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Thoughts on Crystal?
I always want to tack a "meth" at the end of it. :P
* The Poster Formerly Known As Billina *
I always want to tack a "meth" at the end of it. :P
* The Poster Formerly Known As Billina *
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A crystal is a very pretty rock.
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To me it sounds like an old, über-rich, wrinkled, b*tchy lady with blue hair and too much lipstick.
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I enjoy the name Crystal, if not enough to use. I love the imagery and sound it has. I once saw a move from the 30's with Joan Crawford playing a character named Crystal who was arch and chic, and that made me realize it was actually very pretty. I just needed to see it out of its 80's-90's bubble.
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I think of 'crystal clear' and icicles and bubbling mountain streams, and I quite like it, although not enough to use. It's got quite a history of use in the UK, on men and women; a quick look at ancestry produced a Crystal Frederick born in 1789. I don't think we had a Crystal popularity bubble here. I've only ever met one and she doesn't give me a negative impression of it at all.
This message was edited 12/1/2015, 9:18 AM
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It's just another jewel name to me, and about as tasteless, over-ambitious and bleh as the rest of them.
What fascinates me is that, on older UK name lists especially, Crystal is listed as a Scottish male name. And that's all I know - never seen or heard of one IRL or in fiction. It could be a short form of Christopher, I suppose?
What fascinates me is that, on older UK name lists especially, Crystal is listed as a Scottish male name. And that's all I know - never seen or heard of one IRL or in fiction. It could be a short form of Christopher, I suppose?
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It seems tacky to me. Maybe because 90% of the people I've ever known with this name are rather tacky, classless people themselves and I associate the name with that now.
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Objectively, I think it sounds dated in a new-agey, glitzy/superficial, 70s-80s kind of way.
But I can't really think of it negatively because I've only known one Crystal, and she was such a sweet person, it was almost unreal.
Her siblings were named Angela and Forrest.
But I can't really think of it negatively because I've only known one Crystal, and she was such a sweet person, it was almost unreal.
Her siblings were named Angela and Forrest.
This message was edited 11/30/2015, 8:31 PM
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I like most Chris- names, so I really like the way Crystal sounds. In fact, now that I think about it, I really liked the spelling Christal when I was about 13, to honor my mom Christine. The idea is still kind of cute, but that's about it... something about Crystal just seems a bit immature to me. It's also ambiguous -- what kind of crystal?!
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I always want to tack a "meth" at the end of it
That says a bit about you, but nothing about the name Crystal, or people who use it, or people who are named it! haha. What if you didn't even need to add the "meth" ... ? That says something about me, I guess.
Seriously though, I don't think of that when I think of the name. I like the name Crystal when I meet people named it. It's sweet and shiny, like Amber or Ruby. I don't like it in the way I like the names I'd want to use, though - because ultimately it's a bling name, and bling names always end up seeming a little too cheap to me.
That says a bit about you, but nothing about the name Crystal, or people who use it, or people who are named it! haha. What if you didn't even need to add the "meth" ... ? That says something about me, I guess.
Seriously though, I don't think of that when I think of the name. I like the name Crystal when I meet people named it. It's sweet and shiny, like Amber or Ruby. I don't like it in the way I like the names I'd want to use, though - because ultimately it's a bling name, and bling names always end up seeming a little too cheap to me.
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