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[Opinions] Very interesting BA

by Bex

6/15/2017, 4:18 AM

Friend of a friend just had another baby

Orric Ode

brother to Iver Samuel

I expected another unusual name. The couple is the epitome of hipster. Though when they had Iver I was a bit surprised as the dad is from a very large very religious family so I expected something a bit more biblical.

Here's a couple of other names i've run into lately too
Neo (12 year old)
Jasper & Kaelan (11 & 13)
Kyan (12)
Seamus (10)
Jarrah (so many! Aging from newborn to 16)
Florence Freesia (1)
Vladyslav (12)
Floyd (11)
Marlow (newborn girl)
Matteo (newborn boy)
Genevieve - 3! All within the same small local area, all 12
Clodagh
Mayzie
Kaani (b)
Harvie

#BAs

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- erb816 +1

6/15/2017, 4:21 PM

Orric Ode is a bard name. As in, a bard in Dungeons & Dragons. Iver Samuel has a certain ring to it, although I'd never use either name.

Of the others, I like:
Jasper
Florence (but it's WAY too flowery with Freesia)
Marlow / Marlowe (though I think of it as masculine usually)
Genevieve
Clodagh (!)

- Daffodil (speakofthewolf)

6/15/2017, 4:43 PM

Orric Ode does sound like a bard name! Much more than a wizard's name. But not like a human bard, Orric Ode is like a... dwarf bard.

- Caprice

6/15/2017, 11:47 AM

Orric Ode sounds really strange. Samuel is fine. Iver means "eagerness" in Swedish.

Of the other names I like Jasper, and I also like Marlow for a girl, but spelled Marlowe. It's the only surname-y name I like for girls.

- Felie +1

6/15/2017, 11:09 AM

Hi !!!

Orric Ode? Nonsense imo...

I like Neo, Jasper (m), Seamus, Geneviève and finally I like Clodagh if someone could tell me its pronounciation.

- Daffodil (speakofthewolf)

6/15/2017, 11:39 AM

I believe it is "CLO-dah" or "CLO-duh" (the uh sound being a schwa which I am too lazy to copy and paste). The gh sound is sometimes silent and sometimes like... a non-vocal breath.

here: https://forvo.com/word/clodagh/

This message was edited 6/15/2017, 11:40 AM

- Daffodil (speakofthewolf) +1

6/15/2017, 9:11 AM

Orric Ode is just weird. Sounds like a medieval fantasy wizard. I'm guessing Ode is prn. "owed" not "owed-uh" or "odd-uh". It's kinda cool but I hate Orric. Iver Samuel doesn't flow imo. Iver is pretty but the combo is kinda boring and ugly.

Clodagh! Wow!

- Bex

6/15/2017, 2:07 PM

You'll find quite a few irish/scottish gems here. Not sure why but i've met a few Aoife, Saoirse, Lughaidh, Seamus, Eamon, Tiernan, Tighe , Jock etc. plus the standard Rory, Liam, Ronan, Rowan, Angus, Hamish, Declan that are all very common.

This message was edited 6/15/2017, 2:07 PM

- RoxStar +3

6/15/2017, 7:02 AM

Orric immediately made me think of the Orrick vacuum cleaner. Ode just sounds ugly. Orric Ode sounds silly.

You will not find many Floyds under fifty here in the US, unless they were named after dad or granddad. Ditto for Harvey.

- Solveig (cynthiajames) +2

6/15/2017, 8:08 AM

http://www.behindthename.com/name/harvey/top

Harvey is as hipster as you can get, which is why it's charting and rising so quickly. Floyd is probably used by hipsters but it will be a while before it charts again.

- Rachel Shaina (Evil) +1

6/15/2017, 8:24 AM

Floyd was used as about (by 'about', I mean within 1 birth) as often as Evander, Saint, Wolfgang, Amias for boys / Lacy, Zinnia, Doris, Jude for girls in 2016 and it has been rising slowly over the last couple (about 5) years. Sounds hipster to me.

(also i like Floyd).

This message was edited 6/15/2017, 8:24 AM

- Solveig (cynthiajames)

6/15/2017, 8:36 AM

Thanks!

Floyd isn't my style but I do see the appeal of it.

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