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Help[Opinions] Raining and Yonder (and Hawkeye)
The word names strike again. I'm really stuck on Raining and Yonder. The reason I like Yonder is simple; it reminds me of Carole King's "Way Over Yonder," and anything that makes me think of Carole King is surely a good thing. Yonder would be for a boy.
I'm having a harder time figuring out why I'm so fond of Raining. I think it's because I get the same silvery picture in my mind as I do when I hear Rain--but without the trendiness and popularity that goes along with it. I'd use Raining as a middle name for either sex. Lalena Raining is the combo I've mostly had on my mind lately.
So what do you think of them? Absolutely hideous, possibly workable on the right kids, or totally passable? Do any combos immediately spring to mind?
(And, since I'm in a cheerfully M*A*S*H mood, how do you feel on the topic of Hawkeye for a boy? Middle name only, though he'd probably be called by it a bit. I tend to call people by their middle names without reason, heh.)
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I'm having a harder time figuring out why I'm so fond of Raining. I think it's because I get the same silvery picture in my mind as I do when I hear Rain--but without the trendiness and popularity that goes along with it. I'd use Raining as a middle name for either sex. Lalena Raining is the combo I've mostly had on my mind lately.
So what do you think of them? Absolutely hideous, possibly workable on the right kids, or totally passable? Do any combos immediately spring to mind?
(And, since I'm in a cheerfully M*A*S*H mood, how do you feel on the topic of Hawkeye for a boy? Middle name only, though he'd probably be called by it a bit. I tend to call people by their middle names without reason, heh.)
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"Phineas. That's an interesting name."
"Yeah. It's Latin for 'kick me'."
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I taught a girl named Rainie, so I don't see Raining as that unusual. Yonder brings to mind my cousin saying, "We parked our car over yonder."
Hawkeye is too much, I think. Even just plain Hawk as a mn would be better.
Hawkeye is too much, I think. Even just plain Hawk as a mn would be better.
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Raining - I don't care much for weather names but I don't think this is any more far-fetched than naming a child Stormy or Sunny, and people do.
Yonder - For better or for worse, people will assume (okay, maybe just me) that Yonder is somehow connected with specific regions of the U.S. since "yonder" is a very regional term. I wouldn't be surprised if there were areas of the English speaking world where people would be completely unfamiliar with the term "yonder."
Hawkeye - My first thought upon hearing Hawkeye: "As in M*A*S*H?"
Yonder - For better or for worse, people will assume (okay, maybe just me) that Yonder is somehow connected with specific regions of the U.S. since "yonder" is a very regional term. I wouldn't be surprised if there were areas of the English speaking world where people would be completely unfamiliar with the term "yonder."
Hawkeye - My first thought upon hearing Hawkeye: "As in M*A*S*H?"
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I really don't like them! I think they're totally hideous and a bit weird! Especially Yonder...
I love M*A*S*H but I'd never use Hawkeye as a name...I think it always sounds like his surname...
I love M*A*S*H but I'd never use Hawkeye as a name...I think it always sounds like his surname...
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