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HelpWDYTO Weaver?
The site contains popularity stats for Weaver as a male name in the 1890s: http://www.behindthename.com/top/name/weaver . WDYT? Is it far too occupational for modern usage? Would you prefer it as masculine or feminine? What similar names would you prefer instead? For example, I was thinking of Webster with its meaning of weaver or Waverly with the similar sound? Any combos?
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I don't think I'd like it, but I know a girl named Weaver, and it really suits her. So I do sort of like it... but probably not on anyone else.
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I like it! It seems really poetic and gentle. I like it a lot for a boy, but it could work on a girl just as easily.
Ohh I like Webster too. They have really different feels. Weaver is more romantic, while Webster has this geek-chic thing happening.
Combos hmmm
Weaver Theodore
Weaver Artemas
Weaver Samuel
Weaver Eliot
Weaver Emmett
Weaver Aramis
it's hard to combo! I'm not satisfied with any of these. Harrumph.
Ohh I like Webster too. They have really different feels. Weaver is more romantic, while Webster has this geek-chic thing happening.
Combos hmmm
Weaver Theodore
Weaver Artemas
Weaver Samuel
Weaver Eliot
Weaver Emmett
Weaver Aramis
it's hard to combo! I'm not satisfied with any of these. Harrumph.
This message was edited 4/2/2012, 10:08 AM
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I pretty much like it for either gender. Definitely teasing potential with Beaver, though. But most names have this aspect--I was a skinny little girl who got occasionally got teased with "gaily-whaley". Kids just tease when unsupervised......
I loved what you said about Engineer. No one's rushing to use Farmer, either, in spite of the popularity of local farming. :)
I loved what you said about Engineer. No one's rushing to use Farmer, either, in spite of the popularity of local farming. :)
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Hey, if other occupational surnames (especially ones not as awesome as weavers) can be popular, why not Weaver? I have personally loved Weaver ever since I read the book "A Northern Light"-he was a loyal, noble young man, and he made me love a name I had never considered before then.
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Works as a job or a surname... Not a fan as a fn... on either gender. Same goes for Webster... which if one must, would be better on a boy than a girl... but preferably just as a surname or honouring mn.
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Reminds me of the character Weaver in A Gathering Light. It's a positive connotation but I don't really like it outside of that character. It's a bit in-your-face occupation (although not as in-your-face as Engineer or Architect, haha) and I'm not really into that.
I would definitely rather see it on a male. I don't like Waverly at all, but Webster is okay.
I think Weaver would be a fine MN. It would be quite handsome next to something classic like Thomas Weaver or Henry Weaver.
Also, I was thinking about teasing potential. Wiener, Beaver... man you could rip a Weaver to shreds, if you were so inclined... :P
I would definitely rather see it on a male. I don't like Waverly at all, but Webster is okay.
I think Weaver would be a fine MN. It would be quite handsome next to something classic like Thomas Weaver or Henry Weaver.
Also, I was thinking about teasing potential. Wiener, Beaver... man you could rip a Weaver to shreds, if you were so inclined... :P
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Is "A Gathering Light" the title of "A Northern Light" in Australia? Because I have read the book "A Northern Light", and there was a black male character named Weaver who wanted to be a lawyer. If it is the same book, I love that character, and I love his name.
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Oh yeah, I just googled that it's the UK (and thus Australian) title. I'm not sure why that is, but yeah, great book. Last year I was at a charity book fair, saw a copy of it and remembered how much I'd loved it when I was 12. I've since re-read it twice.
Weaver fit the character so well that it's a really strong association, so it doesn't really "work" as a name for me, idk if that makes sense. Also I'm not a big fan of surnamey names, especially not occupation ones. :) But yeah, as a honouring MN, I don't see why not.
Weaver fit the character so well that it's a really strong association, so it doesn't really "work" as a name for me, idk if that makes sense. Also I'm not a big fan of surnamey names, especially not occupation ones. :) But yeah, as a honouring MN, I don't see why not.
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Weaver I think would fit more into the surname-y trend. Kennedy, Reagan, Sullivan, etc. I've only ever heard it as a surname personally. I have heard of a few Waverly's. They are all female. Weaver I imagine as a masculine name.
I'm not a huge fan of Weaver or Webster, to be honest, but I prefer the former to the later.
Combos...
Weaver Adrian
Weaver Emeric
Weaver James
I find it difficult to pair up, too.
I'm not a huge fan of Weaver or Webster, to be honest, but I prefer the former to the later.
Combos...
Weaver Adrian
Weaver Emeric
Weaver James
I find it difficult to pair up, too.
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I don't particularly like it. I think it would actually fit right in with the occupational last name trends that are happening right now, with things like Carter, Sawyer, Cooper, Chandler, Fletcher etc. I don't think it would be bad at all in that context.
Webster is very surnamey to me and makes me think of the dictionary, and though Waverly is also I do like it for a girl
Webster is very surnamey to me and makes me think of the dictionary, and though Waverly is also I do like it for a girl
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It's my maiden name, and I've never really liked it, so I don't like the idea of it as a first name either. I don't think it's too occupational for use though. There are so many Masons and Coopers and Archers and Fletchers and Carters and Taylors, etc. If it were significant to someone (a family name or occupation or something), then I wouldn't mind seeing it on someone else.
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