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Thoughts? I love Lauryn Hill rn, so what are you thinking about this name? Do you like Lauren more?
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/214161
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/214161
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Funny this name would pop up. I'm sitting in my husband's hospital room and his nurse is Lauryn.
I always want to pronounce names like this with a short "i" sound. As in LOR-inn.
I always want to pronounce names like this with a short "i" sound. As in LOR-inn.
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I don't like the Lauryn spelling, but I'm not a fan of Lauren anyway. Or Laura.
The name is one of the most common names I've ever come across, but they all belonged to the same type of white-skinned, brown haired girl who was always quiet and never had anything interesting to say. All of them. There were two in high school, one from another high school, but lived locally, one in our college class and another two in the same section of college and one in my university halls.
All of them were the exact same girl it's weird. Talk about playing into your stereotypes.
The name is one of the most common names I've ever come across, but they all belonged to the same type of white-skinned, brown haired girl who was always quiet and never had anything interesting to say. All of them. There were two in high school, one from another high school, but lived locally, one in our college class and another two in the same section of college and one in my university halls.
All of them were the exact same girl it's weird. Talk about playing into your stereotypes.
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I really like Lauren, but Lauryn seems a bit unnecessary. It's not bad though.
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Lauryn just seems like a tacky 80's spelling of Lauren.
Lauren is better than Lauryn but still not great. It's just too common in my age group and a little older.
(other Laur names: Laura is nicer than Lauren, but I prefer Laurel. And I like a lot of the "too long" ones like Laurana, Laurena, Laurienne, etc.)
ETA: I'd be okay with something like Lauryn if it actually changed the pronunciation. Like lor-INN spelled Lauryn, Laurinn, Laurynn. I still think most of those look bad but it would at least be a variant instead of just a (dated) trendy spelling. Or Lauryne / Laurine prn. lor-een or even lor-ein, or Lauryna / Laurina.
Lauren is better than Lauryn but still not great. It's just too common in my age group and a little older.
(other Laur names: Laura is nicer than Lauren, but I prefer Laurel. And I like a lot of the "too long" ones like Laurana, Laurena, Laurienne, etc.)
ETA: I'd be okay with something like Lauryn if it actually changed the pronunciation. Like lor-INN spelled Lauryn, Laurinn, Laurynn. I still think most of those look bad but it would at least be a variant instead of just a (dated) trendy spelling. Or Lauryne / Laurine prn. lor-een or even lor-ein, or Lauryna / Laurina.
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I really don't like any name where a y gets pushed in rather than the original - and, presumably, less girly - vowel, usually e or i. It's like putting tiers of lacy frills on a toilet-roll cover.
Not that I even like Lauren, actually! But it deserves more, or rather, less. I am delighted that nobody so far has worked out a way of spelling Laura (one of my all-time favourites) with a random y. Long may it last.
Not that I even like Lauren, actually! But it deserves more, or rather, less. I am delighted that nobody so far has worked out a way of spelling Laura (one of my all-time favourites) with a random y. Long may it last.
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How do you feel about Kathryn?
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Grateful that it's dated! Also, it's a feeble attempt to prettify something that needs no help at all, but no doubt at the time it seemed trendy and therefore attractive. Which isn't the way I think, but many others clearly do.
I once saw the converse of Kathryn: someone born I'd guess in the 60s whose name was Catheline; she insisted that it had three syllables. Cath-uh-leen. I'd assumed it would sound like Cathleen - silly me!
I once saw the converse of Kathryn: someone born I'd guess in the 60s whose name was Catheline; she insisted that it had three syllables. Cath-uh-leen. I'd assumed it would sound like Cathleen - silly me!
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I prefer Lauren, nice name
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