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Few questions. First off the boy name Tanner is slowly growing on me. You still here every once in awhile but its not as common as some other names nowadays. What do you guys think of the name Tanner for a baby boy?
Also I am liking the Italian boy names Carmelo and Valentino. What do you guys think of those?
Also I am liking the Italian boy names Carmelo and Valentino. What do you guys think of those?
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For the name Tanner, I have two immediate associations:
1. The Tanner family from "Full House";
2. Elle King's real first name (her birth name is Tanner Elle Schneider)
I personally wouldn't use it as a boy's first name, but it's hardly the worst thing he could be named. It's a name people have heard of, and if you don't mind the "Full House" association, then go for it.
Valentino doesn't seem "foreign" to me probably because I grew up in a predominately Italian and Hispanic area (near-west suburbs of Chicago) and actually encountered some my age... but Carmelo still seems like a dad or granddad name to me.
1. The Tanner family from "Full House";
2. Elle King's real first name (her birth name is Tanner Elle Schneider)
I personally wouldn't use it as a boy's first name, but it's hardly the worst thing he could be named. It's a name people have heard of, and if you don't mind the "Full House" association, then go for it.
Valentino doesn't seem "foreign" to me probably because I grew up in a predominately Italian and Hispanic area (near-west suburbs of Chicago) and actually encountered some my age... but Carmelo still seems like a dad or granddad name to me.
This message was edited 4/15/2016, 9:28 AM
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I grew up just downwind of a tannery. When the weather gods were hostile, the stench was beyond dreadful. So I'm afraid I can't imagine Tanner as a given name.
That said, if we were very lucky the wind would change slightly and then we got the smells of a flour mill and a bakery - much nicer, but not nice enough for me to endorse Miller or Baker as given names either.
That said, if we were very lucky the wind would change slightly and then we got the smells of a flour mill and a bakery - much nicer, but not nice enough for me to endorse Miller or Baker as given names either.
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Most guys named Tanner that I know of are in their 20's now. It was never an insanely popular name (at least not where I live). I've always kind of liked it and I think it's still quite suitable to use. I'm not a fan of Italian male names.
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I'm guilty of kinda liking Tanner. I generally don't like occupational surnames as first names, but I have never really noticed the surname Tanner. So it sounds more like a name to me, with the word tanner being a coincidence. Kind of like Canyon. They break some "rules" of mine, and they sound too ... cowboyish? for me, but I sorta like them anyway.
Carmelo doesn't sound great in English IMO. Mellow. Marshmallow. But it's not bad I guess.
Valentino reminds me too much of Rudolph and makes me think of a certain aesthetic I associate with him, which I bet would not appeal to you.
I like Valentine, "Val."
Carmelo doesn't sound great in English IMO. Mellow. Marshmallow. But it's not bad I guess.
Valentino reminds me too much of Rudolph and makes me think of a certain aesthetic I associate with him, which I bet would not appeal to you.
I like Valentine, "Val."
This message was edited 4/14/2016, 12:50 PM
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I love it
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I really dislike Tanner. As far as occupational names go it lacks appeal. I think of horrid smelling tanning chemicals and about my early years spent in a chemical plume affected area from an industrial tanning facility and all the children with cancer likely from the affected water. I recognize that's some pretty extreme negative associations.
On a better note it does also remind me of Full House, and I knew a really sweet kid named Tanner who would be about 16 now.
Carmelo is strongly associated with Carmelo Anthony for me, but I grew up next to Duke where he played. It's a little too reminiscent of candy for me.
Valentino is okay. I lean more towards Valentin for names in that family.
On a better note it does also remind me of Full House, and I knew a really sweet kid named Tanner who would be about 16 now.
Carmelo is strongly associated with Carmelo Anthony for me, but I grew up next to Duke where he played. It's a little too reminiscent of candy for me.
Valentino is okay. I lean more towards Valentin for names in that family.
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Hi !!!
I quite dislike Tanner.
Its meaning it's not so good and its sound too.
For Carmelo and Valentino...
I'm Italian and I dislike Carmelo because it is quite dated...for a grandfather maybe. It is also common in southern Italy... My family and I are all from northern Italy so this kind of names -Carmelo, Nunzio, Gaetano, Antonello, Rosario, Salvatore..- are quite strange for me.
Valentino is so good!!
I love it: refined but strong. Here is more common its feminine variant Valentina...but it is a great name!.
Byeeeeeeeee
I quite dislike Tanner.
Its meaning it's not so good and its sound too.
For Carmelo and Valentino...
I'm Italian and I dislike Carmelo because it is quite dated...for a grandfather maybe. It is also common in southern Italy... My family and I are all from northern Italy so this kind of names -Carmelo, Nunzio, Gaetano, Antonello, Rosario, Salvatore..- are quite strange for me.
Valentino is so good!!
I love it: refined but strong. Here is more common its feminine variant Valentina...but it is a great name!.
Byeeeeeeeee
This message was edited 4/14/2016, 11:15 AM
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