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Help[Opinions] Re: Elvira
in reply to a message by Remora L.
Elvira, Queen of the Night is my one and only association, which is campy and not terribly positive. I was actually reading an Agatha Christie recently where one of the main characters was a teenager (in the 60s) named Elvira, and I found the name very jarring throughout the novel. I'm also not really a fan of the sound. It does have a neat possible meaning, though. For some reason, pairing it with Ursula makes me like it better and removes it a bit from the camp association...but of course she wouldn't always be joined at the hip with her sister.
I love Ursula. I just do. To me the sea-witch connotation is positive because Ursula in the Little Mermaid had so much presence and was so zestfully evil. She was a villainess who was having real fun. Given that she was fat, though, and given that Ursula means "little bear," I wouldn't bestow this name on a girl who was likely to be heavyset.
For a brother...Gerard? Harold?
For a middle name, maybe Margaret or Margo.
I love Ursula. I just do. To me the sea-witch connotation is positive because Ursula in the Little Mermaid had so much presence and was so zestfully evil. She was a villainess who was having real fun. Given that she was fat, though, and given that Ursula means "little bear," I wouldn't bestow this name on a girl who was likely to be heavyset.
For a brother...Gerard? Harold?
For a middle name, maybe Margaret or Margo.
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