What name do you have positive associations with?
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If we're talking personal associations, then certainly these:
Molly (My aunt)
Polly (My late mother)
Emily (Sister)
Suzanne
Regina
Sabrina/Sabrena
Clara
Lydia (My fur-baby. 😻)
Larry (Favorite uncle. Man, he was really fun.)
Paul (Another uncle)
Seamus
James
Heather
Amber & Desiree (Two cousins I spend a lot of time with while growing up. Sisters)
Probably a few others
A mix of family member, friends and acquaintances. 🙂
Molly (My aunt)
Polly (My late mother)
Emily (Sister)
Suzanne
Regina
Sabrina/Sabrena
Clara
Lydia (My fur-baby. 😻)
Larry (Favorite uncle. Man, he was really fun.)
Paul (Another uncle)
Seamus
James
Heather
Amber & Desiree (Two cousins I spend a lot of time with while growing up. Sisters)
Probably a few others
A mix of family member, friends and acquaintances. 🙂
Good question:
Daisy: Super Mario Bros, the flower, summertime.
Leonard: sophisticated; knew a nice lady with this surname.
Donatello, Michealangelo, Raphael, Leonardo: the artists and the Ninja Turtles.
Garnet and Amethyst: I remember the characters from Steven Universe being cool.
Topaz: a character from a Barbie movie I loved as a kid.
Josephine: relative.
Anne: Anne Frank and Anne Shirley.
Elaina: Elaina of Avalor.
Linda: Phineas and Ferb's mom. Means beautiful in Spanish.
Belle: one of my favorite Disney princesses. Means beautiful in French.
Jasmine: always loved this name. One of the better Disney princesses. It's a flower, too!
Melinda: the protagonist of "Speak". Groundbreaking novel. Changed my life.
Phineas: The songwriter Phinneas O'Connell and the co-protagonist of Phineas and Ferb.
Billie and Eilish: self-explanatory.
Jolie: a freckle-faced girl I knew in school.
Tara: an actress I respect, Tara Strong.
Selena: Gomez. I've loved her since I was little.
Taylor: Swift, but I still see it as a unisex name.
Nicholas: I knew a funny kid in school with this name.
Diego: Go Diego Go... do you see the pattern here?
Out of respect for my friends' privacy, I won't list them. But any name of a friend, I associate it with good things.
Daisy: Super Mario Bros, the flower, summertime.
Leonard: sophisticated; knew a nice lady with this surname.
Donatello, Michealangelo, Raphael, Leonardo: the artists and the Ninja Turtles.
Garnet and Amethyst: I remember the characters from Steven Universe being cool.
Topaz: a character from a Barbie movie I loved as a kid.
Josephine: relative.
Anne: Anne Frank and Anne Shirley.
Elaina: Elaina of Avalor.
Linda: Phineas and Ferb's mom. Means beautiful in Spanish.
Belle: one of my favorite Disney princesses. Means beautiful in French.
Jasmine: always loved this name. One of the better Disney princesses. It's a flower, too!
Melinda: the protagonist of "Speak". Groundbreaking novel. Changed my life.
Phineas: The songwriter Phinneas O'Connell and the co-protagonist of Phineas and Ferb.
Billie and Eilish: self-explanatory.
Jolie: a freckle-faced girl I knew in school.
Tara: an actress I respect, Tara Strong.
Selena: Gomez. I've loved her since I was little.
Taylor: Swift, but I still see it as a unisex name.
Nicholas: I knew a funny kid in school with this name.
Diego: Go Diego Go... do you see the pattern here?
Out of respect for my friends' privacy, I won't list them. But any name of a friend, I associate it with good things.
This message was edited 2/25/2024, 3:21 PM
Thank you.