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in reply to a message by Vekalvin
You ask about Wason frequently and as I recall few, if any, have said that they like it. But I understand that for you, it's a family surname.
This puts me in mind of my maternal grandfather's first name. It was Byram. It was also the name of my great-grandfather, as my grandfather was named after his father. When I was a young teenager, I could never figure out why I could never find Byram in any name book. I thought it must be a commonly accepted first name because it was my grandfather's first name. That was because I did not know then, but found out later, that in our case, Byram was a family surname. My grandfather and great-grandfather were descended from a prominent family whose surname was Byram. They were prominent in my home state of New Jersey, at least -- there is a small town in New Jersey, Byram Township, named after them. My great-grandfather's mother was a Byram, so that's how he got the name as a first name.
I don't bother asking about Byram as a first name here because it's just going to sound weird to people because it's not really a first name. To me, it sounds first-namey, because I had family members whose first name it was, but it doesn't sound that way to other people, and they're just not going to really like it for that reason. I guess in other words, I can't really ask others to consider it as a first name. It's like if I took my very ethnic-sounding, three-syllable, ends-in-O maiden name and asked people "What if I named my son this? Do you like it?"
Wason has meaning for you, so that's good.
But to be honest, I think all of the other names you list as first names, Barclay, Jamesina, Cavan, Edda, and Richenza are all rather ridiculous, so it's obvious we don't have the same taste in names.
This puts me in mind of my maternal grandfather's first name. It was Byram. It was also the name of my great-grandfather, as my grandfather was named after his father. When I was a young teenager, I could never figure out why I could never find Byram in any name book. I thought it must be a commonly accepted first name because it was my grandfather's first name. That was because I did not know then, but found out later, that in our case, Byram was a family surname. My grandfather and great-grandfather were descended from a prominent family whose surname was Byram. They were prominent in my home state of New Jersey, at least -- there is a small town in New Jersey, Byram Township, named after them. My great-grandfather's mother was a Byram, so that's how he got the name as a first name.
I don't bother asking about Byram as a first name here because it's just going to sound weird to people because it's not really a first name. To me, it sounds first-namey, because I had family members whose first name it was, but it doesn't sound that way to other people, and they're just not going to really like it for that reason. I guess in other words, I can't really ask others to consider it as a first name. It's like if I took my very ethnic-sounding, three-syllable, ends-in-O maiden name and asked people "What if I named my son this? Do you like it?"
Wason has meaning for you, so that's good.
But to be honest, I think all of the other names you list as first names, Barclay, Jamesina, Cavan, Edda, and Richenza are all rather ridiculous, so it's obvious we don't have the same taste in names.
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