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Three names that I’ve recently came across that have been on my mind ever since. What do you think? Would you like Roxy as a nickname? Do you prefer Bethany or Bethan?
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I really like Roxane/Roxanne/Roxana/Roxanna. I like the look, sound, meaning, and that it's a funny combination of distinct and ordinary. There are not many names with the Rox- element, and the -anne element is super common. Roxy I feel neutral about, like Nick to Nicholas. It's part of the name and makes a fine nickname. As a full name, I don't like it - it's corny and childish, with a weird sexy element that I guess I got from the show Chicago. Seems like a brand name.
Bethany is a nice wholesome name like fresh baked bread. A little house. I think of it like a more specifically flavored Elizabeth: more religious overtones, and with an obvious preferred nickname. I like it just fine on other people. Again, not many names like it.
I don't really like Maxine. I find it very LOUD. It's everything I sort of dislike about Roxy and Roxanne/etc, but none of the things I like about it. Max is an ugly sound.
Bethany is a nice wholesome name like fresh baked bread. A little house. I think of it like a more specifically flavored Elizabeth: more religious overtones, and with an obvious preferred nickname. I like it just fine on other people. Again, not many names like it.
I don't really like Maxine. I find it very LOUD. It's everything I sort of dislike about Roxy and Roxanne/etc, but none of the things I like about it. Max is an ugly sound.
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Bethany is warm and sweet, and I know it's a legitimate name, but it sounds like Beth (which is my least favourite nickname for Elizabeth + any. I prefer it to Bethan.
Maxine sounds old-fashioned and everyman. I imagine it on a tomboy who refuses to respond to anything but Max, and I couldn't really blame her - Maxine is kind of flavourless.
Roxy sounds childish and silly, like the name of a cartoon puppy. To be honest, all Rox- names sound haughty and unintelligent to me.
Maxine sounds old-fashioned and everyman. I imagine it on a tomboy who refuses to respond to anything but Max, and I couldn't really blame her - Maxine is kind of flavourless.
Roxy sounds childish and silly, like the name of a cartoon puppy. To be honest, all Rox- names sound haughty and unintelligent to me.
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I don't enjoy Bethany - not big on place names at the best of times, and a biblical one is worse. I like Bethan very much, and would like Megan as well but for its alarming surge in popularity and the idiotic MEEgan pronunciation. I know a Bethany who is mostly known as Bee; she has a four-year-old and a nine-month-old, Joshua and William.
Roxanne is very decorative, too much so for everyday use. But Roxy is like a 1930s cinema or café; if I was sold on Roxanne, which is unlikely, I'd use it as a mn only, to avoid Roxy.
Maxine doesn't shine for me. I like Max as a male stand-alone name, but quite apart from the danger of Maxi as a nn, Maxine just seems drab, like Martine/Martina and Marcelle/Marcella.
Roxanne is very decorative, too much so for everyday use. But Roxy is like a 1930s cinema or café; if I was sold on Roxanne, which is unlikely, I'd use it as a mn only, to avoid Roxy.
Maxine doesn't shine for me. I like Max as a male stand-alone name, but quite apart from the danger of Maxi as a nn, Maxine just seems drab, like Martine/Martina and Marcelle/Marcella.
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Bethan sounds like a ship name for, say, a couple named Brooke and Ethan. lol But I don't really like Bethany, either - this was the name of a bossy girl who went to camp with me when I was little. I much prefer Elizabeth!
As for the other names, Roxy is very pretty as a nickname for Roxanne / Roxana, and I'm going back and forth on Maxine - right now I'm leaning towards dislike, though.
As for the other names, Roxy is very pretty as a nickname for Roxanne / Roxana, and I'm going back and forth on Maxine - right now I'm leaning towards dislike, though.
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