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Help[Opinions] Symphany, Sonnet & Sistine
IG sibset I stumbled across, 3 little girls, full names:
Symphany Noel (10)
Sonnet Delilah (4)
Sistine Ophelia (1)
Wdyt?
It's a little much for me all together but I admire their guts.
Symphany I'm not liking as a name, sounds too much like sympathy and it really bugs me that it's spelt wrong.
Sonnet is one of my favourite names, so obv. I approve of that one.
Sistine has a pretty sound and I think as word names go, it's a decent one.
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/56287
Symphany Noel (10)
Sonnet Delilah (4)
Sistine Ophelia (1)
Wdyt?
It's a little much for me all together but I admire their guts.
Symphany I'm not liking as a name, sounds too much like sympathy and it really bugs me that it's spelt wrong.
Sonnet is one of my favourite names, so obv. I approve of that one.
Sistine has a pretty sound and I think as word names go, it's a decent one.
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/56287
This message was edited 5/6/2015, 6:34 AM
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Guts? Symphony and Sistine are not gutsy. They are annoyingly misspelt and lame.
Sonnet is more creatively gutsy, perhaps. I like Sonnet.
Sonnet is more creatively gutsy, perhaps. I like Sonnet.
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Am I missing something? Sistine is not misspelt (see Sistine Chapel).
Haha fair enough. To me they are all such big, in your face names (esp. with Ophelia & Delilah in there as well) that I do think it's pretty gutsy to use all of them together. They had to know they were going to get a lot of strong reactions to them- these are names that people are going to either love or hate.
Haha fair enough. To me they are all such big, in your face names (esp. with Ophelia & Delilah in there as well) that I do think it's pretty gutsy to use all of them together. They had to know they were going to get a lot of strong reactions to them- these are names that people are going to either love or hate.
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Puck nailed it, I think. :)
Sixtine - French for Sistine, & a feminine version of Sixte (Sixtus) - is still in the French charts; not really a fan of it, but it's much more name-like & sounds a lot less medical than Sistine.
Sixtine - French for Sistine, & a feminine version of Sixte (Sixtus) - is still in the French charts; not really a fan of it, but it's much more name-like & sounds a lot less medical than Sistine.
This message was edited 5/7/2015, 12:49 AM
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I actually know a French Sixte! And yes, he's the 6th kid. The others all have very unusual names, but I've forgotten what they are. Sixte is the only one with a number-related name.
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I like Sonnet a lot, but the other ones are just very bad. Symphony would be ridiculous enough, misspelling it makes it even worse. Sistine, I'm not sure... I like the meaning/reference, but as a name it just doesn't work.
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Symphany reminds me of 'sympathy' as well. I'd much rather it be spelled Symphony. I do like it's sound but not really into it as a name.
Sonnet is cute. It makes me think of sunshine, bonnets, wildflowers, and books. I could get behind that purely for the image I get.
Sistine isn't terrible but it makes me think of 'cystic'.
I don't like them all together. I think they're way too matchy.
Sonnet is cute. It makes me think of sunshine, bonnets, wildflowers, and books. I could get behind that purely for the image I get.
Sistine isn't terrible but it makes me think of 'cystic'.
I don't like them all together. I think they're way too matchy.
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Sonnet Delilah is kind of pretty.
To be honest, that's the only reason it doesn't seem like it's trying THAT hard, where Symphany and Sistine, are just like, "Look how freaking artsy and refined we are... meh..."
And they miss the mark by mispelling Symphony.
Also, I really hate that they are both THEMED and the same letter.
Sorry for the caps.
To be honest, that's the only reason it doesn't seem like it's trying THAT hard, where Symphany and Sistine, are just like, "Look how freaking artsy and refined we are... meh..."
And they miss the mark by mispelling Symphony.
Also, I really hate that they are both THEMED and the same letter.
Sorry for the caps.
This message was edited 5/6/2015, 12:07 PM
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Thanks to this post my husband is now calling our daughter Smifny and explaining that it's a Gaelic spelling.
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According to google translate, the Gaelic word for symphony is shiansach. No idea how to pr. it, but it's better than Smifny I guess. ;)
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Symphony should be a nice musical name like Harmony but ... it's not. A symphony is LOUD. And it has 'phony' in it. And if you change the spelling to Symphany it looks tacky, like the name's inspired by the cliche of "hearing a symphony" rather than by actual experience of appreciating an entire symphony. And the uMPH in it would be bothering me if I had to say this name a lot. I would not be impressed if I met a Symphany. I'd feel bad for her.
Sonnet at least sounds like a name, if I don't think about how flakey it is to name a human being after a literary form. But I do think about it. Would her brothers be Ballad and Epic? It's so dumb. But, I believe I could forget, if I knew someone named Sonnet. So, whatever. It's not as bad as Lyric!
Sistine makes me think cystine, pristine, sister, teen(aged), and of the Chapel which evokes some kind of weird artsy-religious pretension ... and I do sort of share the vague impression of dirty water and plumbing, cisterns and systems, that some of you people seem to get off it. I also just hate it a whole lot. I think if I had to call someone Sistine every day, I would think it sounded snake-ish and harsh and catty.
Sonnet at least sounds like a name, if I don't think about how flakey it is to name a human being after a literary form. But I do think about it. Would her brothers be Ballad and Epic? It's so dumb. But, I believe I could forget, if I knew someone named Sonnet. So, whatever. It's not as bad as Lyric!
Sistine makes me think cystine, pristine, sister, teen(aged), and of the Chapel which evokes some kind of weird artsy-religious pretension ... and I do sort of share the vague impression of dirty water and plumbing, cisterns and systems, that some of you people seem to get off it. I also just hate it a whole lot. I think if I had to call someone Sistine every day, I would think it sounded snake-ish and harsh and catty.
