Message: "Anise." - Behind the Name

Anise.

by Flute (meganmichele)

7/28/2011, 6:22 PM

I've been thinking about Anise a lot lately. I really like it. It's different but still familiar sounding. (It's almost like a mashup of Anna and Alice.) Something about it makes it kind of difficult to come up with combos for it, but I came up with a few. Some are kind of silly, but as I'll probably never use Anise anyway it's not a huge deal - this is more for fun.

Anise Almond
Anise Bellflower
Anise Bethany
Anise Catharine
Anise Charity
Anise Clara / Claire
Anise Claudette / Claudia
Anise Clementine
Anise Cordula
Anise Delilah
Anise Gwendolen
Anise Helena
Anise Hephzibah
Anise Jane
Anise Jeannette
Anise Joan
Anise Julia
Anise June
Anise Karen
Anise Kathleen
Anise Lenore
Anise Lorelei
Anise Lucille
Anise Mabel
Anise Mallory
Anise Marguerite
Anise Marigold
Anise Mary
Anise Maxine
Anise Melody
Anise Mirabel
Anise Naomi
Anise Noelle
Anise Pauline
Anise Poem
Anise Ramona
Anise Rosalie
Anise Ruth
Anise Temperance
Anise Valentine
Anise Vera
Anise Viveka
Anise Wilhelmina
Anise Winifred

Any stick out to you? Anyone have any other suggestions (I love combo suggestions!)? WDYT of Anise, in general?

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- Alcyone

7/30/2011, 6:06 AM

It's a nature name and as you pointed out, it sounds like Anna and Alice, so it doesn't seem odd to me as a first name. The main issue I see with it is that it's close to the word "anus", and that makes it easy to tease.

Out of your combos, I like these the best:
Anise Clara / Claire
Anise Gwendolen
Anise Helena
Anise Jane
Anise Julia - Beautiful.
Anise June
Anise Kathleen
Anise Lenore
Anise Lorelei
Anise Marguerite
Anise Mirabel
Anise Pauline
Anise Rosalie
Anise Vera

Others:
Anise Gabrielle
Anise Rebecca / Rebekah
Anise Romina
Anise Romilly
Anise Caroline
Anise Joelle - I like Noelle, but Anise Noelle is a bit heavy on the N's. Using Joelle instead would remedy that.
Anise Fiona
Anise Fleur
Anise Flora
Anise Marielle
Anise Mariel
Anise Miriam
Anise Moira
Anise Maura
Anise Theodora
Anise Leonora
Anise Laura / Lora
Anise Tallulah

- Königin der Nacht (lcgirl20)

7/29/2011, 6:08 PM

Well... I try to like Anise. I love the way it looks, and I like both Anna and Alice. But I'm still trying to get past the fact that it sounds similar to "anus".

Anise Rosalie and Anise Clara stuck out to me - they're both gorgeous.

- Jadeyn

7/29/2011, 9:23 AM

Love the name. The first combo that came to my head was Anise Julie.

- Llewella (penguiny7)

7/29/2011, 5:22 AM

I've always wanted to like Anise, but the thing that holds me back is I have no experience with anise. If I was familiar with the herb, then I could decide whether I can like it as a name or not.

But for pretendz, I like these combos:
Anise Bethany
Anise Jeannette
Anise Kathleen
Anise Marguerite
Anise Ramona
Anise Wilhelmina - probably my favorite
Anise Winifred

I know I had a combo with it one point in time. I used it for the Sims because I had a family where the girls all had herb middle names. Aha, found it! Tilly Anise.

- Anneza

7/28/2011, 11:28 PM

Spice Girl.

- Orsino (bananarama)

7/28/2011, 6:54 PM

Anise is very pretty. I love it!

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