Message: "Everest" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Everest

by Link

9/10/2006, 8:05 PM

A guy I work with has a 9 mnth old daughter named Everest. WDYT?

#Everest

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- Steph (stillbreathingxx)

9/12/2006, 1:27 PM

She's not going to like high school.

I can just hear the 'mount Everest' comments now...

- Sabrina Fair (rainbowstars)

9/11/2006, 3:58 PM

Everest, only like for a boy

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- Eilis (Suibhne) +2

9/11/2006, 2:18 AM

I don't think I'd name a little girl after a landmark as large and looming as a mountain. :-(

When I read it I think "ever rest," to boot, which reminds me of being dead. So not only do I think "fat," but I also think "dead."

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- LMS

9/11/2006, 2:20 PM

All of which are perfect examples as to why parents should get opinions on the names they plan on naming their children, because not everyone thinks of the same horrible associations, and in the end everyone is just in the best interest of the child.

- rainbow_Maya

9/11/2006, 2:58 AM

ditto about the 'dead' asociation!

- Isla +6

9/10/2006, 9:03 PM

Oh dear, I can hear the high school jokes now...'Hey, dude, did mount Everest last night?' Rolls eyes. Other than that, if she's a big girl, she'll have even more Mt. Everest/mountain comments to deal with. :(

- LMS

9/11/2006, 1:37 AM

I DEFINATELY agree...horrible nn's.

- Link +4

9/10/2006, 9:12 PM

Well, I hadn't thought of all that. It's now officially a terrible name for a girl =)

- Isla +3

9/10/2006, 9:33 PM

You'd think I sat around thinking of possible ways to tease a name (maybe I do....), because I can usually come up with something. Watch, I'll probably end up naming my children something that can be obviously teased but it escapes me at the moment. :b (Then again, just because a child doesn't have a "teasable" name doesn't mean he/she won't be teased, for a name or something else altogether. I know. :-/)

Edited: changed 'child' to 'teased'

This message was edited 9/10/2006, 10:20 PM

- Link +2

9/10/2006, 9:36 PM

True. It's difficult to protect them from everything, but we can at least try =)

- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans) +1

9/11/2006, 8:33 AM

You know, it really may not be in a child's best interest to "protect them from everything." Kids need to learn how to deal with stuff, and overprotectiveness can be a very negative influence on a child's sense of self-efficacy.

- Link

9/11/2006, 9:51 AM

True dat.

yes, I agree.
I mis-spoke yet again. I meant we(as parents) can WANT to protect them from everthing, but acting on that WANT (being over-protective) leads to the troubles you mentioned.

- Luxiana

9/10/2006, 8:52 PM

Everest is on my list of favorites. I love it.

I always imagined it for a boy with the nn Ever. it could be cute on a girl paired with the right middle name.

- Elizaveta (LexyRose)

9/10/2006, 8:33 PM

I could possibly see it as a boy's name but I think it's rather horrible for a girl.

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- Bex +8

9/10/2006, 8:18 PM

I think Everest is really cute but only on a boy.. its horrid on a girl!

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- Link +7

9/10/2006, 8:56 PM

I am beginning to feel the same, but don't know why. What do you think makes it a boy's name, just out of curiosity?

- Bex

9/11/2006, 12:23 AM

Everything sounds male to me! lol, all unisex names I prefer on boys (except Evelyn).
Everest has that cool funky feel, it sounds surnamey to me so I would never use it on a girl.

Snape, Sexy and Dangerous!

- Schezar +4

9/11/2006, 12:12 AM

I don't like the name, and I know this question wasn't directed at me, but I am going to put my two cents in anyway ;). The name Everest reminds me of the mountain, and mountains are kind of masculine to me for some reason, so it follows that the name itself would suit a male better. But that's just me.

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- Chrisell +3

9/11/2006, 12:18 AM

Lol . . .

Phallic symbology, anyone? :-P

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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans) +2

9/11/2006, 8:30 AM

Actually I think most mountains would fit feminine symbology in a Freudian sense better. I think more of them are likely to remind people of breasts than phalluses --which is exactly how the Grand Tetons in Wyoming, USA, got their name.

http://www.nationalparkreservations.com/vacation-in-grand-teton-national-park.htm

- Chrisell

9/11/2006, 6:19 PM

I was referring specifically to Schezar's statement.

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- Link

9/11/2006, 9:46 AM

good point, nt,

- Isla

9/10/2006, 9:04 PM

Personally, I dislike on either gender but I like Everett so Everest naturally seems a bit more like a male name to me because of the similarity (or because of the rugged-mountain-man connotation? lol).

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