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[Opinions] Somer
As someone who is fond of stating her dislike of most surnames on girls, I'm going to make a confession. I like Somer for a girl. I like Summer, and have stated so, but quite a while back I got the Somer spelling in my head and decided that I prefer that spelling to Summer.What do you think of Somer for a girl? It gives me the feel of an antebellum Southern belle---like I can easily picture a Southern belle called Somer. Am I alone in this?
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I must say, the minute I saw the title of your post and had not yet clicked on it, I thought Somer was probably short for Somerled or Somerset, which are both male names to me.After reading your post, I still can't shake off the impression that Somer should be for a boy. It just seems too masculine on a girl for me. As such, obviously I prefer the spelling Summer on a girl.By the way, 'somer' is archaic Dutch for 'summer' - the modern Dutch spelling is 'zomer'. The archaic Dutch form is still preserved in the Afrikaans language, which is largely descended from archaic Dutch.
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I know a couple of girl Somers who are not as much "Southern Belle" as Budweiser chugging, hard-faced food and bev. workers. It's definitely going for that old money sound, but it's failed in my book.
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Not keen, just looks like a misspelling of Summer. I like Sumner for a boy and Somerled though.
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It sounds Southern belle because it's surnamey, IMO.
Not my style... at all. =) Also it reminds me of Suzanne Somers.
And yeah, a little bit of Rumer Willis, whose name is bad.
Summer is a favorite of mine. So I can say that I love the way it sounds, though.
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I like Somer, but as a nickname for Somerled.
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I like Summer, but I'm not too sure about Somer.It reminds me of Demi Moore's daughter Rumer, somehow, and I think Rumer is terrible.Sorry.
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I love Summer as a name. But the Somer spelling makes me want to use a long "o" sound, not a short "u" one. Sorry.
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Nah, I don't really like Somer. Looks too much like Homer (simpson warning).
I also dislike Summer, but I like Sommer
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I like Summer, but even though Somer is pronounced the exact same way, I think Somer as a first name looks pretentious: "I love the sound of Summer but I have to make it look all surnamey and yooneek because Summer's spelling is just too pedestrian."Anyway, I don't even like the look of Somers as a last name. It just looks all faux-English or something.
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