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I love the association with the legend. That is what makes it a wonderful name. If you really don't like it, maybe you shouldn't use it and use something similiar to Isolde like Ingrid or Isla. I think it can definately be used in the real world, and even though some people may attribute it to the legend, I think it is a good one so they wouldn't really make fun of it.

Well, I can't really seperate from Tristan, but I love the combo Maren Isolde. I think it is very usuable in the middle name spot.

I think Maren Isolde is a pretty, totally usable combo. I think Isolde is usable. Sure, it reminds most people of Tristan & Isolde, but if you ever actually met someone named Juliet, Guinevere, Dulcinea, or Isolde, surely you'd eventually begin to associate the name with that person & not the mythological character.

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I wouldn't really worry about it, especially if you are only planning on using it as a mn. My favorite combo with Isolde in it at the moment is Alannah Isolde, but I'm looking for a good combo with Isolde as a fn too. =) It's a very pretty name.

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"The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man's."
- Mark Twain.

Maren Isolde is a very pretty combo and I think it's perfectly usable. I've never seen any problem with using that name.

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"Instead of crying over spilled milk, go milk another cow." - Anonymous

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"There is no excellence without difficulty."
- Ovid

I think it's usable, because the legend isn't hugely popular. It's very well-known, of course, but as far as I can tell only people who are somewhat into mythology, literature, and/or opera seem to know the story behind the name. Granted, a girl called Isolde would get a lot of "Tristan and Isolde, eh? *nudge, nudge*, *wink wink*" from other people because Isolde of Tristan and Isolde is the most famous Isolde there has ever been, but other than that I can't see why it shouldn't be used on anyone else. In my opinion, Isolde isn't a "There can only be one!"-name, like Romeo, Aphrodite, or Cleopatra.

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Isolde has been one of my favourite girl names for a while now. I'm so obsessed with it. It's so elegant, beautiful, airy, and soft. Maren Isolde is a perfectly usable combo, AFAIC.