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HelpSidney and Ravenna
Two old loves that have crept back into my mind recently. Ravenna use to seem a little too.... I dunno, "frilly goth" for use IRL but I'm starting to think that no, it could easily work- it got a lots of sounds that fit right next to all the other popular baby names for girls today.
Sidney I previously brushed off after finally admitting that it sounds a lot like Cindy. But I've also realized that he would end up getting called "Sid" 90% of the time so it's less of an issue to me now.
Wdyt of them?
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my names list:
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/111261
**currently my keyboard.... sucks. So please forgive my likely spelling errors**
Sidney I previously brushed off after finally admitting that it sounds a lot like Cindy. But I've also realized that he would end up getting called "Sid" 90% of the time so it's less of an issue to me now.
Wdyt of them?
_______________________________________
“All generalizations are false, including this one.”
my names list:
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/111261
**currently my keyboard.... sucks. So please forgive my likely spelling errors**
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Sidney for a boy - took me a minute, but I approve. I much prefer it on a boy with the nn Sid. In fact, I think it would sound and look trendy, without actually being so. NMS, but I would vote for it for someone else.
Ravenna is totally usable. Yes, it has that goth vibe, but so does Mavis and people don't hesitate over that (rightly so). I actually prefer this to the simpel Raven, and think that it spells pretty and is easy to say. Ravi, Ven, Venna, or even Ren would work as a nickname, so it's pretty versatile too.
Ravenna is totally usable. Yes, it has that goth vibe, but so does Mavis and people don't hesitate over that (rightly so). I actually prefer this to the simpel Raven, and think that it spells pretty and is easy to say. Ravi, Ven, Venna, or even Ren would work as a nickname, so it's pretty versatile too.
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I have only just begun to love Sidney more than Sydney; after finally admitting defeat to the gender-confusion problem that a boy Sydney would face.
But I have liked the sound of Sidney/Sydney for ages, Cindy never bothered me because it's never been a popular name around here, and certainly hasn't been heard of recently. I don't think Sid is an eventual nickname, definitely not enough to warrant it 90% of claim in my opinion! But this may be because I don't like Sid, so I would try harder to avoid it as an everyday nickname if I had a little Sidney.
Ravenna just seems OTT in my opinion. I find Raven a lot softer and more usable.
But I have liked the sound of Sidney/Sydney for ages, Cindy never bothered me because it's never been a popular name around here, and certainly hasn't been heard of recently. I don't think Sid is an eventual nickname, definitely not enough to warrant it 90% of claim in my opinion! But this may be because I don't like Sid, so I would try harder to avoid it as an everyday nickname if I had a little Sidney.
Ravenna just seems OTT in my opinion. I find Raven a lot softer and more usable.
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I like 'em both. Ravenna is admittedly frilly goth, and that's what I like about it. Raven is so...I don't know, "dumb" sounds mean, but it's so blunt and obvious that it's got a weird flatline personality I really dislike. It's so one-dimensional and tropish. Like, Storm, Rock, Tree, Raven. Ok, yeah. Words are good. Anyways, Ravenna has an elegance to it, a civilized development about it that makes it not so...dumb.
Sidney is a name I really enjoy and wish I could warm to more. It's the name of an ex-friend so it's a bit tainted for me, but I love the idea of a male Sid (or Cid. But how would you spell the full version of that? Cidney? That looks awful). It gives me warm fuzzy video game nostalgia.
Sidney is a name I really enjoy and wish I could warm to more. It's the name of an ex-friend so it's a bit tainted for me, but I love the idea of a male Sid (or Cid. But how would you spell the full version of that? Cidney? That looks awful). It gives me warm fuzzy video game nostalgia.
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Video games for you, Ice Age for me.
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Wasn't Ravenna the name of the evil queen in one of the live action versions of Snow White a year or two ago? I agree that it's frilly goth, but why not use it if you and your SO really like it?
I only know girls named Sidney, and they've never been Sid, just Sidney. So a boy would probably always be Sidney.
Together, it sounds like you're a couple of world travelers.
I only know girls named Sidney, and they've never been Sid, just Sidney. So a boy would probably always be Sidney.
Together, it sounds like you're a couple of world travelers.
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