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So, I've been bitten hard by one of my GPs... Psyche? I kind of vaguely love it and have no clue why. It looks pretty written down and has an airy, fantastical, feminine air which has just inspired me. I consider it categorically unusable as a first name. In England I've never heard the whole 'Psych!' thing - that seems to be a very American thing - but who's to say it'll never catch on? There's still several bad / nasty-nickname-material connotations - psychiatric, psychopathic, psychological... which while sharing the same ultimate origin and therefore being linked, detract away from a lovely name and make it unusable. Gotta say, I hated Psyche for a long time because I kept thinking 'Psycho' but I added it to my namelist on a whim because of the mythology and it's just grown on me. I just know it's impossible to use as a first name.

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So...

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What do you think of Psyche? Do you think it's unusable? Can you think of any name combos (with Psyche as the mn) which might work? What's your personal impression?

This message was edited 6/5/2011, 8:46 AM