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HelpRe: Magnolia Corvina Betancourt Jordan: seeking feedback on this name.
in reply to a message by Manipura
Thanks for that feedback.
Your point about the middle name Lee is definitely worthy of consideration. Maybe I'll just stick with Rose, Claire, or Gwen. I don't think the name needs a Poe reference that badly, and people in the other community have been pointing out that part of the reason why they found the name "too much" and like a fan-fiction stereotype was the combination of a long, unusual first name and a long, unusual middle name. So I feel like it would be better to keep the middle name shorter and more common. I feel like I've got enough "darkness" for a non-self-chosen name for a Millennial as it is.
You also make a good point about the connotation Magnolia could have potentially had during the civil rights era. Magnolia is a multi-racial character. I don't know if possibly her parents would feel like they were "reclaiming" such an Old South name--like "It's our South too, dammit!" Gardenia does sound like it would be a good substitute should I decide to not go with Magnolia after all. Or, I just thought about Calla, as in the flower calla lily--but the thing about Calla is that it's been done. It's already been used in the novella I Lock My Door Upon Myself.
It doesn't surprise me that Magnolia has become popular for babies nowadays. A lot of previously old-fashioned names seem to be coming back. There's a little girl at my church named Magnolia. And when I've typed it in Facebook comments, a whole string of Magnolias pop up.
Your point about the middle name Lee is definitely worthy of consideration. Maybe I'll just stick with Rose, Claire, or Gwen. I don't think the name needs a Poe reference that badly, and people in the other community have been pointing out that part of the reason why they found the name "too much" and like a fan-fiction stereotype was the combination of a long, unusual first name and a long, unusual middle name. So I feel like it would be better to keep the middle name shorter and more common. I feel like I've got enough "darkness" for a non-self-chosen name for a Millennial as it is.
You also make a good point about the connotation Magnolia could have potentially had during the civil rights era. Magnolia is a multi-racial character. I don't know if possibly her parents would feel like they were "reclaiming" such an Old South name--like "It's our South too, dammit!" Gardenia does sound like it would be a good substitute should I decide to not go with Magnolia after all. Or, I just thought about Calla, as in the flower calla lily--but the thing about Calla is that it's been done. It's already been used in the novella I Lock My Door Upon Myself.
It doesn't surprise me that Magnolia has become popular for babies nowadays. A lot of previously old-fashioned names seem to be coming back. There's a little girl at my church named Magnolia. And when I've typed it in Facebook comments, a whole string of Magnolias pop up.
