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I like it. I wouldn't use it because it doesn't fall in my comfort zone - I feel like it's a shade low on "class." Haha. For lack of a better way to describe it. Like, I don't expect a Sierra to be a particularly high achiever, a doctor or judge or whatever. But I think it's very pretty, and a Sierra could certainly carry more dignity than my image allots to the name. I agree with Dracotorix that it's naturey, and gentle seeming. Despite the aggressive meaning.

It's overused, but I like it.
It's short, simple, subtly naturey, and has an energy that a lot of popular girl names don't. Sierra is a name that fits very well on an athletic person or someone exploring the woods or climbing mountains. So many popular girls names today don't really fit anyone but a prissy princess-type person, and Sierra isn't like that.

This message was edited 2/17/2013, 12:05 PM

I saw a birth notice once from the UK which proudly announced the birth of Sierra, sister to Savannah. I imagined the next baby - Plain probably, or Tundra - and have been unable to take any of them seriously ever since.

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Apart from the misguided theme, I minded that the parents seemed to have considered Susannah and Sarah but dismissed them as ... what? Dated? Hackneyed? And then gone willingly along the Dictionary Words Are Cool route. Sad, really.

I like the sound of it, but it seems overdone to me. Sierra seems to have been more popular where I live than in some other areas. Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, three people I knew named their daughters Sierra. I think two of them were even born in the same year. Around 2005, another person I knew had a girl and named her Sierra.

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Popular U.S. place names like Sierra, Cheyenne, and Dakota are going to be seem very dated eventually. I already think of the 1990s and early 2000s.

It has a pretty sound, I guess. Never been crazy about it as it seems a bit tacky too.

It's pretty, but bland. I have met a lot of little Sierras since about the late 90's, and the name doesn't do a thing for me.

This message was edited 2/17/2013, 7:13 AM