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[Opinions] Re: Random Area BA's [some interesting ones: Christopher on a girl] [long]
Electa- Electra missing the R? Or ambitious parents with presidency wishes for DD?
Adia- Looks like Adi elaborated. Weird.
Barrett- A surname, If not, then a boy name.
Athena- Nice. Too close to Athens though.
Destiny- At least it's not misspelled. Unless these parents saw so many misspelled Destinee etc. that they thought this was Yuneek.
Brook- meh
Airyanna- I couldn't rekegnizze this at first!
Praise- Fine
Tiille- One parent wanted Tile and the other Ttiillee and they compromised? Strange, anyway.
Kindahlynn- Um...
Auroura- Probably weren't considerate enough to alter the pronounciation as well as the spelling to make it sayable.
Silena- After they called her sister Noisa, they needed a break.
Skylynn- And Earthlynn, Oceanlynn... I actually like the sound of Earthlynn. *ducks*
Raynie- Pourie, the old man Snorie? Hmm, Snorie is a really nice name. *things being thrown at me double*
Chaise- Um... no.
Autumn- Fine
Innocents- Why plural?
Love- Loves. Actually nice, I hope she'll be cynical. Fun, fun.
Felicity- Like this
Shiloh [Brother: Chance]- and Fifi and Rover
Kailer- Ugh
Echo- o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
Journey- Fine
Wrigley- wriggles
Cherish- Oh how wonderful! *sarcasm*
Sage- old wise hermit, like Claire said
Dakota- and brother Wyoming.
Rubye- I like Ruby. Well, I also like Sky, so I shouldn't be surprised.
Aspen- grove
Halo- Fitting. See below.
Angelique- Fitting. See above
Ria- Creative take on Rhea?
Havanna- Ew
Berlyn- Creative take on burlin'. Or Berlin, if you really want.
Aris- ugh
Italia- I'd buy her ice cream if it looked good regardless of her name. That having been said, I like the name Atalia.
Meriel- Strange
Kaia- Nice, nms
Lydia- Love this
Ella Christopher (Sister: Grace Christopher, Dad: Christopher)- Daddy's full of himself, isn't he?
Eireland Faire- Fair is nice, but... Eireland?
Violet- Love it
Neev- Spell it Neve / Niamh / however except for this. Niv is a nono too, it's a boy name here, means fang.
Veda- ugh
Scarlet- If it's a name, I prefer it spelled Scarlett. Fine anyway.
Skye- Nice, but see Rubye.
Wyndsor- ugh
Lilo- and Stitch
Piper- and Smoker.
Brytney- Isn't this outdated?
Kairo- No!
Caoilinn- Umm... looks Irish. That's all I'll say.
Scotland- At least it's not Scotlyn.Anakin- and when he has a kid, he'll call him Luke.
Edgar- Nice
Robin- Like it
Reed- nms
Atreyu- Nice
Maximus- Um... ah well, all Max fns are like that.
Magnus- Uh... if that's what you like.
Talon- Ugh
Meryck- Did the Y trend get to the boys?
Arlo- Eh
Shrey & Shreyans [No Joke, Twins]- If this wasn't some kind of sick joke of the parents, I shudder to think what it was.
Sheldon- sounds like a Pokemon or something.
Fisher- See Hunter.
Senate- Very ambitious parents...
Ramesies- They must have wanted an ethnic name, took a map, pointed at random, and given the only Egyptian name they knew. They'd have to celebrate Passover for this to work, though.
Morgan- nice
McCullen- At least it's on a boy.
Asa- Love it
Elye- Eli, whatever you may think, parents, is not boring in any way. *fumes* What did you do to this name?!
Orion- Brother Rigel and sister Bellatrix?
Levi- ugh
Riddik- ulous.
Arden- Sounds girly. Nms
Jericho- is a place. Ancient place.
Dallas- ditto, but not even ancient.
Forrest- Why misspell it?
Draven- Uck.
Blaze- What's wring with Blaise? I'd say this was one of the names in which the original spelling is more so than the creative one.
Narssico- Nar-sicko?
Deakin- Deacon? Beacon? Bacon?
Saxton- An unteasable place form of Sextus?
Teirson- Why, why?
Keefer- Um... I'll pass.
Kazden- Ick
Moseley- Trendy form of Moses?
Madden- Get a dictionary, folks!
Ryker- Blech
Morfan- I like Morpheus. And Morfin. And Morgan. And Marvin. And a whole host of other similar names... but Morfan? No.
Brigham- Arr, get in the brig (in pirate speak, of course). And take some ham in case you get hungry.
Hunter- see Fisher
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Electa- Electra missing the R? Or ambitious parents with presidency wishes for DD?No, this is probably someone who has resurrected a name from their family tree. Electa was fairly common as a given name among the descendants of the Puritans in New England and other northern states in the USA during the 18th and early 19th century. It didn't refer to electoral politics, but to the Calvinist concept of "election" in the spiritual sense. Here are a few examples of 19th century Electas from genealogy sites on the Web:http://jrm.phys.ksu.edu/Genealogy/Needham/d0003/I428.htmlhttp://cs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr17/rr17_100.htmlhttp://www.familytreecircles.com/journal_5896.htmlhttp://www.bluewolverine.com/genealogy/genealogy.php?op=indiv&id=I18http://www.gentree.com/cgi-bin/igmget/n=Hurlburt?ID3872P.S. And here is Wikipedia's explanation of the Calvinist concept:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconditional_election

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