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Recently saw a toddler with this name. I dont like it. It annoys me. It has the same feel as Shepherd to me which isnt my style. Shepherd dosent bother me as much as Bishop.
What are your opinions on them? Wouldnt it be overkill if someone used them in a sibset?
What are your opinions on them? Wouldnt it be overkill if someone used them in a sibset?
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I think both of them sound pretty silly as first names. I used to know someone whose last name was Bishop who went by Bish though, which isn't quite as awful - shades of Shelley. Shepherd is just unsalvageable. No human should be called Shep.
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I like the idea of Bishop more than Deacon; I guess I just find Bishop a more attractive word.
Bishop and Shepherd in a set is pretty intense, but they sort of suit each other. I'm not sure what I would name a brother to a Bishop that wouldn't make the name even more abrupt and random-looking. Bishop and Jack? Bishop and Archer? LOL Ugh no. Bishop and Jacob? I don't know, regular names looks dumb next to Bishop. Maybe a surname - Bishop and Emerson? Bishop and Ellis? Bishop and Sullivan?
I'd totally name Bishop's brother Captain. And Shepherd's brother Sargent.
Bishop and Shepherd in a set is pretty intense, but they sort of suit each other. I'm not sure what I would name a brother to a Bishop that wouldn't make the name even more abrupt and random-looking. Bishop and Jack? Bishop and Archer? LOL Ugh no. Bishop and Jacob? I don't know, regular names looks dumb next to Bishop. Maybe a surname - Bishop and Emerson? Bishop and Ellis? Bishop and Sullivan?
I'd totally name Bishop's brother Captain. And Shepherd's brother Sargent.
This message was edited 1/27/2014, 1:31 PM
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I hate title names. That's all I have to say about that. Hate them.
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Well, Shepherd is an occupation surname, but Bishop is a title. I think I've also seen Shepherd as a fn before, a reporter or figure skater, maybe both. Neither is my style either. Occupation surnames are better than titles imo. I think I'd have to see a sibset with them first to decide if it's overkill or not, because all of the kids' names could be as unusual.
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I don't like them. I mean, are you going to name your son "Priest"? "Minister"? "Rabbi"? Then why Bishop? -_____- And I dislike Shepherd just as I dislike occupational surnames-turned-first names in general: Taylor, Cooper, Carter, Parker, Mason, Bailey, etc. I mean, if Shepherd, how about Cowherd? Goatherd? Yeah, didn't think so. :P
Archer and Hunter aren't so bad out of the 'occupational' names...maybe because there are real names from other languages, whether Germanic or anything else, with similar meanings. But seriously, as for the rest... if those, why not Baker or Farmer or Barber or Butler or Gardener? I don't get the appeal of naming your son "stone-layer" or "barrel-maker" or "cart-maker", lol.
I think you can tell I don't like occupational surnames as first names in general. xD I think it would be cruel to use Bishop and Shepherd in a sibset. I think it's mean to use them as first names to begin with! :P
Archer and Hunter aren't so bad out of the 'occupational' names...maybe because there are real names from other languages, whether Germanic or anything else, with similar meanings. But seriously, as for the rest... if those, why not Baker or Farmer or Barber or Butler or Gardener? I don't get the appeal of naming your son "stone-layer" or "barrel-maker" or "cart-maker", lol.
I think you can tell I don't like occupational surnames as first names in general. xD I think it would be cruel to use Bishop and Shepherd in a sibset. I think it's mean to use them as first names to begin with! :P
This message was edited 1/26/2014, 9:29 PM
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