This message was edited 5/6/2015, 10:36 AM
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Symphany Noel (10) - I think Symphony is nice, but not Symphany, and I'm not thrilled with the combo.
Sonnet Delilah (4) - I think this is really pretty, actually. I like the sound of Sonnet, and Delilah I've been thinking about lately.
Sistine Ophelia (1) - I'm sorry, but Sistine reminds me of cyst... which I don't like. Ophelia is pretty, but not my style. The combo is okay I guess.
Sonnet Delilah (4) - I think this is really pretty, actually. I like the sound of Sonnet, and Delilah I've been thinking about lately.
Sistine Ophelia (1) - I'm sorry, but Sistine reminds me of cyst... which I don't like. Ophelia is pretty, but not my style. The combo is okay I guess.
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Sistine is the only one I kinda-sorta like.
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Symphany does grate the eyeballs, but it sounds OK. Which is something!
Sistine Ophelia, or Sistine Anyone, doesn't work. Adjectives might work sometimes as fns but this one doesn't.
Sonnet ... ! I've had a long sequence of Scottish terriers, starting when I was about 3. And I've always wanted to name one Sonnet, because she'd be a Dark Lady, but I've always been vetoed. So, it's a name to me all right, but not entirely human. Pity!
Sistine Ophelia, or Sistine Anyone, doesn't work. Adjectives might work sometimes as fns but this one doesn't.
Sonnet ... ! I've had a long sequence of Scottish terriers, starting when I was about 3. And I've always wanted to name one Sonnet, because she'd be a Dark Lady, but I've always been vetoed. So, it's a name to me all right, but not entirely human. Pity!
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I don't want to like any of these. I tend to not be a fan of word names, generally speaking. And the misspelling bothers me.
However, I sort of think these are kind of cute. A little much, like you said, but overall, it's ok. As far as being "unique" goes, they could have done a lot worse.
However, I sort of think these are kind of cute. A little much, like you said, but overall, it's ok. As far as being "unique" goes, they could have done a lot worse.
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Even though only one of them is the same, I thought of Sylvester Stallone's daughters. Probably because the one that is the same is the strangest one (his daughters are Sophia, Sistine, and Scarlet... pretty sure their middle names are all Rose though).
I like the set though. I wouldn't use any of the names myself but I'd be really excited to come across them.
I like the set though. I wouldn't use any of the names myself but I'd be really excited to come across them.
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I wouldn't call whatever their parents had when they picked those names guts. No more than I'd call it gutsy to say, feed a shark by holding a dead fish in your teeth and leaning out over a dock, as I saw someone do at the famous Islamorada Fish Market in Florida many years ago. lol
The names are all ugly and ridiculous, especially the misspelled Symphany, and Sistine makes me think of cysts and bladder stones.
The names are all ugly and ridiculous, especially the misspelled Symphany, and Sistine makes me think of cysts and bladder stones.
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These girls, and their brother Cystoscope.
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Haha!
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These are names that are trying really hard to be pretty and it's just not working for me and I feel bad about it.
Symphony is an attractive sounding word, it looks wrong as a name no matter how it is spelled.
Sonnet is actually kind of ok, I like that combo the best. Sonnet is such a cheerful-solemn word.
Sistine ... I just can't get into this "name", it makes me think of toilet water and sewers, maybe because it puts me in mind of both latrines and cisterns. I wish it made me think of tombs, I'm totally into that. Toilet water just doesn't have the same pathos.
Good effort by the parents though! That's probably gonna be me one day - obsessing over picking attractive names that fit into a nice cohesive pattern and ending up with something not quite right.
Symphony is an attractive sounding word, it looks wrong as a name no matter how it is spelled.
Sonnet is actually kind of ok, I like that combo the best. Sonnet is such a cheerful-solemn word.
Sistine ... I just can't get into this "name", it makes me think of toilet water and sewers, maybe because it puts me in mind of both latrines and cisterns. I wish it made me think of tombs, I'm totally into that. Toilet water just doesn't have the same pathos.
Good effort by the parents though! That's probably gonna be me one day - obsessing over picking attractive names that fit into a nice cohesive pattern and ending up with something not quite right.
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Huh. Now that you mention it I do see/hear the similarity to cistern and thus the toilet connection, but for me the Sistine Chapel association is so strong it overwhelmes any others.
That and it sounds so similar to Christine that it feels like it can make the jump from word to name. Although maybe because it's popped up on a few celebrity babies recently that I'd already made the jump in my head so it didn't seem so surprising to see it here.
I do think it needs a less loaded middle name though, because the first name is already so loaded. Ditto Sonnet and Delilah.
That and it sounds so similar to Christine that it feels like it can make the jump from word to name. Although maybe because it's popped up on a few celebrity babies recently that I'd already made the jump in my head so it didn't seem so surprising to see it here.
I do think it needs a less loaded middle name though, because the first name is already so loaded. Ditto Sonnet and Delilah.
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Was Symphony intentionally spelled wrong? :/
I don't like any of them. Especially Sistine, as it makes me think of tombs for some reason.
Ophelia is nice, though.
I don't like any of them. Especially Sistine, as it makes me think of tombs for some reason.
Ophelia is nice, though.
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I don't know! If so, I'm guessing it would've been to make it look more namey, perhaps. But I don't like misspelled word names. There is most definitely a right way to spell a word and a wrong way.
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Maybe they didn't like the "phony" part....
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I think you could be on to something there!
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Quelle horreur.
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lol.
made me laugh
made me laugh
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