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Help[Opinions] Re: Rudolph & Charlotta
in reply to a message by LillieMae87
Rudolph is usable, it's a good name, but the reindeer won't be forgotten any time soon, so one would have to really want to use it.
I prefer Rudolf.
I think going by Rudy would prevent reindeer associations. I like Rudy. In part I think maybe I like it because it became familiar to me when I was young, due to this song: in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cntvEDbagAw where the name Rudy is used because it's slang for "rude boy." I'm not even familiar with the meanings behind that term but it's not a demerit in my demographic, as it was purely fad and fashion for us. I don't think of Rudy Giuliani when I hear the name Rudy but if pressed to think of examples he's the only one that comes to mind (not a positive association for me). I wouldn't use Rudy without the full name Rudolf.
Charlotta is appealing in sound, but seems elaborate to me, like Vivienna or something - since Carlotta and Charlotte are so much more familiar, and it seems to be taking from the fanciest parts of both. I think most people would just say she had a beautiful name though. It's nice.
I don't like Lottie as a full name. It's too childish, like Nellie for Eleanor - nice if you're very familiar but it gives up all of the gravity of the full name. A very antiquated style, to use familiar names as full names, and to me it feels negative, like an admission of belief that the named individual isn't or will never be important enough to have their full name written down. Although I can imagine how it might seem positive, like socialist-chic or anarchist-chic, for everyone to have just nicknames! Hmm. But that's not what I automatically associate with it.
- mirfak
I prefer Rudolf.
I think going by Rudy would prevent reindeer associations. I like Rudy. In part I think maybe I like it because it became familiar to me when I was young, due to this song: in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cntvEDbagAw where the name Rudy is used because it's slang for "rude boy." I'm not even familiar with the meanings behind that term but it's not a demerit in my demographic, as it was purely fad and fashion for us. I don't think of Rudy Giuliani when I hear the name Rudy but if pressed to think of examples he's the only one that comes to mind (not a positive association for me). I wouldn't use Rudy without the full name Rudolf.
Charlotta is appealing in sound, but seems elaborate to me, like Vivienna or something - since Carlotta and Charlotte are so much more familiar, and it seems to be taking from the fanciest parts of both. I think most people would just say she had a beautiful name though. It's nice.
I don't like Lottie as a full name. It's too childish, like Nellie for Eleanor - nice if you're very familiar but it gives up all of the gravity of the full name. A very antiquated style, to use familiar names as full names, and to me it feels negative, like an admission of belief that the named individual isn't or will never be important enough to have their full name written down. Although I can imagine how it might seem positive, like socialist-chic or anarchist-chic, for everyone to have just nicknames! Hmm. But that's not what I automatically associate with it.
- mirfak
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