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HelpFarrah, Fay, Fawn
Which one, and why?
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Fawn is unwholesomely sentimental if it's originally animal, and a discouraging shade of yellowy brown if it's a colour. Farrah is big-hair 70s and close enough to Sarah - which I dislike - to put me right off. Good meaning, but there's no reason to use Far(r)ah when Joy is available.
That would seem to leave Fay! It's a bit too ethereal for me, but as a mn it would be OK. I'm glad y ou didn't use the Faye version - that would have left me with no options at all.
That would seem to leave Fay! It's a bit too ethereal for me, but as a mn it would be OK. I'm glad y ou didn't use the Faye version - that would have left me with no options at all.
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Fawn
Farrah sounds better as masculine to me for whatever reason, and I wouldn't use that spelling of it.
I have an Aunt Fay, plus fey reminds me of gay guys...nothing against either of them, but I'm not inclined to name a kid after them. I do like Phaedra (I say Fay-dra), though.
I used to really dislike Fawn because of the verb, but I've mellowed towards it dramatically ever since I went through a phase of loving (and I still like) Fauna. Now I think it's sweet, and it reminds me of music.
Farrah sounds better as masculine to me for whatever reason, and I wouldn't use that spelling of it.
I have an Aunt Fay, plus fey reminds me of gay guys...nothing against either of them, but I'm not inclined to name a kid after them. I do like Phaedra (I say Fay-dra), though.
I used to really dislike Fawn because of the verb, but I've mellowed towards it dramatically ever since I went through a phase of loving (and I still like) Fauna. Now I think it's sweet, and it reminds me of music.
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Faye. It's pretty enough, though I do muc prefer it for a mn.
Farrah feels like a one-off to me, like Elvis or Beyonce.
Fawn just sounds tacky, like Fawn Double-D-Licious, a stripper from the eighties I just made up. Huge hair, huge implants.
Farrah feels like a one-off to me, like Elvis or Beyonce.
Fawn just sounds tacky, like Fawn Double-D-Licious, a stripper from the eighties I just made up. Huge hair, huge implants.
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I love, love, love Farrah. I think it's an awesome name and would love to see it more often (I'm genuinely surprised Farrah Fawcett didn't inspire more birth announcements, particularly around her death).
Fay is a good name, too, though this is my least favorite spelling. I prefer both Fae and Faye.
Fawn is appealing, but a little childish. Dawn has much of the same sound, but is stronger.
Edit: I just remembered, in the movie Get Shorty James Gandolfini's daughter, who I think is only 6 years old, is named Farrah. That's the only other instance of the name in pop culture I can think of.
I also know an Egyptian woman with the name, though she spells it Farah.
Fay is a good name, too, though this is my least favorite spelling. I prefer both Fae and Faye.
Fawn is appealing, but a little childish. Dawn has much of the same sound, but is stronger.
Edit: I just remembered, in the movie Get Shorty James Gandolfini's daughter, who I think is only 6 years old, is named Farrah. That's the only other instance of the name in pop culture I can think of.
I also know an Egyptian woman with the name, though she spells it Farah.
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Really? Really?
Okay, Fay.
Farrah is way too tied to Fawcett, and while she eventually proved herself a capable actress, she was earlier on way too much of the sex bunny. She was the object of celebrity worship and I hate celebrity worship, and she was a woman who was worshiped for her looks and I hate that.
Fawn has a somewhat ridiculous vibe to me. I'm sure it's partly because of the Fawn Liebowitz in "Animal House" who died in a kiln explosion ("I talked to her just the other day. She was going to make a pot for me"), but I honestly think it would still have the ridiculous vibe, although perhaps not to the same degree, even if the movie had never been made. And anyway Fawn? A baby deer? What's so great about a baby deer that the term for baby deer should become a name? I don't get it.
So Fay is the best of this bunch, which isn't saying much, but if I had to, that's what I'd choose.
Okay, Fay.
Farrah is way too tied to Fawcett, and while she eventually proved herself a capable actress, she was earlier on way too much of the sex bunny. She was the object of celebrity worship and I hate celebrity worship, and she was a woman who was worshiped for her looks and I hate that.
Fawn has a somewhat ridiculous vibe to me. I'm sure it's partly because of the Fawn Liebowitz in "Animal House" who died in a kiln explosion ("I talked to her just the other day. She was going to make a pot for me"), but I honestly think it would still have the ridiculous vibe, although perhaps not to the same degree, even if the movie had never been made. And anyway Fawn? A baby deer? What's so great about a baby deer that the term for baby deer should become a name? I don't get it.
So Fay is the best of this bunch, which isn't saying much, but if I had to, that's what I'd choose.
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I never thought Farrah Fawcett was that attractive. She was very skinny, and she had no lips.
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Another similar one Faith
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