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Desiree?
Wdyto Desiree? (DEZ-uh-rey). I really like it.YOU ARE VALIDAnd these children that you spit on,
As they try to change their worlds,
Are immune to your consultations,
They're quite aware of what they're goin' through.
Changes, David Bowie
May the Power of Athena be with you always
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I love it. It’s one of my favourite names
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I have a friend named Desiree. It suits her. I wouldn't use it, personally.
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I sort of like it and sort of don't like it. My feelings toward Desiree are pretty weird. On the one hand, I think it's a really pretty name. On the other hand, part of my brain thinks it gives off an overly sensual vibe that is weird, like I could picture the name on an adult but not on a kid if that makes sense.
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I'm surprised by how many people like it. The whole desire thing makes me feel kind of icky about the name. But maybe I'm being puritanical. I'd never use it, though. It's one of not too many names on my absolutely positively no list.
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My school friend (see below) was her parents' first and very much wanted child, hence the name Desiree. The fact that her mother became psychologically abusive towards her (and her sister; not their brother though) is neither here nor there.
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Nah, it gives me a weird vibe too, like it's only appropriate on an adult lol
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Same here! The desire thing seems so obvious to me as something that’s going to make people think of sex.It doesn’t help that every Desiree I’ve ever known (about five or six) had... um... very loose standards. My cousin Desiree has had four husbands, and she cheated on each of them with the next one. She’s 32.
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This may be a case of confirmation bias. How many women have you known who exhibit similar or identical behavior but who are not named Desiree?
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I really like it too but recently I've been spelling it Desirae because I just kept seeing "desire" when I spelled it Desiree. I think it's pretty, underused and has great NN potential =)
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I really like it. I also have a friend with this name so that makes me like it more.
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I REALLY hate it. It's very dated, but not in the cute old lady kind of way. It's recently gone out of style, so it just feels stale.
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I've got a wonderful Desiree friend - we've been buddies since our first week at school - but she finds it a bit too much for everyday use and is known as Des. Except, sometimes, by me. Before she even started school, someone who wasn't familiar with the name said what she thought she heard, which was Daisy-Ray, and when I heard that story I started calling her Daisy sometimes. I like Daisy better, in fact: less emotionally intense. If I'd had enough daughters, I'd have honoured her by using Daisy for one of them, but not Desiree.
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Too sensual.
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I'm tempted to dismiss it because of 'desire' connotations, but at the same time, I feel like it's not worse than Virginia.It sounds nice. I'd like it as a MN.
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Dislike it, not my cup of tea, sorry. :/
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Like it because it was Lucille Ball's middle name and then she married a Desiderio so like it.
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That's funny. I didn't know that.
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I didn't know that was her middle name!Lucille Desiree has a really nice ring to it.
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It's ok
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I think it’s a little too sexy for my taste.
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Desiree is beautiful, but I think the implications of Desire could be a burden to carry which leaves me unsure if it should be a GP.I love the sound of Dez and the name itself has such a brightness that it has overcome powerful negative in real life associations.
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It’s very ugly and dated, to me. And not in the “sweetly old fashioned” dated way, but the way that Thelma and Bertha and those type are. It’s very dorky-80’s kids name to me, probably because every Desiree I knew was a complete weirdo or geeky kind of kid.
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I think it's very pretty.
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It's okay. I prefer Desideria.
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I really like it, too. Sounds very exotic and romantic, but might be better suited as a middle name.
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Desiree is a cool name - before it's pretty (or even beautiful), or sophisticated, or any other positive adjective, Desiree is a cool name. I can't imagine a Desiree who isn't "with it," whatever "it" may be in time and space.There was an older sister of one of my friends in primary school whose name was Desiree, and she went by "Dezi." I think she solidified the "cool" impression for me.
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This is a name that I am VERY familiar with since I have a cousin named it (From a direct aunt, both of whom I grew up with) So needless to say, I immediately associated the name with her. I think it's a pretty nice name, has an attractive and beautiful, almost 'exotic' vibe to it. I like that it's a bit different from the usual you hear but isn't strange or outlandish.
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