
Adebowale
Adina
Adisa
Adonai
Adrian / Adrien / Adrienne
Aeson
Aesop
Afon
Agrippa
Ah
Aidan / Aiden
Ailbhe
Ainsley / Ainslie
Aki
Akira
Akiva
Al
Alan / Allan / Allen / Allyn
Alaric
Albany
Alberte
Alden
Aldous
Alec
Alex
Alexei / Aleksey / Alexey
Alexis / Alexus
Alexius
Alix
Alpha
Alva
Alvis
Alyosha
Amal
Amary
Amaury
Amaya
Ami
A list of Unisex names for you:
Aaron / Aaren / Aeron / Aeryn / Erin
Abbey
Abiah
Abijah
Abner
Adair
Adalia
Addison
Adebowale
Adina
Adisa
Adonai
Adrian / Adrien / Adrienne
Aeson
Aesop
Afon
Agrippa
Ah
Aidan / Aiden
Ailbhe
Ainsley / Ainslie
Aki
Akira
Akiva
Al
Alan / Allan / Allen / Allyn
Alaric
Albany
Alberte
Alden
Aldous
Alec
Alex
Alexei / Aleksey / Alexey
Alexis / Alexus
Alexius
Alix
Alpha
Alva
Alvis
Alyosha
Amal
Amary
Amaury
Amaya
Ami
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um, Ciarda....
If you aren't into masculine names on girls, please compose your unisex list of unisex names only. :-D I am only taking issue with one of this list, but there are many on it that are conventionally male.
The name Merrick is not, in fact, "unisex." Please, please don't spread this misinformation.. It has perhaps been given to a few hipster girl-children on the West Coast, and adopted for themselves by a few hipster women, during the time that Anne Rice's vampire books were popular .. but Anne Rice's usage was unconventional, and literary; in fact, there have been a much larger number of girls born named Campbell. There were more female than male Campbells named in 2004 (in the US).
By the way, as far as I have been able to determine, the name Merrick is not specifically a surname name. It is an Anglicization of the Welsh form of Maurice, and it also happens to be an English surname. (Which came first, the chicken or the egg? I haven't been able to find out) Many people have never heard the first name but they have heard the surname so they assume.
Thanks.
- chazda
If you aren't into masculine names on girls, please compose your unisex list of unisex names only. :-D I am only taking issue with one of this list, but there are many on it that are conventionally male.
The name Merrick is not, in fact, "unisex." Please, please don't spread this misinformation.. It has perhaps been given to a few hipster girl-children on the West Coast, and adopted for themselves by a few hipster women, during the time that Anne Rice's vampire books were popular .. but Anne Rice's usage was unconventional, and literary; in fact, there have been a much larger number of girls born named Campbell. There were more female than male Campbells named in 2004 (in the US).
By the way, as far as I have been able to determine, the name Merrick is not specifically a surname name. It is an Anglicization of the Welsh form of Maurice, and it also happens to be an English surname. (Which came first, the chicken or the egg? I haven't been able to find out) Many people have never heard the first name but they have heard the surname so they assume.
Thanks.
- chazda
This message was edited 11/1/2005, 7:22 PM
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Haha, I wouldn't use the majority of those names on girls. I originally made the list for Mo6 when she was trying to find a name for Hollis, and I haven't really sorted through it since.
Most of the them are not considered Unisex, I know, but then again I wouldn't consider Kyle & Logan unisex either and was trying to compile some of the more untraditional names for her.
Thanks for the info and the suggestion though. I had forgotten that Merrick was used by Anne Rice. I've never been a fan of hers, despite the fact that she writes in my favorite genre.
CIARDA"Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh
name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson." - Mark Twain
Most of the them are not considered Unisex, I know, but then again I wouldn't consider Kyle & Logan unisex either and was trying to compile some of the more untraditional names for her.
Thanks for the info and the suggestion though. I had forgotten that Merrick was used by Anne Rice. I've never been a fan of hers, despite the fact that she writes in my favorite genre.
name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson." - Mark Twain
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Whew, okay. Good old Mo..
Sorry for sounding so prissy about it. I guess you're quite familiar with how the tiaras come out when we hear someone using our favorite boy name for a girl. Heh. I'm no exception!
(I'm not a Rice fan either. Her stuff is too glammy and glossy for me. If I want to read something dark, I want it to be dark - not like a trip to Hot Topic.)
- chazda
Sorry for sounding so prissy about it. I guess you're quite familiar with how the tiaras come out when we hear someone using our favorite boy name for a girl. Heh. I'm no exception!
(I'm not a Rice fan either. Her stuff is too glammy and glossy for me. If I want to read something dark, I want it to be dark - not like a trip to Hot Topic.)
- chazda
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I think that the name sounds very masculine
"Don't make someone a priority, who only makes you an option."
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Campbell was my last name before I married, and yes, it reminded many people of soup, I'll spare you the rhyme I was teased with!However I note it's become common as a girl's name. If I thought of using a last name as a given name, I'd be more inclined to use a name already in my family. Everyone to his or her own choice, of course!
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I think of soup
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It's an awesome Scottish surname. It's also the name of a brand of soup.
I would not choose it unless it was a family name, and then only as a mn.
I would not choose it unless it was a family name, and then only as a mn.
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Not my style at all Campbells soup is a well known brand where I live also the meaning crooked mouth isnt particularly nice
The pronounciation of this name is not very attractive to me either Kam - bul, some surnames are fine as first names but others for a variety of reasons just arent I wouldnt like this one on a boy either
If surnamey names are your style how about
Ainslie
Blair
Carey
Cassidy
Dale
Delaney
Ellery
Farley
Harley
Hollis
Kelsey
Kendall
Marley
Merrill
Paisley
A childs smile is worth more to me than Gold
The pronounciation of this name is not very attractive to me either Kam - bul, some surnames are fine as first names but others for a variety of reasons just arent I wouldnt like this one on a boy either
If surnamey names are your style how about
Ainslie
Blair
Carey
Cassidy
Dale
Delaney
Ellery
Farley
Harley
Hollis
Kelsey
Kendall
Marley
Merrill
Paisley
A childs smile is worth more to me than Gold
This message was edited 11/1/2005, 2:40 PM
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A Scottish surname
Campbell does not look like a fn at all to me. But if a fn, I really don't like it for a girl. To me it does not sound feminine at all.
Why do people like "unisex" names for girls and not for boys? What is unisex anyway, a surname or a boy's name used for girls?
Elena, Marisa and Eileen are beautiful, why not use any of them as fn?
"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."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
Campbell does not look like a fn at all to me. But if a fn, I really don't like it for a girl. To me it does not sound feminine at all.
Why do people like "unisex" names for girls and not for boys? What is unisex anyway, a surname or a boy's name used for girls?
Elena, Marisa and Eileen are beautiful, why not use any of them as fn?
"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."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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Camille is a French unisex name
Used for women but also for men, like the composer Camille Saint-Saëns.
"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."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
Used for women but also for men, like the composer Camille Saint-Saëns.
"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."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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