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Help[Opinions] Re: Somerset
in reply to a message by JessicaLeigh
My father grew up in Somersetshire and I love the works of Somerset Maugham. From this, you would think that I'd have a masculine feeling for the name. But I don't. Perhaps it's because I like Summer for a girl. But I love Somerled for a boy so that can't be it. Search me. I really don't know why I love it on a girl.
I have a combo for a girl: Lee Somerset. Lee for the River Lee in Ireland near where my mother grew up and Somerset for my dad.
So yeah. I love Somerset on a girl. As a fn? Hmmmm something really English country, peaches and cream:
Somerset Georgia
Somerset Alice / Alix
Somerset Catherine
Somerset Hannah
Somerset Clare (two counties for the price of one?)
Somerset Diana
Somerset Julia
Somerset Blythe
Somerset Emma
Somerset Evelyn (Mr. Maugham meets Mr. Waugh?)
Somerset Afton (English county meets English river?)
Somerset Miranda
Somerset Eliza
And for a nn you could use Sunny. Somer / summer --> Sunny. :-)
Whichever gender you use please combine it with a recognizably masculine or feminine name.
I have a combo for a girl: Lee Somerset. Lee for the River Lee in Ireland near where my mother grew up and Somerset for my dad.
So yeah. I love Somerset on a girl. As a fn? Hmmmm something really English country, peaches and cream:
Somerset Georgia
Somerset Alice / Alix
Somerset Catherine
Somerset Hannah
Somerset Clare (two counties for the price of one?)
Somerset Diana
Somerset Julia
Somerset Blythe
Somerset Emma
Somerset Evelyn (Mr. Maugham meets Mr. Waugh?)
Somerset Afton (English county meets English river?)
Somerset Miranda
Somerset Eliza
And for a nn you could use Sunny. Somer / summer --> Sunny. :-)
Whichever gender you use please combine it with a recognizably masculine or feminine name.
This message was edited 7/2/2013, 1:15 PM
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Somerset Maugham is my favorite author and I've always wondered how to work his name into a combo. I think I like it better as a mn though, but with a fn in the general vein of the mns you listed. Something really sweet to balance Somerset:
Emma Somerset
Evelyn Somerset
Eliza Somerset (ah, E names work well here, apparently)
Julia Somerset
The one that I can't get out of my head now, though, is Blythe Somerset. She sounds like someone I'd like to know, someone Maugham would write about. :)
Emma Somerset
Evelyn Somerset
Eliza Somerset (ah, E names work well here, apparently)
Julia Somerset
The one that I can't get out of my head now, though, is Blythe Somerset. She sounds like someone I'd like to know, someone Maugham would write about. :)
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Yes, they work even better that way. Neato. :-)
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I've never heard Somerset called Somersetshire before, it looks really weird!
Lee Somerset sounds very masculine to me. I don't like combos which are entirely made up of unisex names as there is nothing to point to which gender it is.
Lee Somerset sounds very masculine to me. I don't like combos which are entirely made up of unisex names as there is nothing to point to which gender it is.
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My father is 81 years old and "old school" at that. He refers to it as both Somerset and Somersetshire so that's how I like think of it. It's archaic, but so is he. :-) See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset (under "toponymy").
As for unisex names, I do agree as a general rule. I believe I did suggest to JessicaLeigh to use a recognizably feminine (or masculine) name with it since her Somerset would be a real child. My "Lee Somerset" combo is purely for fun. The only reason I mentioned it at all is the personal meaning it has for me -- and it's not everyday that I get to pull it out of my back pocket.
As for unisex names, I do agree as a general rule. I believe I did suggest to JessicaLeigh to use a recognizably feminine (or masculine) name with it since her Somerset would be a real child. My "Lee Somerset" combo is purely for fun. The only reason I mentioned it at all is the personal meaning it has for me -- and it's not everyday that I get to pull it out of my back pocket.
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Cute, I didn't know it was ever called Somersetshire!
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