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HelpNO! No, no, no. (m)
in reply to a message by whim
It's a pretty, understated girl name to me, exactly the kind I like. NO BOYS ALLOWED.
"An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way." -Charles Bukowski
"An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way." -Charles Bukowski
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... except if you're saying it ED-en and not EED-en, then it sounds like a different name and could be a boy name. It's just that there are so many boy names that sound like this. There's Edan, Idan, Eitan, Ethan, Aiden, Evan - all at my kids' school. Ed-en would just be lost in that, but at least it sounds masculine, reminding of Edward.
Eden is a feminine name to me because of experience and because of liking it, and because of similarity to Edith. It would seem as unfortunate as Lily would on a boy, to me, because of how I feel about it as a girl name. But I would think it was better as a feminine name, even if it were new to me as a name. Eden or paradise, "place of pleasure," seems like a feminine concept in the most banal way. I think it's feminine in the same way that I think Heaven, Haven, Serena, Chalice, and Felicity are.
... except if you're saying it ED-en and not EED-en, then it sounds like a different name and could be a boy name. It's just that there are so many boy names that sound like this. There's Edan, Idan, Eitan, Ethan, Aiden, Evan - all at my kids' school. Ed-en would just be lost in that, but at least it sounds masculine, reminding of Edward.
Eden is a feminine name to me because of experience and because of liking it, and because of similarity to Edith. It would seem as unfortunate as Lily would on a boy, to me, because of how I feel about it as a girl name. But I would think it was better as a feminine name, even if it were new to me as a name. Eden or paradise, "place of pleasure," seems like a feminine concept in the most banal way. I think it's feminine in the same way that I think Heaven, Haven, Serena, Chalice, and Felicity are.
This message was edited 3/30/2015, 11:10 PM
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Lots of names there I didn't even think to associate with the sound I liked from the ED-en pronunciation. Thanks so much!
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