Message: "Star" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Star

by PantheraVirgo (brilliantblue)

12/7/2011, 12:39 PM

What do you think of Star? If it were paired with a really traditional name, something classic, would that help mitigate the potential stripper-y connotations? I'm finding myself loving Star, Sage, and Skye right now (although I've always loved Skye). Wouldn't ever use them together, though!!

Combo ideas?

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- Lily (Destry)

12/8/2011, 3:21 AM

I like it in theory but it just wouldn't work at all. I love Skye.

- Pie

12/8/2011, 1:05 AM

I actually think it sounds better with something fairly fancy and non-English - fancy because the sound of it is rather short and sharp, and non-English because then it feels more namelike and less wordlike.

Star Evelyne
Star Mireille
Star Maelys
Star Liliane
Star Shoshana
Star Adalia
Star Nechama
Star Hadassah

- Sophie (eurythmic)

12/7/2011, 10:19 PM

I teach a girl called Star. She is very shy and plain. It doesn't seem to fit her at all! She also, unfortunately, does not have a traditional surname, so the whole combo is a bit OTT. I can't say I like it as a fn. It could possibly be ok as a mn.

Sophie

- abbasdaughter

12/7/2011, 9:29 PM

Star's ok, though I prefer Starla.
First that came to my mind for some reason was Jacinta. Then Amaryllis hit me as a good one.

Pick which names pair with which of your likes (and in which order. ie. Kendra Skye sounds better than Skye Kendra, but Star Theresa sounds better than Theresa Star.):

Jocelyn
Christa
Kendra
Jolene
Jasmine
Dominga
Miela
Bronwen or Bronwyn
Elizabeth
Rosalie
Tehilah
Marika (I like this w/ kanji)
Kelsey
Janelle
Alejandra
Jerusha
Joanne
Johanneke
Joanna
Theresa
Gabriella
Verity
Amity
Renee
Raquel
Rayael
Danica
Joelle
Nadia
Patricia
Noelle (prob'ly shouldn't go with Star)
Natalia (ditto)
Trisha
Vivian
Kathleen
Adelaide
Abigail
Felicity

Will add Jpns. names if requested.

- Ilex (jennifer)

12/7/2011, 2:36 PM

I think of Star Jones. For those outside of the US, she was a lawyer, then on a talk show, and now is a legal analyst for moringing news shows. She also is known for her dramatic weight loss. Definately the opposite of a stripper.

- Dracotorix

12/7/2011, 2:19 PM

I think it's a little bit cheesy, but that could be combatted with a long and sort-of classic name. I prefer Seren though. I love Sage though! I also like Sky, and sort of like Skye. And Sora! (which also means sky...)

- New_Chloe +15

12/7/2011, 12:45 PM

I think of ponies before strippers. Star is just such a pony name to me. So ...that's either good or bad depending on how you look at things.

I'm no sure what kind of middle name would help add some seriousness. Star Lillian, Star Caroline, Star Helen, Star Elizabeth, Star Margaret? Stargaret!!

- Amphelise (Chrisell) +11

12/7/2011, 1:01 PM

I am a bad person. I love the sound of Stargaret! Stargret might be a better spelling...

*hides*

- New_Chloe +10

12/7/2011, 1:03 PM

are you kidding, I like it too, I got all excited about it! Stargret does have a neater appearance

- Pie

12/8/2011, 12:37 AM

*steals Stargret and stashes it away for future reference*
Tis awesomely... something

- Amphelise (Chrisell) +8

12/7/2011, 1:25 PM

It makes me think of Greteliese, which no one else likes either :D

I might one day have to name a character Stargret if you'll permit me! I'll have to come up with a quirky, funny backstory to justify the name, though.

- New_Chloe +7

12/7/2011, 1:29 PM

I can die happy knowing there is a fictional Stargret out there!

I really enjoy long-winded mashup names that look old fashioned. Greteliese is great! Also Liselotte, Hannelore, Belphoebe, Christabel, etc. They just immediately make me think of fairy story heroines.

- beethoven (blaaarg) +2

12/7/2011, 8:32 PM

The lovely lady christabel, whom her father loves so well - what makes she in the woods so late, a furlong from the castle gate? She had dreams all yesternight of her own betrothed knight, and she in the midnight wood will pray for the wael of her lover that's far away...

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was acutely sensitive to phonetics in general and believed that his name was the ugliest possible combination of sounds. The other characters in Christabel (that I've encountered) are Leoline the father and Geraldine the freaky ass villain. The most beautiful combination of sounds was "Susquehanna."

- New_Chloe

12/8/2011, 6:33 AM

I love that poem a lot a lot

- RegalAmethyst

12/8/2011, 6:03 AM

At one time I read something that stated what Samuel Taylor Coleridge's favorite female names were, but I've forgotten where I read it and what they were. I'm consistently sad because of my negligence in not writing it down.

- Amphelise (Chrisell) +1

12/7/2011, 2:20 PM

I love all of those too. I would totally use Liselotte but I don't think E would go for it!

I wrote a story with a Christabel in it when I was a teenager. She was a princess who became a sorceress, I think. *fond eyeroll*

This message was edited 12/7/2011, 2:21 PM

- beethoven (blaaarg)

12/7/2011, 8:33 PM

Christabel in the poem is a princess!
Who is manipulated by a sorceress!

- PantheraVirgo (brilliantblue) +1

12/7/2011, 2:04 PM

I love this whole conversation. :D

PLEASE make a Stargret!!!!

- Dracotorix

12/7/2011, 2:20 PM

Every time I see "Stargret" I have to do a double take to make sure it doesn't say "Stargate".. ;P

- PantheraVirgo (brilliantblue) +2

12/7/2011, 12:59 PM

Bahaha, Stargaret.

Love it. LMAO. XD

Do you think it'd work better as a middle name?

- Amphelise (Chrisell)

12/7/2011, 1:03 PM

I think it fits well with other nature-whimsy middle names, like Wren.

Stealing names from your profile:

Marina Star (ok, probably too much like Stella Maris, but still cute)
Gloria Star
Jemima Star
Lyra Star
Rowena Star
Nadia Star

- New_Chloe

12/7/2011, 1:02 PM

I think it could be a fun middle name! It seems more poetic and special in the middle as opposed to when it's out front.

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