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IRIS

Iris

Iris.

Both are great, but right now I'm loving Iris.

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~Heather~

Iris. I love that it's a flower name and that it means "rainbow". Gorgeous name.

I definitely prefer Iris. I think it's so pretty and is one of the underused flower names. I may be biased since this is my mom's name, but I really like it! (I think the combo Iris Victoria is gorgeous). On the other hand, I don't like Ivy at all; it just doesn't sound like a name imo...sorry.

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~*~Jennifer Nicole~*~
Ariella Michelle Rene, Carrie Elisabeth Marie, Janna Cristina Rose
Conner Luis, Grant William, Jude Hamilton

Iris

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I much prefer Iris.

Iris

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I love the name Ivy but it's not as strong sounding and classic as Iris is.

Iris.

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CIARDA"Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh
name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson." - Mark Twain

Ivy

I love them both too. I think Ivy is a bit prettier, but Iris is stronger. Today I'd pick Ivy.

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They will see us waving from such great heights,
'come down now,' they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away,
'come down now,' but we'll stay...

Ivt

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The dreamers exhaust us, they must die before they kill us with their dreams
--ptolemy
alexander

Ivy

I love Ivy, though I prefer it spelled Ivey. It's in my top 10 favorites for girls.

Neither

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My sis loves loves loves Iris, though, so that would get my vote in a "I-have-to-pick-one" match.

I'm not partial to either name really.

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To me Ivy has a poisonous feel to it. A temptress like Poison Ivy on Batman(?). Though I do know a very sweet asian lady named Ivy.
There could be bad jokes about her being as poison as ivy, or something about an ivy leauge. So old she's covered with Ivy. *shrug* sorry.

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Iris is kinda boring to me. I do know a very sweet older lady with red hair named Iris so that reminds me somewhat of her. I like most types of Iris flowers. How can rainbows be pretty and flowers not?
Iris...it just sounds funny.

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Between the two I'd pick Iris I guess. I don't know.

I love both but prefer Ivy.

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Ivy is bad because of the poison conotations, but any name can be twisted some how. :)

Iris

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I prefer Iris over Ivy but I like both. The sound of Iris just appeals to me slightly more. It's a pretty close call, though.

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Love Iris but hate hate hate Ivy. I don't even think they are comprable. Iris is strong and timeless with an interesting meaning while Ivy is a trendy romance novel name.

Iris is my choice.Ivy is gorgeous however.

Ivy. It's a family name for me so it adds a bit to it. But I've always loved this name.

I don't like Ivy, because it's a flower name, and I don't like flower names.

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So I prefer Iris, not for the flower meaning, but for the "rainbow" meaning. The rainbow is beautiful to me, and I don't find flowers beautiful.

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{Edit: Spelling.}

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This message was edited 10/5/2005, 6:30 PM

I really like Ivy, it's really cute :)

Iris :)
Ivy has poison connotations.

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~~ Claire ~~

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My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

I think they are both lovely old-fashioned names, but I prefer Iris. Probably b/c this name is used where I live too (we pronounce it EE-riss though).

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I also think it depends a lot on the surname. If your surname was Smith, Iris would run into it. And in that case, I would prefer Ivy.

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"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)