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HelpRe: Brier/Briar
in reply to a message by BrilliantBlue
I fail to understand how a Briar could honour a Bertha or a Bessie. If you loved them that much to honour them then you'd use their real name or the name they went by.
Briar is the way the word is spelt, so it would be much easier to spell it that way. Briar-Rose is very Sleeping Beauty.
(Using your PNL because I'm lazy)
Briar Claire
Briar Elizabeth
Briar Madeline
Briar Jocelyn
Briar Adele
Briar Danica
Briar Miriam
Briar is the way the word is spelt, so it would be much easier to spell it that way. Briar-Rose is very Sleeping Beauty.
(Using your PNL because I'm lazy)
Briar Claire
Briar Elizabeth
Briar Madeline
Briar Jocelyn
Briar Adele
Briar Danica
Briar Miriam
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You don't have to use the exact name to honor someone. If I wanted to honor my grandfather Jacob and I ended up having a girl, I would be in no way obligated to call her Jacob and could use Jacoba, Jacobine, Coby, Jackie, etc. I really don't think it's your place to tell me that I don't love my relatives because I don't want to use the exact name.
That being said, I love Briar Claire and Briar Adele.
That being said, I love Briar Claire and Briar Adele.
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I guess that was a bit harsh. But there is a difference between using Jacoba for grandfather Jacob than Briar for Aunt Bertha. You could look at Jacoba and see the connection straight away, where as you couldn't with Briar. It just seems like a way of betting behind the namee and justifying your use for it. But of course it is your associations with the name that make it special, and I'm glad you liked the two combos. Good luck searching for the perfect name.
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