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Help[Opinions] Laurel
i love how it rolls off the tongue and ends with its initial letter. it also has really nice imagery w/ it being a plant (love plant names), and the wreaths, which give it the extra meaning of fame or victory.
wdyt? and would it get confused too easily for Laura/Lauren?
wdyt? and would it get confused too easily for Laura/Lauren?
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Laurel is an excellent name. Fact. I am totally unbiased :)
People do hear it as Lauren all the time but I don't really care - if someone mishears in passing at a coffee shop or reception or whatever, I don't bother correcting them. If it's someone I'm going to see again then I do.
When I was younger more people would assume it was Laura, but in the last 10 years or so that's changed.
People do hear it as Lauren all the time but I don't really care - if someone mishears in passing at a coffee shop or reception or whatever, I don't bother correcting them. If it's someone I'm going to see again then I do.
When I was younger more people would assume it was Laura, but in the last 10 years or so that's changed.
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My favorite female Laur-/ Lor- name is Lorena but Laurel is my second favorite. I don't think Laurel would get confused with Laura and Lauren or at least not often.
Lorna is my 3rd favorite, Lauren is my 4th, Loretta is 5th, Laurie is 6th, and Laura is 7th because it is so common in my age group that it became bland.
Laurel reminds me of the character in the TV show Arrow and it makes me think of the plant.
My only misgivings about Laurel have ever been that it sounds slightly similar to L'oreal and it rhythms with Oral. But I don't think those similarities make the name unusable.
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Lorna is my 3rd favorite, Lauren is my 4th, Loretta is 5th, Laurie is 6th, and Laura is 7th because it is so common in my age group that it became bland.
Laurel reminds me of the character in the TV show Arrow and it makes me think of the plant.
My only misgivings about Laurel have ever been that it sounds slightly similar to L'oreal and it rhythms with Oral. But I don't think those similarities make the name unusable.
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This message was edited 10/18/2017, 3:12 PM
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I grew up with a girl named Laurel and I've always thought it is a lovely name, definitely my favourite of the Laur- names. I also love nature names, and Laurel is just so evocative. I currently have a professor named Laurel and she is just all kinds of cool so that really adds to the positive vibe the name has for me. From the three Laurels I have known (the two aforementioned and another acquaintance), nobody seems to confuse it with Laura or Lauren.
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Laurel has always been a favorite of mine! I don't care if it gets easily confused with Laura/Lauren, it's just so pretty and I love its imagery too!
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I do like Laurel well enough, however, it doesn't roll off my tongue easily at all. That's the main reason I've never considered it as a fn. As a mn, yes; I could definitely see myself using Laurel as a mn.
Moving on, I do think Laurel might be confused for Laura and Lauren if the hearer didn't pay close enough attention to what is being said, but if you love the name enough, then I say use it. It's not a common name in my world. I've only known one (Laurel Ann).
Moving on, I do think Laurel might be confused for Laura and Lauren if the hearer didn't pay close enough attention to what is being said, but if you love the name enough, then I say use it. It's not a common name in my world. I've only known one (Laurel Ann).
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One of my best friends was named this, and I have always thought the combo Laurel Amelia was lovely.
Actually, said friend was adopted when she was four from Korea and she often commented on how her name was unpronounceable to her as a young child because of the L's and R's; it would come out as "waaaw" since they don't have those sounds where she originated.
Actually, said friend was adopted when she was four from Korea and she often commented on how her name was unpronounceable to her as a young child because of the L's and R's; it would come out as "waaaw" since they don't have those sounds where she originated.
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The 'L' and 'R' are difficult for some nationalities. When I worked for a Persian family, they called me by my second name because they said Laurel was impossible! And there's a Japanese student working at the coffee shop by me who always writes 'Rara' on my cup...
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that's awful...it's cruel enough to change a foreign adopted child's name to an English one, but especially one that they can't even pronounce. i'm sorry she had to go through that.
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It's interesting that you think it rolls off the tongue. This is a name that I have a very hard time saying, and for that reason I don't like it.
Yes, it will get confused with the other Laur- names.
Yes, it will get confused with the other Laur- names.
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a lot of names that people on here think are easy to say, are actually hard for me to say, hah.
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The plant is also pretty poisonous. Just FYI. I don't care myself, I mean, I love Holly and that's poisonous and prickly.
I don't feel it rolls off the tongue very smoothly. The l ending feels slurry and mumbly, and the name reminds me of Rory and Aurora and even Coral in that way. Somehow the sounds just don't quite feel good in the mouth.
And yes, I think Laurel is very likely to get confused with Laura; I've been confused a few times myself when hearing Laurel.
Laurel is also the name of a town near here.
I don't feel it rolls off the tongue very smoothly. The l ending feels slurry and mumbly, and the name reminds me of Rory and Aurora and even Coral in that way. Somehow the sounds just don't quite feel good in the mouth.
And yes, I think Laurel is very likely to get confused with Laura; I've been confused a few times myself when hearing Laurel.
Laurel is also the name of a town near here.
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