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I was flipping through a magazine and came across a toddler named Navy. This is the third Navy I've come across. Does anyone know what's up with those? I know it has the trendy sound of n and v, but it still seems very odd as a name. Thoughts?
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Maybe the brainiacs who choose Navy just look at the baby's navel and name it after that.
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I agree it's odd. It's almost as odd as seeing girls named Army. Except it's not.
I think it's literally just a dictionary word chosen for its trendy sound like Ava, Avery, Nevaeh, Nova, Evelyn, Ivy.
Most likely by people who have no connection or exposure to the military. People who don't think of real navies, but of marketing-images for Navy ... they don't think of war. If they did think consciously about what a navy actually is and does, I think they would probably not choose to name their daughters Navy.
I think that - if they consider beyond the sound at all - they must associate "Navy" with spiffy dress uniforms, romantic tales about heroic Sailors, nautical themes of dress and decor with natty dark blue and white, a special Academy, hollywood style Adventures on the wild open ocean, and "Naval (navel?) Power." Can you see how spunky and natty? If Nova and Ivy, why not Navy? Adventurous, outdoorsy, innocent, neat, smart, tech-savvy, safe, respectful, heroic, romantic ... plus the novelty and gender-tension of the name ... to a properly conditioned mind, Navy as a name for a baby girl is a sure hit.
That's my theory, anyway.
I think it's literally just a dictionary word chosen for its trendy sound like Ava, Avery, Nevaeh, Nova, Evelyn, Ivy.
Most likely by people who have no connection or exposure to the military. People who don't think of real navies, but of marketing-images for Navy ... they don't think of war. If they did think consciously about what a navy actually is and does, I think they would probably not choose to name their daughters Navy.
I think that - if they consider beyond the sound at all - they must associate "Navy" with spiffy dress uniforms, romantic tales about heroic Sailors, nautical themes of dress and decor with natty dark blue and white, a special Academy, hollywood style Adventures on the wild open ocean, and "Naval (navel?) Power." Can you see how spunky and natty? If Nova and Ivy, why not Navy? Adventurous, outdoorsy, innocent, neat, smart, tech-savvy, safe, respectful, heroic, romantic ... plus the novelty and gender-tension of the name ... to a properly conditioned mind, Navy as a name for a baby girl is a sure hit.
That's my theory, anyway.
This message was edited 12/1/2018, 12:29 PM
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Slightly off-topic, I find Nova so odd as a name. I suppose it's because I grew up in the province of Nova Scotia.
I do understand Ivy, and I'd even like it, if I hadn't had a high-school teacher named Ivy. she was unwell and shouldn't have been teaching,but I suppose there was little financial provision for early retirement for health reasons in those days.
Holly and Ivy-Christmas-born twins? (girls.)
I do understand Ivy, and I'd even like it, if I hadn't had a high-school teacher named Ivy. she was unwell and shouldn't have been teaching,but I suppose there was little financial provision for early retirement for health reasons in those days.
Holly and Ivy-Christmas-born twins? (girls.)
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Navy seems like a name with a fairly wide appeal -- parents who like the sound of Ava but want something less popular, parents who want a nature/color name, parents who want a patriotic or all-American name...
I don't like it at all. However, there are worse modern names out there.
I don't like it at all. However, there are worse modern names out there.
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Well, the av sound is pretty popular these days. A name for people who are too cool for Ava?
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It seems to tick several boxes, though none of them would be mine.
Occupation name. Not as blatant as Naval Officer, but clearly a pointer.
And the Navy is inseparable from the Ocean, where we find Coral and a Marina.
Colour name. Like Indigo and Scarlett.
Cutesie diminutive. Not that it's actually short for anything, but it has the look and the sound.
Occupation name. Not as blatant as Naval Officer, but clearly a pointer.
And the Navy is inseparable from the Ocean, where we find Coral and a Marina.
Colour name. Like Indigo and Scarlett.
Cutesie diminutive. Not that it's actually short for anything, but it has the look and the sound.
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