Re: Birth Announcements - What do you think?
in reply to a message by Lissa Hannah
GIRLS:
Shirl : Short form of Shirley... ick
Karen Patricia : Nope
Marilu : Yuck
Lordes Carmen : Lourdes I like... Carmen not so much
Libby : As a nickname
Rachel : Nice
Dayle Patrice : Made up or an attempt to feminize Dale... Patrice is okay
Alecia : meh
Janet Elizabeth : Fairly common, it's my neigbors name.
Carolyn : Prefer Caroline but okay, not bad in the long run
Dorothy : Ick
Megan Patricia : Nice
Roberta : ick
Julia Linden : Nice, I like
Margaret : Love
Ella Patricia : meh, Ella is alright for a nn
Shirley : meh
Diane : meh
Lisa : meh
Lora : Perfer Laura or Lara but okay
Janet : ick
Lottie : Prefer as a nickname for Charlotte (even then I don't really like it. It's my cousin's nn. Figures her mom named her Charlotte too)
Sylvia : meh
Irene : meh
Janelle Lynn : meh
Joan : Nice
Lyntrice Anita : Made up first name, Anita is nice
Carol : Nice
Rebecca Sue : Prefer Rebecca Susan but okay
Rosemarie : Rosemary is nicer imo.
BOYS:
Steve : Like as a nn for Steven
Michael : Classic, great
Ron : Okay
Howard : ick
Gary : ick
Sid : As a nickname for... Sidney, sure.
Leonardo : no
Brandon Kyle : nms but names are okay
Barry : ick
Christopher : Love
Jonathan : Love, but it's gotten very popular
Bryan Christopher : Brian but okay
George : nice
Jeffrey Chase : nice
Michael Haynes : nice
Lawrence : Don't like for personal reasons but it's okay
Marion : More feminine to me than masculine but it's okay
John : Nice
Anthony Joseph : Nice
James Edward : Lovely
Charles : Nice
Sharon Arnold : Sharon is my Grandmother's mn so it's more fem to me. Arnold is ugly.
Paul : Okay
Jim : as a nn for James
Casey : Nope
Tom : As a nn for Thomas
Martin : Okay
Todd : It's okay
Vincent : Okay
Ashley James : I like it
Forrest : Nice
Peter : Nice
Shirl : Short form of Shirley... ick
Karen Patricia : Nope
Marilu : Yuck
Lordes Carmen : Lourdes I like... Carmen not so much
Libby : As a nickname
Rachel : Nice
Dayle Patrice : Made up or an attempt to feminize Dale... Patrice is okay
Alecia : meh
Janet Elizabeth : Fairly common, it's my neigbors name.
Carolyn : Prefer Caroline but okay, not bad in the long run
Dorothy : Ick
Megan Patricia : Nice
Roberta : ick
Julia Linden : Nice, I like
Margaret : Love
Ella Patricia : meh, Ella is alright for a nn
Shirley : meh
Diane : meh
Lisa : meh
Lora : Perfer Laura or Lara but okay
Janet : ick
Lottie : Prefer as a nickname for Charlotte (even then I don't really like it. It's my cousin's nn. Figures her mom named her Charlotte too)
Sylvia : meh
Irene : meh
Janelle Lynn : meh
Joan : Nice
Lyntrice Anita : Made up first name, Anita is nice
Carol : Nice
Rebecca Sue : Prefer Rebecca Susan but okay
Rosemarie : Rosemary is nicer imo.
BOYS:
Steve : Like as a nn for Steven
Michael : Classic, great
Ron : Okay
Howard : ick
Gary : ick
Sid : As a nickname for... Sidney, sure.
Leonardo : no
Brandon Kyle : nms but names are okay
Barry : ick
Christopher : Love
Jonathan : Love, but it's gotten very popular
Bryan Christopher : Brian but okay
George : nice
Jeffrey Chase : nice
Michael Haynes : nice
Lawrence : Don't like for personal reasons but it's okay
Marion : More feminine to me than masculine but it's okay
John : Nice
Anthony Joseph : Nice
James Edward : Lovely
Charles : Nice
Sharon Arnold : Sharon is my Grandmother's mn so it's more fem to me. Arnold is ugly.
Paul : Okay
Jim : as a nn for James
Casey : Nope
Tom : As a nn for Thomas
Martin : Okay
Todd : It's okay
Vincent : Okay
Ashley James : I like it
Forrest : Nice
Peter : Nice