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A comment in the Lounge reminded me of this...
My grandmother is called Grandma Butterfly.
She adores butterflies. She has several butterfly tattoos, butterfly-themed trinkets and furniture all over her house, and wears butterfly jewelry or clothes with butterflies on them daily.
Years ago we were thinking of using Mariposa as a name or middle name for a girl. It is technically the Spanish word for "butterfly".
So what do you all think?
Would Mariposa make a decent name for a girl?
Do you think it would have served well to honor Gram (real name Lila)?
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"How wonderful it is that no one need wait a single moment before starting to improve upon the world." -Ann Frank
Mama to my "bright star" Clarisse Bituin and Wife to Julius. Mahal na mahal from our little family to yours!
My grandmother is called Grandma Butterfly.
She adores butterflies. She has several butterfly tattoos, butterfly-themed trinkets and furniture all over her house, and wears butterfly jewelry or clothes with butterflies on them daily.
Years ago we were thinking of using Mariposa as a name or middle name for a girl. It is technically the Spanish word for "butterfly".
So what do you all think?
Would Mariposa make a decent name for a girl?
Do you think it would have served well to honor Gram (real name Lila)?
______________________________________________
"How wonderful it is that no one need wait a single moment before starting to improve upon the world." -Ann Frank
Mama to my "bright star" Clarisse Bituin and Wife to Julius. Mahal na mahal from our little family to yours!
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I used to like Mariposa with possible nn Posey. Now for some reason whenever I see it I think of marscarpone (and I didn't know it was used as a derogatory word for gay men before), so that's off-puting.
I still think it's an ok name, but I think I'd actually prefer just using Butterfly in English, as a middle name...or something that's associated with butterflies but not as directly linked (like, you could maybe use Zinnia because people plant zinnias to attract butterflies).
I also really like Lila by itself.
I still think it's an ok name, but I think I'd actually prefer just using Butterfly in English, as a middle name...or something that's associated with butterflies but not as directly linked (like, you could maybe use Zinnia because people plant zinnias to attract butterflies).
I also really like Lila by itself.
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I like it an GPish way. I don't think it's really useable and it's a stretch to use it for honoring purposes, stick with Lila or a similar sounding name.
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I didn't know about the slang term either, but I don't like it because a butterfly's an insect. It's not symbolic enough to compensate for that, as far as I'm concerned. Not even if I count the grandparent's obsession. heh. If it were me being named I'd rather have the name Lila.
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Eek, no. It's a very derogatory slang term for a gay man in many Latin American countries. I just can't get past that association. Lila is way better.
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I don't see anything wrong with it. I've never heard of it being slang for anything but that might just be the area I'm from. Then again, it might be a similar word. Either way, I'd check.
I think it's a name that maybe not everyone has heard of before but at the same time, it's still very usable.
I think it's a name that maybe not everyone has heard of before but at the same time, it's still very usable.
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As far as butterfly names go, I've always preferred Papillon, but I think Mariposa is very sweet. I think it might be too precious in the first spot (my opinion could always change upon meeting one, though), but I think it'd make a dynamite middle name.
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omg your grandma sounds rad! I want to be a tattooed grandma.
Mariposa is a pretty word, but I think it's also a slang term for a gay person? And Lila is so much prettier. I'd use Lila Butterfly or something...or Lila+ Butterfly name, like Lila Erynnis, Lila Eufala, Lila Hesperia, Lila Junonia, Lila Thessalia, etc.
Mariposa is a pretty word, but I think it's also a slang term for a gay person? And Lila is so much prettier. I'd use Lila Butterfly or something...or Lila+ Butterfly name, like Lila Erynnis, Lila Eufala, Lila Hesperia, Lila Junonia, Lila Thessalia, etc.
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