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Help[Opinions] Thoughts on Scout?
Do ya'll like this name? Met anyone with it? What kind of personality does it portray?
It's been my Middle name for a year now. I like the names sentimental value, but I do wonder how it comes across? Thoughts?
It's been my Middle name for a year now. I like the names sentimental value, but I do wonder how it comes across? Thoughts?
This message was edited 3/22/2022, 7:23 AM
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I know one person named Scout. It sounds sporty. Mostly it reminds me of To Kill A Mockingbird.
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I've never met a human or animal by this name but I think Bruce Willis and Demi Moore have a kid named Scout. I don't think it makes a very good name, especially for a human.
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I have only met dogs named Scout, so far.
My strongest associations are dog treats, boy scouts, and medieval era spies. Or words like shout, clout, pout, sprout. Impish and militant.
Someone who might be manipulative but in a naive way, excitable but quiet, eager to prove themselves but contrary.
In terms of naming style, I guess the impression could be about what I'd get from Slade, Cloud, Greer, Archer, Indiana, Briar, Reno, Paisley, Page.
My strongest associations are dog treats, boy scouts, and medieval era spies. Or words like shout, clout, pout, sprout. Impish and militant.
Someone who might be manipulative but in a naive way, excitable but quiet, eager to prove themselves but contrary.
In terms of naming style, I guess the impression could be about what I'd get from Slade, Cloud, Greer, Archer, Indiana, Briar, Reno, Paisley, Page.
This message was edited 3/23/2022, 11:44 AM
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I used to think Scout gave me more of a masculine vibe, but now I find it as unisex especially after reading To Kill A Mockingbird.
Anyhow, I actually like the name Scout it’s nice, spunky, and interesting and as a middle name it’s a little better. Scout gives me an adventurous personality, smart too. Never met anybody with it.
Anyhow, I actually like the name Scout it’s nice, spunky, and interesting and as a middle name it’s a little better. Scout gives me an adventurous personality, smart too. Never met anybody with it.
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I honestly don’t like it that much. It doesn’t even sound like a real name. It sounds like a dog name. I actually knew a boy with this name.
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Don't like it
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Scout seems very Hollywood hipster to me. It's the idea of putting specific books on your coffee table when company comes over, turned into a name. Holden, Atticus, and Scarlett give me the same feeling.
I've never met a Scout irl. To me it comes across as an active, privileged name. Someone really into yoga and iced coffee who talks about manifesting things. It's very California cool.
The sound of Scout is very satisfying, I don't dislike it. But it's not my thing.
I've never met a Scout irl. To me it comes across as an active, privileged name. Someone really into yoga and iced coffee who talks about manifesting things. It's very California cool.
The sound of Scout is very satisfying, I don't dislike it. But it's not my thing.
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Thanks, I love hippie names!
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The only reason anyone thinks Scout is a name is because of the character Scout Finch. Everyone seems to forget that Scout was not her name, her name was Jean Louise, and Scout was only a nickname. And it was a nn in the same vein as Champ, Sport, Buster or Boomer; a sort of placeholder, super-boyish/tomboyish form of address that isn't appropriate outsie the home or on a child of school age or above.
To me it's a silly, self-consciously butch name best suited to a hunting or working dog.
To me it's a silly, self-consciously butch name best suited to a hunting or working dog.
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Guilty as charged! I was named after the book. Though I do like the Tomboyish aspects of it, and the dynamic of the name. When people cannot pronounce Aurora, I tell them to call me scout. Hopefully it doesn't sound too much like a Dog's name!
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This message was edited 3/23/2022, 7:25 AM
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Nt means "no text", meant to stop people (in the original website format, at least) from clicking on erased messages. Sometimes mods will then delete them.
I'd originally wondered about the circumstances of how you acquired a MN a year ago. I'd assumed you'd picked it, but the "I was named" comment seemed to imply someone else did. Then I erased it because I didn't actually feel like being nosy. I probably should have written out "nevermind" in the message.
I'd originally wondered about the circumstances of how you acquired a MN a year ago. I'd assumed you'd picked it, but the "I was named" comment seemed to imply someone else did. Then I erased it because I didn't actually feel like being nosy. I probably should have written out "nevermind" in the message.
This message was edited 3/23/2022, 7:46 AM
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Oh, alright. There us actually a funny story behind it! If you'd like to hear it. My father was going to name me scout after To Kill a Mockingbird, his alltime favorite book. My Mother wanted to name me Aurora, so my nickname could be Rory. And my middle name was grey, so his dreams of giving me a book inspired names were gone. I later adopted Scout as my 'Soccer name', and it became my favorite nickname. And we both changed it to scout, an I think it fits me much better.
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OT but is there any way to see subject lines anymore? We're still able to write a subject line for replies but it seems like that information just disappears.
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Idk, I guess you could ask Mike. I can see them because I use the old format.
This message was edited 3/23/2022, 4:53 PM
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I far prefer Jean Louise. Scout has dated connotations of skilled explorers going out ahead of the soldiers and the colonialists who followed them, enabling everyone except the original inhabitants to appoint themselves kings of the wild Frontier... like something out of a 1930s history text book. Which, in today's world, should be an embarrassment, but actually all it says is "My parents went to school! They read a book in class! If I'd been a boy, they'd have named me Atticus!"
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Huh, I don't get that impression at all (at least not so much that it overpowers other impressions). Any group of people travelling for any reason can have scouts.
I guess my main problem with naming a baby Scout after Scout Finch is that she's just the everyman character who observes the book but doesn't really do much. I understand why you'd name a baby Attius after Atticus Finch because he's an impressive character, but Scout is more like a proxy for the reader during most of the book's events. It has been a while since I've read it, but from what I remember, Scout just watched Atticus do the main plot while she basically did random side quests. Perfectly good as a storytelling method, but not very inspirational to tell your child "this is the character you were named after".
I guess my main problem with naming a baby Scout after Scout Finch is that she's just the everyman character who observes the book but doesn't really do much. I understand why you'd name a baby Attius after Atticus Finch because he's an impressive character, but Scout is more like a proxy for the reader during most of the book's events. It has been a while since I've read it, but from what I remember, Scout just watched Atticus do the main plot while she basically did random side quests. Perfectly good as a storytelling method, but not very inspirational to tell your child "this is the character you were named after".
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Yeah, I guess people can scout out restaurants, and there's talent scouts. Apart from boy scouts, though, for some reason I immediately associated danger in a historical context - like Robin Hood era bandits or 18th century army scouts. Maybe it's the connotation of alertness (to danger).
I agree about the everyman thing. It seems generic. I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing, but it's got that vibe, like someone who's just spectating.
I agree about the everyman thing. It seems generic. I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing, but it's got that vibe, like someone who's just spectating.
This message was edited 3/23/2022, 6:52 PM
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Sadly accurate.
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I love it! But it doesn't sound girly at all. It's perfectly unisex to me!
The name says, "I'm an adventurous freedom lover, and I set goals for myself."
I think it would be good for pets too. Its really adorable, but trendy.
The name says, "I'm an adventurous freedom lover, and I set goals for myself."
I think it would be good for pets too. Its really adorable, but trendy.
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I dislike it, it seems childish to me. Only suited to a childhood nickname circa To Kill a Mockingbird or a dog name imo.
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Yes! The name brings me back to the book!
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