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What do you guys think of 'Traverse' as a name for a boy? I was just skimming some articles this morning and this word jumped out at me.
What are your opinions?
What are your opinions?
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As had been said before, in the place name Traverse City, this is pronounced "TRAV-erse", so it's very close to Travis in how you say it, and I would assume if I saw it as a boy's name that that was the pronunciation the parents were intending. Actually, I HAVE seen this as a boy's name a couple of times, and I just assumed it was being used as a variation of Travis. :)
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It reminds me of Traverse City, Michigan but I doubt it would remind many other people of that. Not surprisingly the next thing it reminds me of is the word "traverse." It's nmsaa but I like it better than Chase and plenty of people name boys that.
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Ah! So that's what everyone's talking about. I hadn't heard of Traverse City before today.
I'm based in Australia so I doubt people around here would think of that.
I'm based in Australia so I doubt people around here would think of that.
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Go with Travis. It's similar without being... well, weird.
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I like weird, and I'm not too fond of Travis.. :)
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I apologize but I don't care for this as a name at all.
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What immediately pops into my mind is a Christmas song(which is now hopelessly stuck in my head):
"We three kings of Orient are;
Bearing gifts we traverse afar..."
That was the first usage of the word traverse I'd ever come across, and what I always think of when I hear or see the word anywhere else.
"We three kings of Orient are;
Bearing gifts we traverse afar..."
That was the first usage of the word traverse I'd ever come across, and what I always think of when I hear or see the word anywhere else.
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I think it's difficult to say as a given name. truh-VERSE? It just doesn't roll of the tongue for me--if you'll allow me to borrow your screenname, it really does leave me tongue tied. ;)
Similar names that I find easier to swallow:
Trevor
Trevelyan / Trevelyon (treh-VELL-yon)
Travers (I can't believe it's listed in the database, lol--I'd say it TRA-verz rather than truh-VERSE)
Tryphon (TRY-fun is how I'd say it, like Triton with a PH)
Travis
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Similar names that I find easier to swallow:
Trevor
Trevelyan / Trevelyon (treh-VELL-yon)
Travers (I can't believe it's listed in the database, lol--I'd say it TRA-verz rather than truh-VERSE)
Tryphon (TRY-fun is how I'd say it, like Triton with a PH)
Travis
Array
This message was edited 6/20/2007, 7:22 PM
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agree
traverse is an awkward word. Besides, my image of the action 'to traverse' is a slow, laborious journey. Travers is a surname name I say "TRAY-vurz" ... maybe that'd suit better?
traverse is an awkward word. Besides, my image of the action 'to traverse' is a slow, laborious journey. Travers is a surname name I say "TRAY-vurz" ... maybe that'd suit better?
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I thought traverse was said something like tray-vurs. I honestly wouldn't know - I'm Deaf! :P
Occured to me after I posted this, that it was quite a lot like Travis, so it surprised me when I looked up Travis and found that it was in fact derived from Old French traverse.. how about that!
Occured to me after I posted this, that it was quite a lot like Travis, so it surprised me when I looked up Travis and found that it was in fact derived from Old French traverse.. how about that!
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Hm, seems you're right, the noun form probably is usually said TRAV-erse. I have hardly ever heard that word in my life... I usually hear the verb.
I guess it's more appealing knowing that, but I still think I'd spell it Travers. Just looks more manly to me that way.
I guess it's more appealing knowing that, but I still think I'd spell it Travers. Just looks more manly to me that way.
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I've never heard it like that
I've always heard tra-VERSE, noun and verb.
I've always heard tra-VERSE, noun and verb.
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Reminds me of
Travers City, Michigan, which is prn TRAV-erse (with a [hard?] S at the end, instead of the possessive S that sounds like Z, KWIM?).
Travers City, Michigan, which is prn TRAV-erse (with a [hard?] S at the end, instead of the possessive S that sounds like Z, KWIM?).
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actually, it ends with an e
It's Traverse City, home of the Cherry Festival :D
It's Traverse City, home of the Cherry Festival :D
This message was edited 6/20/2007, 8:34 PM
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Does it? My bad - thanks for correcting me
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