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HelpRe: Star (compared with Stella)
in reply to a message by Felie
Star is sort of hippy, like Meadow or Moon.
But it's dated to the 1970s in the US, and I think most of the usage was lower middle class.
And it's also connected by association to the idea of a Hollywood star, or a rockstar.
It has also often been spelled Starr, a surname name that was once more often used for boys. And it was the surname of Belle Starr, a famous outlaw. That made Star itself seem more "countrified," evoking a more earthy-spunky image, rather than only evoking the concept of a star, celestial beauty or guiding star or higher realm etc.
It's sort of a "sparkly" name idea, along the lines of Diamond and Crystal.
So the image today could be a little cheap and tacky.
It's one of those names that will seem cheap and tacky if pictured as the name of a person who seems cheap and tacky, which it usually would be now.
But it can also seem sweet/simple and hippie-ish, when you meet a Star who doesn't fit a negative stereotype.
I like the name. There was a girl named Star who I knew in high school (born 1971).
- mirfak
But it's dated to the 1970s in the US, and I think most of the usage was lower middle class.
And it's also connected by association to the idea of a Hollywood star, or a rockstar.
It has also often been spelled Starr, a surname name that was once more often used for boys. And it was the surname of Belle Starr, a famous outlaw. That made Star itself seem more "countrified," evoking a more earthy-spunky image, rather than only evoking the concept of a star, celestial beauty or guiding star or higher realm etc.
It's sort of a "sparkly" name idea, along the lines of Diamond and Crystal.
So the image today could be a little cheap and tacky.
It's one of those names that will seem cheap and tacky if pictured as the name of a person who seems cheap and tacky, which it usually would be now.
But it can also seem sweet/simple and hippie-ish, when you meet a Star who doesn't fit a negative stereotype.
I like the name. There was a girl named Star who I knew in high school (born 1971).
- mirfak
This message was edited 11/18/2018, 3:59 PM
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