Re: Lavender
in reply to a message by Perrine
I can't speak to popularity, since I don't monitor statistics of names outside the Top 1000 that well.
Outside of that... I feel like this is a name I should like, but I don't. Not that much. I like the flower well enough, but the "lav" beginning of Lavender doesn't sound... name-y? Probably because "lave" is a verb (to bathe), and because of "lavish." It just doesn't sound like a person's name.
On the flip side, I do like Lavinia, which has the same three-letter beginning; but the vowel is more of a schwa than an actual short-A, so it doesn't remind me of those words.
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Outside of that... I feel like this is a name I should like, but I don't. Not that much. I like the flower well enough, but the "lav" beginning of Lavender doesn't sound... name-y? Probably because "lave" is a verb (to bathe), and because of "lavish." It just doesn't sound like a person's name.
On the flip side, I do like Lavinia, which has the same three-letter beginning; but the vowel is more of a schwa than an actual short-A, so it doesn't remind me of those words.
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www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/117507
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/109399
hwww.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/132018
http://greens-end.myminicity.com/
This message was edited 5/15/2021, 5:57 PM