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Julie Ingeborg -How do you pronounce it?

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Pretty much as it looks--ING-guh-borg. Which is a sound most Americans find quite ugly, I'm sure, but I think it's quite nice. :D It was one of my great-grandmother's names, and she was named for her great-grandmother (I think--can't remember how far back the first Ingeborg was), who was one of the first to come over to America from Norway.

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As for the rest, there's definitely something. Julie sounds so retro-fifties to me that it sounds awesome with most all of those! I especially like:

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Julie Theodosia
Julie Angeline
Julie Fleur
Julie Tamar
Julie Jane
Julie Zita
Julie Magdalena
Julie Starlight -- So snappy!
Julie Violetta
Julie Sonnet
Julie Zelda
Julie Maria
Julie Nightingale -- Also so snappy!
Julie Maude
Julie Willa
Julie Clarissa
Julie Sunshine -- Again!
Julie Magnolia
Julie Delight -- And again!
Julie Olive
Julie Midnight -- And this one. They all just sound so fantastically jazzy to me, and I have no clue why--I wouldn't like Midnight most of the time!
Julie Etta -- Except for the part where it's basically Giulietta, lol. ;)
Julie Pearl
Julie Patience
Julie Hazel
Julie Dove -- Because while Julie Love is cute, Julie Dove doesn't make me trip over my L's and keeps the same short snazz.
Julie Suzanne
Julie Fern

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Thank you, lulu! These're fab. :)

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ETA: Juliet as a nouveau-yuppie name: It might just be my perceptions, but there are certain names that come off to me as being very "Look at me, I'm out of the mainstream, but not really," and Juliet is one of those that strikes me that way. Along with Lila(h), Sebastian, Juliana, Liliana, Ava, Annabel(le), Liam, Will, etc. Juliet might not be nearly as popular as those, but it has the same sort of aura to me.

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On the other hand, I've always disliked Juliet, far as I can remember (which is usually about two years, lol--I have a short memory for my opinions ;). So I'm definitely just biased against it.

This message was edited 1/11/2007, 7:56 AM