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Help[Opinions] Re: Magnolia Corvina Betancourt Jordan: seeking feedback on this name.
in reply to a message by Messalyle
I like Claire and Gwen as MNs.
Lee is so common in the South as a MN that if someone claimed they were named it after Annabel Lee, I wouldn't believe them. Annabel - that spelling - sure maybe that'd be after the poem.
How about Ulalume or Lenore as a Poe reference (Lenore being more likely, Ulalume being more eccentric).
Magnolia was in use but would have been old-fashioned in the 80s. I've wondered before if it had a negative connotation during the Civil Rights era, since it's iconic Old South (I think of the song "Strange Fruit" which mentions magnolias). It probably wouldn't matter to readers now (mostly seems like a popular name for babies - clunky but I don't dislike it) and works if you want a slightly dark and less common flower name but still, idk. fyi. Another rare flower option could be Gardenia maybe; I know a millennial who was named that, and it also happened to be semi-popular in Brazil so is kinda multicultural.
Lee is so common in the South as a MN that if someone claimed they were named it after Annabel Lee, I wouldn't believe them. Annabel - that spelling - sure maybe that'd be after the poem.
How about Ulalume or Lenore as a Poe reference (Lenore being more likely, Ulalume being more eccentric).
Magnolia was in use but would have been old-fashioned in the 80s. I've wondered before if it had a negative connotation during the Civil Rights era, since it's iconic Old South (I think of the song "Strange Fruit" which mentions magnolias). It probably wouldn't matter to readers now (mostly seems like a popular name for babies - clunky but I don't dislike it) and works if you want a slightly dark and less common flower name but still, idk. fyi. Another rare flower option could be Gardenia maybe; I know a millennial who was named that, and it also happened to be semi-popular in Brazil so is kinda multicultural.
This message was edited 11/1/2024, 5:30 PM
