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I don't mind it but I don't think it has a very pleasing sound.

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It's too surname-y and masculine for a girl, imo, but that's just my personal opinion. :b It was slightly popular in the 1980s, I think. Sloan(e) was Mia Sara's character's name in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and I've always seen it as a name for a somewhat stuck-up but pretty rich girl. LOL.

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~Heather~
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I love it. I perfer the Sloane spelling though. Sloan just seems incomplete to me, lol.

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~Erin Lee, wife of Matthew James, mama to Sarah Patrice (11/29/04) and Dos (due sometime in late February or early March)~

I actually really like this name. It's very strong, but I think sounds sweet at the same time. I prefer it with an 'e' on the end though, Sloane.

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I knew a girl named Sloane in h.s. She was nice but the name is nmsaa.

I don't like it, it's far to masculine-sounding for a girl IMO, plus it reminds me of Sloan Rangers (http://www.sloaneys.co.uk/)

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Its far too masculine for my taste and to my ears has an unattractive sound
If you really like it I would suggest using it as a middle name

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Paula

Kettering

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Sloan-Kettering is a well known cancer treatment facility in New York. For me this makes it utterly unusable.
----Betsy-----

Reminds me of "slaine"

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Which isn't exactly a good thing.

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If I disregard that, I still don't like Sloane / Sloan. It sounds masculine and ugly for a girl to me.

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Miranda

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I knew a boy named Sloan, but he spelled it Sloane. I like spelling better.

I think of the Sloan family....

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...Of Daria. Kay and Angiers, and their children, Tom and Elsie. I also think of the Sloanes of the Anne books and of the character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

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I find it unflattering and unattractive on a girl. On a boy, he could almost get away with it, but on a girl? There's not a single feminine nickname to made of it, and that makes me uncomfortable in the extreme. There's not really any nickname to be made from it, so if she's stuck as Sloan.

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If you'd like to honour your friend, I'd suggest Sloan as a middle name. You could still call her by it on occasion--I call my sister almost exclusively by her middle name, though no one else does--and if she didn't feel like a Sloan (I sure wouldn't), then she wouldn't have to be Sloan to everyone. Plus, it would still honour your friend--I believe in honouring, and so that's important. :)

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Array

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ETA: See also: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sloane
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Sloane+Ranger
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sloaney

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This message was edited 6/28/2006, 11:25 PM

It has an unpleasant sound to me. Slug, slew, sloth, slain not pleasant sounds. It is especially bad for a girl. Not even remotely feminine.

Its actually really cute and you have good motivation on naming a girl sloan! although, it reaminds me of the guy on alias...l0l, but other than that its good!

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Gosh, I really dislike this name, it reminds me of a slug or some other slimy creature. Sorry.

LOVE this! I like it spelled Sloane on a girl- I've always loved this :)

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I love this name on a girl. It's not a common name, so you don't hear it everywhere you go. Plus it's strong and pretty.

I really dislike this name . . .

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The popularity of this one is something I really can't understand. To me, it has an awful sound - slooooane - and of course there's the vulgar Sloane family in the Anne of Green Gables books. So for me, it's got absolutely nothing going for it.

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♦ Chrisell ♦

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