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in reply to a message by MoCro
Well, there are worse names of course - it's decent. And if both parents really like a name, it's in your comfort zone, there really isn't any reason not to use it. But I happen to really dislike it, so I will give you a list of "cons" anyway, and you can figure that mine is one of the worst reactions you'd get.
If a friend said "This is my daughter Waverly" or introduced herself as Waverly, I'd just nod and try not to flinch. Much like if she said her name was Greenleigh or Carrington.
Fabric for home fashion.
Has "waver" in it, so it sort of sounds like a word describing someone who is very hesitant, or very unreliable.
Surnamey - surname names for girls fit a style that connotes the namedropping or sucking-up of relatives of socialite families. Surname names also evoke men calling one another by their surnames familiarly, and I think that's why people think they sound "strong" etc.
It's a fairly common place name.
It does sound trendy, like a phonebook surname chosen just for the spunky sound.
It doesn't go with Heidi and Rhys.
It was in Joy Luck Club which is from 1989.
It sounds like a name of an 80-year-old man.
Would you want to be called Waverly?? I sure would not.
If a friend said "This is my daughter Waverly" or introduced herself as Waverly, I'd just nod and try not to flinch. Much like if she said her name was Greenleigh or Carrington.
Fabric for home fashion.
Has "waver" in it, so it sort of sounds like a word describing someone who is very hesitant, or very unreliable.
Surnamey - surname names for girls fit a style that connotes the namedropping or sucking-up of relatives of socialite families. Surname names also evoke men calling one another by their surnames familiarly, and I think that's why people think they sound "strong" etc.
It's a fairly common place name.
It does sound trendy, like a phonebook surname chosen just for the spunky sound.
It doesn't go with Heidi and Rhys.
It was in Joy Luck Club which is from 1989.
It sounds like a name of an 80-year-old man.
Would you want to be called Waverly?? I sure would not.
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