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I met an Echo today! She's a freshman in high school, so she's probably around fifteen or fourteen years old. She's a transfer student so she's only been around here for a couple weeks.

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My second name sighting didn't actually occur recently, but in September at the start of the school year. There was a male student in one of my classes named Raistlin, but he dropped the course later. I didn't think of him again until I saw his name in the yearbook, and I wondered what the origin of his name was (especially since he had an odd surname). I did some digging via Google and discovered that Raistlin is apparently a name from a book series called Dragonlance, and that other parents have named their sons Raistlin as well! (Here: http://pregnancyandbaby.sheknows.com/baby_names/Boys/R/Raistlin.html)

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What do you think?

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I'm not too fond of Echo (and I'm usually keen on female mythology names). Raistlin doesn't sound that bad, but I don't have any positive feelings toward it either. I guess it leaves me cold. I'm sure if I knew the books or the character I would have greater feelings (positive or negative) for the name.

This message was edited 6/7/2011, 10:41 PM