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Right now I’m reading a book called “A Girl Called Vincent”, and I wanted to know what do you think of Vincent on a girl. I find it weirdly interesting.
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I kind of like it if it's for a reason. Like, more than just putting a male name on a girl. Maybe if it was for a specific person. Maybe if a parent really loved Van Gogh or something. That makes me wonder, how could you name a daughter after Van Gogh? Maybe after one of his paintings? I recently saw some Van Goghs at the National Gallery in London and I'm just about ready to name a kid after him. Damn that's some good stuff.
Anyways, I digress. In terms of male names on girls it's not such a bad one. It's jarring at first but I could get used to it. I don't hate it.
Anyways, I digress. In terms of male names on girls it's not such a bad one. It's jarring at first but I could get used to it. I don't hate it.
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It's nothing ... it's like Clement and Laurent. The one thing striking about it is the unconventional gender. That makes it seem a little lame to me. Generally speaking - I feel like that about names I don't happen to like used unconventionally, and when I don't know anyone personally named with them. I think it's lame to title that book that way, too. SFW if she was called Vincent? Vincent is conventionally a guy name, and there's nothing interesting about it beyond that. That's what is the most irritating thing to me about it. It's like it's clickbait, to call a gal Vincent (or a guy Vincenza) - it's just a manipulative gimmick to draw attention to something that has no particular meaning. In fact it seems to be the *reduction* of meaningfulness, that makes it attention-grabbing - because the name Vincent conventionally carries the information "guy," and the "girl named" it negates that meaning. Making it extra shallow.
This message was edited 6/27/2021, 9:13 PM
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I had a Chinese student who’s picked Vincent as an English name because she liked the meaning and didn’t realize it was masculine, when she did she switched to Vincenta or Vincentia (forget which spelling now) which is rather pleasant.
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I find it deeply tedious. The whole male-names-on-females movement has lost its fizz and sparkle, and makes me think of someone in the late 1960s who wakes up one morning and suddenly notices that everyone else's skirts are mid-thigh while hers are still just below the knee. She shortens them to just above the knee, and spends her days and nights telling anyone who'll listen how bold and daring she feels. Moi? Yes, carry right on, call a girl Vincent, or Garth, or Reginald: it's a fad and it'll blow over.
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This.
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well said ...
We're not even talking about surname/unisex names even; this kind of thing is Hollywood fad, and also seems tailor-made for an angsty YA book. When I was a kid I liked this series of books by Constance C. Greene where the first one in the series was "A Girl Called Al." It was written in the early seventies, I think, and so the book title thing feels a bit cliched. The thing was, the girl called Al was actually Alexandra; one of the later books was called "Al-Exandra) the Great."
Belinda Hurmence took it one better with her book "A Girl Called Boy." My memory of it is very hazy but I do remember it was about a young black girl who somehow got time-traveled back into slavery days and was mistaken for a boy and addressed as Boy throughout.
We're not even talking about surname/unisex names even; this kind of thing is Hollywood fad, and also seems tailor-made for an angsty YA book. When I was a kid I liked this series of books by Constance C. Greene where the first one in the series was "A Girl Called Al." It was written in the early seventies, I think, and so the book title thing feels a bit cliched. The thing was, the girl called Al was actually Alexandra; one of the later books was called "Al-Exandra) the Great."
Belinda Hurmence took it one better with her book "A Girl Called Boy." My memory of it is very hazy but I do remember it was about a young black girl who somehow got time-traveled back into slavery days and was mistaken for a boy and addressed as Boy throughout.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay?
The famous poet? It sort of bothers me when strong women think they need to use a man's name to be strong.
The famous poet? It sort of bothers me when strong women think they need to use a man's name to be strong.
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Don't even get me started XD
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she didn't choose that middle name ...
It was given to her by her parents in honor of St. Vincent's Hospital, where her uncle was resuscitated after being found nearly frozen to death. (Lucky for her her uncle wasn't taken to City General.)
It was given to her by her parents in honor of St. Vincent's Hospital, where her uncle was resuscitated after being found nearly frozen to death. (Lucky for her her uncle wasn't taken to City General.)
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Understood....
But she (and her family) did choose to use it, as opposed to Edna. She was known as "Vincent". And I must admit, the full name flows beautifully. But I'd have used Edna as the name she was known by.
But she (and her family) did choose to use it, as opposed to Edna. She was known as "Vincent". And I must admit, the full name flows beautifully. But I'd have used Edna as the name she was known by.
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Is it this?
https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Called-Vincent-Life-Millay/dp/1613731728
Ifgh so Vincent was in the last name.
https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Called-Vincent-Life-Millay/dp/1613731728
Ifgh so Vincent was in the last name.
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Yes!
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If* typo
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