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HelpBrendan or Brandon?
I was just wondering. I love my name, it's awesome to grow up with, and it's just uncommon enough that you only run into a few. Plus, it's Irish, I'm Irish American, nice little tie-in there.
I dislike Brandon though. Not because of the sound (though I like Brendan better sound wise too, all sentimentality aside), but because it's soooo Beverly Hills 90210, so 90's posh/hip/popular/pseudo-cool. Plus, I know a few Brandons, and in my school, they're known as Bran Muffin 1, Bran Muffin 2, etc. (they call me the Irish one)
I figure that could get annoying. What are your thoughts? I won't get offended, promise.
Viva Brendan! (Cornelius Foehr)
I dislike Brandon though. Not because of the sound (though I like Brendan better sound wise too, all sentimentality aside), but because it's soooo Beverly Hills 90210, so 90's posh/hip/popular/pseudo-cool. Plus, I know a few Brandons, and in my school, they're known as Bran Muffin 1, Bran Muffin 2, etc. (they call me the Irish one)
I figure that could get annoying. What are your thoughts? I won't get offended, promise.
Viva Brendan! (Cornelius Foehr)
This message was edited 5/8/2007, 6:19 PM
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I don't actually like Brendan or Brandon. But...if I HAD to pick I would pick Brandon.
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Brandon is my preference. I have a lot of good associations with Brandon, which helps it, and I think I overall prefer the 'an' to the 'en' sound. Sometimes my mind jumps from Brendan to Brenda, too, and I think Brenda is an irredeemably ugly name.
If I could deviate a bit from the two names and go off on things with a similar sound, I'd say that I prefer Bran above the both of them.
Brandon is my preference. I have a lot of good associations with Brandon, which helps it, and I think I overall prefer the 'an' to the 'en' sound. Sometimes my mind jumps from Brendan to Brenda, too, and I think Brenda is an irredeemably ugly name.
If I could deviate a bit from the two names and go off on things with a similar sound, I'd say that I prefer Bran above the both of them.
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I prefer the look of Brendan. It just looks nicer somehow :)
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Definitely Brendan.
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ditto
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Sorry, but I don't like either. I agree with you on the 90s popular kid thing, but for both names. I've only known one Brandon - my bf's aunt's boyfriend, and he's in his 30's and works on cars and makes lots of good jokes, not preppy at all.
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Definitely Brendan
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I definitley like Brendan much better, although I would never use it myself. It is too soft sounding for my style, but it is very handsome and the story of St Brendan is probably my favourite of all the Saint stories.
Brandon is overused, trendy, yuppie and just one of those names that always makes me want to roll my eyes. If someone uses it here (in Australia), I usually think "how American" or 90210. Brandon isn't that common here really, except among the yuppies and most of the Brandon's here are around 4 or 5, so the children of ex-90210 fans. Brendan is more common.
Brandon is overused, trendy, yuppie and just one of those names that always makes me want to roll my eyes. If someone uses it here (in Australia), I usually think "how American" or 90210. Brandon isn't that common here really, except among the yuppies and most of the Brandon's here are around 4 or 5, so the children of ex-90210 fans. Brendan is more common.
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Brendan, always.
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I don't particularly care for either name. They're not different enough for me to prefer one over the other. I've known about a zillion Brandons, one of which is my brother (Brandon Anthony) and another of which is one of my close friends (Brandon Joshua). None of them have ever been called "Bran," though my mom used to call my brother "Branny."
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I haven't ever really liked either. Brandon is fanfarey and obnoxious, and Brendan sounds brisk and dismissive and trendy. I think the fact that it actually sounds like the word "trendy" helps my opinion of this. The Brendan I know is smart, and the Brandon I know is very, very dumb, so I prefer Brendan.
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Brendan is nice, but I prefer Brandon. I'm not familiar with 90210 at all. Maybe it's based on the Brendans and Brandons I've known, or just on the -an- vs the -en- sound ... the name Brandon seems a little bit more outgoing, friendly, and manly than Brendan (not counting you here -- I don't know you well enough). I could see how you might be turned off Brandon if it's really common on your peers, though.
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