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HelpRe: What to prioritize in a name?
in reply to a message by Obetsy
1. I like it, and would like saying it a lot, and would like to be named it if I were the one being born, it seems "right" for our family - all the subjective feelings.
2. my husband likes it.
3. doesn't sound stupid with our last name, doesn't replicate a famous/infamous FN/LN combo, doesn't have really bad initials, etc
4. I believe I know about all the associations that would be made by that people the kid is likely to meet, and there's nothing that would bother me if it were my name
5. has a spelling and pronunciation that people around us can learn to get right without a struggle
6. the usage/popularity pattern hasn't given it a strong image of being a certain age that is 25-40 years older than the baby (esp. for girls), also it doesn't feel like a fad name that will be out of style in 5-10 years
7. it doesn't seem to have a lot of contrast, too much similarity, or strange associations with the names of any older siblings that are fairly close in age. Like ... I would probably not name a son River if his older brother was Eric, nor a daughter Anna if her older sister was Emerald, wouldn't use both Damon and Raymond, etc.
- mirfak
2. my husband likes it.
3. doesn't sound stupid with our last name, doesn't replicate a famous/infamous FN/LN combo, doesn't have really bad initials, etc
4. I believe I know about all the associations that would be made by that people the kid is likely to meet, and there's nothing that would bother me if it were my name
5. has a spelling and pronunciation that people around us can learn to get right without a struggle
6. the usage/popularity pattern hasn't given it a strong image of being a certain age that is 25-40 years older than the baby (esp. for girls), also it doesn't feel like a fad name that will be out of style in 5-10 years
7. it doesn't seem to have a lot of contrast, too much similarity, or strange associations with the names of any older siblings that are fairly close in age. Like ... I would probably not name a son River if his older brother was Eric, nor a daughter Anna if her older sister was Emerald, wouldn't use both Damon and Raymond, etc.
- mirfak
This message was edited 7/13/2024, 3:29 PM
