Message: "wdyto Declan?" - Behind the Name

wdyto Declan?

by Loxandra (E.K.)

5/27/2008, 11:49 AM

I had never seen this name before but since I saw MI3 I love it!

#Declan

This message was edited 5/27/2008, 11:51 AM

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- Rosa (pinkmoon_lj)

5/27/2008, 5:42 PM

I really like it- it's been near the top of my list for a while now. I think it is a very nice (and not so popular) alternative to Lachlan.

- AngieAngelique (afmastro)

5/27/2008, 4:47 PM

I love it now, but won't love if it becomes trendy. Sort of the way extreme trendiness ruined Aidan for me. And I can really see Declan becoming trendy. However, I had posted in an earlier post that Declan is Elvis Costello’s real name, which is a huge plus in my book.

- Caytii Ana (Miss_Gorgeous)

5/27/2008, 2:57 PM

I LOVE it!

- Anastasia-Lynn (SnoGurl) +3

5/27/2008, 2:06 PM

It makes my skin crawl... all I see is "De Clan" (aka The Clan)

- Bear +1

5/27/2008, 3:12 PM

But . . .

. . . Declan is pronounced "DECK-lun" not "de-CLAN."

Does that help? Or is the visual just too much? This is the one drawback to this name. The pronunciation isn't well known and I've seen this reaction before. *sigh*

This message was edited 5/27/2008, 3:13 PM

- Anastasia-Lynn (SnoGurl)

5/27/2008, 3:42 PM

I know how it's prn.

Though I've never actually met anyone called it, the mintue I see it, I automatically thing "De Clan"

- Loxandra (E.K.)

5/27/2008, 2:19 PM

duh! It destroy Declan

(You mean Ku Klux Klan right?)

- Elinor (Elly747)

5/27/2008, 2:04 PM

I really like Declan. Too popular though, where I live.

- Elena

5/27/2008, 12:50 PM

I love it! My dh says it reminds him of the word 'duckling.' Whatever. ;-)

- Sophie (eurythmic)

5/27/2008, 12:24 PM

I really dislike it. Maybe because it reminds me of Ant and Dec. And also of the ugly boy in Neighbours.

S xx

- Akis (pudu) +3

5/27/2008, 12:16 PM

It looks like declaw.

- Schezar

5/28/2008, 12:31 AM

It looks like a typo to me.

Thrown together and messy, and it's not even pleasant sounding to me.

- Bear +1

5/27/2008, 12:42 PM

Would it change your mind if you knew it was pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, not the second? "DECK-lun"

- Akis (pudu)

5/27/2008, 1:12 PM

I'm afraid not. :(

I know how it's pronounced and I think the pronunciation is really pretty handsome, but it looks like declaw and that just tends to overwhelm any other opinions I have about the name.

- Melissa (telfalathiel)

5/27/2008, 11:52 AM

It's not on the top of my list, but I've always liked it.

- Bear

5/27/2008, 11:51 AM

Declan is my cousin's name. I'm glad it's becoming more known.

When he was little everyone called him "Decky." (But I have no idea how it was spelled.)

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