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Opinions on Roman and Holden
I like the name Holden, I think it is strong and masculine, however it is the name of a car brand that we get here in New Zealand. What are you opinions? Can you imagine this name on a little boy, a teenager and a grown man?Roman is another nice name. It's masculine but not harsh, but it does remind me of the Roman Empire and roman sandels. Any opinions?

This message was edited 10/12/2010, 6:44 PM

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I do like the name Holden and agree that it sounds strong and masculine, but being from Australia, the car is the first thing that comes to mind. I think most people would think you were a big Holden car fan if you used the name for a son.Roman is nice too, though I wouldn't personally use it.
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I like Holden, probably as it was my favourite teachers surname, and although i would never use it myself i can appreciate that it's a nice name and i think it would work well on any age, though especially a teenager and grown man.I don't like Roman, It's my cousin's son's name and it still hasnt grown on me
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Roman doesn't seem like a name at all, in spite of Polanski. In English it's too much of an adjective: it'd be like naming a child Greek or Spanish.Holden is too close to holding, the participle, and Holding, the ln.
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Polanski and Caulfield.Basically.
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I must agreevery strong associations
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ditto.
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I like Roman, but I think Holden sounds too trendy/attempt at being masculine, like Colton.
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I love Roman!
... and don't like Holden at all. I just doesn't sound appealing to me.
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I like Roman. Of the 2 it is the only one I could seriously consider. Holden is OK but it ends up sounding really trendy right now. I can see it on all ages, though, and at any other time I might think it was just fine.
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