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I like Seth. It just sort of happened. It isn't due to any association, I just realized that it has a unique combination of strength and softness. I never gave it much thought before. It's really quite sexy, and sage green.
Anyone else like? I'm sure there are plenty who don't, and that is okay.
Anyone else like? I'm sure there are plenty who don't, and that is okay.
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It's all right. It's kinda plain and boring, and straw yellow, which isn't very exciting either.
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It's one of the ugliest sounds out there. It sounds like somebody half-spitting out, half-vomiting a bite of food that both tastes bad and is scalding hot.
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I used to love it. I still like it though =) I think it's strong without being pretentious and over-the-top.
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Seth is sexy and fun (think Rogen, not Myers). It's hard for me to say it sounds strong, but burly will do. I mostly agree with that color too, though maybe more forest green.
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I think it's okay, but I knew a guy whose first name it was (he went by his middle name) and he thought Seth was the most awful name ever.
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I use to hate it. It's grown on me purely from association. I'm still not totally on board but I can see where it may be appealing. I actually went to school with quite a few but it's somehow never felt like a name that's used very often. It is sort of quietly strong but also a bit poetic.
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I love the name Seth, always have. We considered it with our last pregnancy, but obviously it doesn't work with Jethro and we decided we really wanted to use the mn Zion. Anyway, Seth is a great name and if I was to have a third DS, I would consider it again.
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I knew a guy named Seth once, and he was anything but soft, at least on his outside. So I can't think of the name Seth as soft. I don't care for the sound of the name personally, it's too hissing for me to enjoy saying it often. So I don't find it is exactly sexy either - but it's not bad, as these types of names go. Masculine, conservative, and even cruel, but you can't bark it, it's not overbearing.
This message was edited 10/20/2015, 12:44 PM
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I loved it when I was in my early teens. Then I read somewhere that it was once common practice to use the name Seth for a child born after the death of a sibling, and after that it lost a lot of its sparkle. Now it comes across as quiet and sad to me.
Still, I like it more than Sam.
I'd also say it's a pale green, but that might just be because of Seth Green...
Still, I like it more than Sam.
I'd also say it's a pale green, but that might just be because of Seth Green...
This message was edited 10/20/2015, 11:52 AM
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Interesting note about the use of this name - as that for a first born following a sibling's death. If not sad, perhaps auspicious, instead.
My mother miscarried just prior to my birth. I have occasionally wondered whether my presence retains any notion, emotion, or embodiment of my mother's tragic loss; however, as I have no evidence - I rarely reflect on this.
Nevertheless, I like the name Seth, if not all the more...
My mother miscarried just prior to my birth. I have occasionally wondered whether my presence retains any notion, emotion, or embodiment of my mother's tragic loss; however, as I have no evidence - I rarely reflect on this.
Nevertheless, I like the name Seth, if not all the more...
This message was edited 10/20/2015, 4:23 PM
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I like it a lot. As a younger version of myself, it was my favorite name, along with Ethan. I just thought that it was so soft yet strong, like you. Plus, it has a pretty decent history of usage.
My husband had never heard the name, so years ago I suggested it to him when I got pregnant. He loved it!... for a girl.
He just assumed it was a girl's name and we had this huge debate on whether it was unisex or just for boys. Turns out it is unisex and I was wrong.
Now, I can get on board with Seth for a boy or girl, but in reality I think it best suited for a boy due to social constructs.
My husband had never heard the name, so years ago I suggested it to him when I got pregnant. He loved it!... for a girl.
He just assumed it was a girl's name and we had this huge debate on whether it was unisex or just for boys. Turns out it is unisex and I was wrong.
Now, I can get on board with Seth for a boy or girl, but in reality I think it best suited for a boy due to social constructs.
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I'm curious as to what context Seth is unisex/feminine. I only know it as a male name.
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To be honest, all I remember is looking the name up in several places and finding at least three that said "unisex".
I know it is used on girls today, rarely. So, it might just be a male name used unisexly in the modern world.
I do know that some of the root verbs for the Hebrew translation are feminine, so that could lend to a female use of the name. In general it is reserved for boys, because of the historical concept of the "third son" in the Biblical Seth.
I know it is used on girls today, rarely. So, it might just be a male name used unisexly in the modern world.
I do know that some of the root verbs for the Hebrew translation are feminine, so that could lend to a female use of the name. In general it is reserved for boys, because of the historical concept of the "third son" in the Biblical Seth.
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