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in reply to a message by Amara L.
I am a huge HP nerd so I am biased but I feel like for my generation Hermione will always be associated with Hermione Granger. Its kind of hard not to, we grew up with the story (the first book came out in 1997 and the movies are just ending). And it is definitely a distinctive name. I do think if I met someone who had named their daughter Hermione just to roll their eyes at me if I asked about Harry Potter would be a bit pretentious. That being said, Hermione really isn't a bad character.
As for combos, I love Hermione Violet and Hermione Beatrice, not sure how I feel about them as sisters. Hermione is so distinctive and I feel like those two are on the rise right now (as is Penelope). How about Hermione and Leonora, Hermione and Anthea, or Hermione and Phyllida.
As for combos, I love Hermione Violet and Hermione Beatrice, not sure how I feel about them as sisters. Hermione is so distinctive and I feel like those two are on the rise right now (as is Penelope). How about Hermione and Leonora, Hermione and Anthea, or Hermione and Phyllida.
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You sum up my feelings perfectly there... but I do think that JK has a lot to answer for in choosing such a pretty name and thus condemning it to a world of marmite-love-hate associations.
My feelings about Hermione/Beatrice/Violet is that actually, now that you think of it, they've got a bit of a theme going on. I'd always liked Hermione after finding the name in Shakespeare, and Beatrice I knew beforehand and was indifferent about. Then we read Much Ado in lit, and I did love Beatrice as a character in that - it might have been how spunky and witty and sharp and harsh and amazing she was til the end, or it might have been my lit teacher singing the verses from the play with metaphorical flowers in his air and speaking the lines or picking on guys to say the lines in funny voices which made me warm to the character. And of course, I was young enough to steal Lemony Snicket's books from a sibling and like their whimsy and interesting words... and Violet is a pretty smart cookie in that too.
Sooo... three smart fictional women names there, and I never noticed!
I love Hermione and Leonora as well, by the way! Leonore/Lenore is a favourite and could be a nickname for Leonora, but Leonora is lovely in it's own right, and Hermione and Leonora looks so much prettier and sparkier than Hermione and Leonore.
My feelings about Hermione/Beatrice/Violet is that actually, now that you think of it, they've got a bit of a theme going on. I'd always liked Hermione after finding the name in Shakespeare, and Beatrice I knew beforehand and was indifferent about. Then we read Much Ado in lit, and I did love Beatrice as a character in that - it might have been how spunky and witty and sharp and harsh and amazing she was til the end, or it might have been my lit teacher singing the verses from the play with metaphorical flowers in his air and speaking the lines or picking on guys to say the lines in funny voices which made me warm to the character. And of course, I was young enough to steal Lemony Snicket's books from a sibling and like their whimsy and interesting words... and Violet is a pretty smart cookie in that too.
Sooo... three smart fictional women names there, and I never noticed!
I love Hermione and Leonora as well, by the way! Leonore/Lenore is a favourite and could be a nickname for Leonora, but Leonora is lovely in it's own right, and Hermione and Leonora looks so much prettier and sparkier than Hermione and Leonore.
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