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What are opinions of this name? Is it too made up? Would you use it?
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I love it. I'm sure it's a variant of Evaine, which I picked up somewhere as an Irish girl's name. :-)
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I really like this name. I like Yvette, but not Yvonne and Yvaine sounds so lovely. I loved Neil Gaiman's Stardust too.
I'd never use Yvaine though. It seems to me that it has to remain the world of stories and magic, or it will be ruined forever.
I'd never use Yvaine though. It seems to me that it has to remain the world of stories and magic, or it will be ruined forever.
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I like it quite a bit, though I have a tendency to hide it in the middle name slot.
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Isn't Yvaine a boy name?
Sorry, I'm just confused, I thought it was just a different spelling of the Knight Yvain from King Arthur's court.
Sorry, I'm just confused, I thought it was just a different spelling of the Knight Yvain from King Arthur's court.
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Yvain is the male name, Yvaine is a name that Neil Gaiman made up or borrowed or rediscovered for his book Stardust, also a movie. It's the name of the female star that falls to earth.
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It's probably based on the French distinction between masculine and feminine, made with names like Paul/Paule, Raymond/Raymonde, and Martin/Martine.
This message was edited 6/12/2012, 2:58 PM
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I didn't know it was made up, and it surprised me that it's only in the database as a user-submitted name. I have read Stardust, though, so I guess that's why it seems so familiar. It feels so Arthurian, so reminiscent of names like Igraine and Iseult, that it feels like it should be a "real" name.
I like it, although I'd never consider using it, at least not as a first name. It probably is too closely tied to Stardust, and I'm not crazy about the "vain" bit. In any event, I'm already in love with Yvette, and if I were to use any Yv- name, that's the way I'd have to go.
I like it, although I'd never consider using it, at least not as a first name. It probably is too closely tied to Stardust, and I'm not crazy about the "vain" bit. In any event, I'm already in love with Yvette, and if I were to use any Yv- name, that's the way I'd have to go.
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I like it. I wouldn't use it IRL but I'd definitely use it for a character. It reminds me of names like Yvain, Elaine and Igraine.
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It is quite pretty. But it sounds too much like Elaine if you pronounce it like the Neil Gaiman character, and any other etymology is dubious: Yvain has modern usage in France - peaked in 1986 with 25 of them - but Yvaine doesn't seem to have been used in France at all. Possibly because it's an archaic French form of an archaic Welsh name that there isn't a female version of?
It has been used in the UK 26 times though - all since 2008, ie after the film. So it looks like Neil Gaiman is responsible for the entirety of its use so far.
It has been used in the UK 26 times though - all since 2008, ie after the film. So it looks like Neil Gaiman is responsible for the entirety of its use so far.
This message was edited 6/10/2012, 9:45 AM
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I like it. I've never been a big fan of Yvonne, but Yvaine seems to take Yvonne and dress it up and make it prettier.
I would worry that a Yvaine would have to be constantly telling people her name isn't Yvonne, though. I wouldn't actually use it, as there are many names I like more, but I don't think there's anything wrong with using it.
I would worry that a Yvaine would have to be constantly telling people her name isn't Yvonne, though. I wouldn't actually use it, as there are many names I like more, but I don't think there's anything wrong with using it.
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