Message: "Allegra?" - Behind the Name

Allegra?

by Jen (guest)

6/23/2005, 6:08 PM

WDYT? I really like it, but I tend to think of the allergy medicine. I love its meaning, "cheerful or lively" in Italian; Since it is an English name, too, I think its a great happy medium to myself being Italian, himself being English.
So do you think it it ok to use as a human name now that the product market has tainted it, or do you think that everyone will think she's named after a pill?

#Allegra

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- Isla

6/24/2005, 10:22 PM

I know of a girl (my sister's friend's daughter) who is probably in her teens now named Allegra. I haven't seen her in years though, and she was named before the allergy medicine came out so I"m not sure if she gets comments/teased about it at all.

It's a pretty name, but I can't shake the medicine association. It's not a bad one, but it's not a great one either.

- Lissa (guest)

6/24/2005, 6:03 AM

I am Italian too, and I think Allegra is beautiful- has a wonderful meaning in Italian as well ;)

- Elinor (Elly747)

6/24/2005, 3:17 AM

It just reminds me of childhood piano lessons (which I loathed and quickly quit), because of "allegro". I also dislike the obvious word "leg" in the name. Sorry :-(

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- Nicola

6/24/2005, 12:32 AM

I love it, it's always been one of my favourites.

- Ciarda85 (Ciarda)

6/23/2005, 10:19 PM

It's a beautiful name! The fact that it's the name of an asthma medication shouldn't matter at all. You may also like the name Aviva.

CIARDA

- Seda* (Sedalyn)

6/23/2005, 10:02 PM

I love, love, love, Allegra!! It's bittersweet to me, but that's for a personal reason. Don't let a medicine discourage you from using it. It's gorgeous!

-Seda*

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- Catriona (guest) +1

6/23/2005, 9:16 PM

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!

- Lissa Kristine (worldlylight)

6/24/2005, 8:54 AM

I love it too, but don't abuse those poor exclamation points.

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- iris

6/23/2005, 8:34 PM

I love the name Allegra. I loved it before the pill came out too. It does however remind me of an allergy medication with annoying commercials. Because of this I wouldn't use it, but I don't think it should stop others. I'm just too easily annoyed with others' ignorance.

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~iris

- Tara (tlb)

6/23/2005, 7:29 PM

I love it. But I prefer it pronounced the Italian way so it doesn't remind me of allergy medicene.

-Tara

- Vesta (VestellaContessa)

6/23/2005, 6:42 PM

Isn't that a name of one of Satan's daughters in some movie? I like it!

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- Array (WeloveyouJesseLacey) +1

6/23/2005, 6:38 PM

I like it a lot, and I think that it's a name that's great enough to transcend associations with the medicine. I always think of Allegra from the old Nick Jr. show Allegra's Window. She had a brother named Rondo. :)

Array

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- tor

6/23/2005, 7:20 PM

Oh my gosh! I haven't seen that show for such a long time, along with some others! I miss Are You Scared of the Dark. I miss them all! : (

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- lucie

6/23/2005, 6:31 PM

I think it's gorgeous! go for it!

Allegra Lee
Allegra Ellis
Allegra Cara
Allegra Ava
Allegra Elle/Ella

- Miss Claire

6/23/2005, 6:29 PM

I love Allegra and don't know the pill :)
By the way it is a very old name that has been used since the Middle Ages (or maybe late Roman period), so the pill... yeah lol

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- Lissa Hannah (Lissa)

6/23/2005, 6:24 PM

I don't care for it. I do think of the medication brand, but I also don't care for the overall sound of it. The -gra sounds very ugly to me, for some reason.

-Lissa Hannah-
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- tor +10

6/23/2005, 6:24 PM

I love it! I used to think of the allergy med, but I love the name. I heard of the name after the drug came out, so it took a little while to get used to! I love it now! I don't think of the med.

Do you need any MN ideas?

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- Jen (guest) +9

6/23/2005, 6:26 PM

I'm the same way! I heard of the medicine first, but now that I hear the name its REALLY growing on me. What MNs do you think?

- tor +8

6/23/2005, 6:35 PM

Hmm...

Allegra Blanche
Allegra Ivy
Allegra Violet
Allegra Greer
Allegra Caroline (KARE-oh-leen-)
Allegra Iris
Allegra Sigrid
Allegra Elspeth
Allegra Eavan
Allegra Charlotte

These are just some I thought of off the top of my head. I would go with names that don't end with -a. So, what do you think?

Keep us posted about your choice!

EDIT: typo

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- Miss Claire +7

6/23/2005, 6:39 PM

I love:

Allegra Blanche
Allegra Ivy
Allegra Violet
Allegra Iris
Allegra Elspeth
Allegra Charlotte

~~ Claire ~~

- Jen (guest) +6

6/23/2005, 7:06 PM

I like Allegra Caroline... Do you think Allegra Anneleise is too many A's? I like the way it flows and sounds, and then if she absolutely hates it she can always go by the more conventional Annie if she chooses.

- Miss Claire

6/23/2005, 8:24 PM

Not too many As, but Annelise is very ugly and frumpy to me... And it reminds me of "analyze"...

~~ Claire ~~

- tor +4

6/23/2005, 7:09 PM

I'm not a fan of double initials, but it's not bad. I can't say I like the name Anneleise; I know a very snobby Annalisa. Anneleise is also a little hard to pronounce.

Would you like an Itailian or English MN? Or doesn't it matter?

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- Jen (guest) +3

6/23/2005, 7:10 PM

Doesn't matter, but probably English for his sake haha

- tor +2

6/23/2005, 7:15 PM

Some more...

Allegra Scarlett
Allegra Bronwen
Allegra Roselle
Allegra Simone
Allegra Seren

I'm likeing 'S' names with Allegra.

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- Miss Claire +1

6/23/2005, 8:24 PM

Beautiful!

~~ Claire ~~

- tor

6/24/2005, 10:46 AM

Thanks!

I try..

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- shantastic

6/23/2005, 6:13 PM

I love the name Allegra. I know my first thought isn't of the pill, and I doubt others' would be, either.

Shannon

- Trudy

6/23/2005, 6:09 PM

I think of a country in Africa...

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