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Larkin Sage.

I'd never use any of them, but I think Lestat Talon sounds quite cool.

Larkin Sage, but Larkin Gerard isnt bad either

I would definitely choose Larkin. Lestat, as chazda said, is too much of a pop culture icon to use on a real child; I would assume that the parents were Anne Rice fanatics who took it too far. I prefer Larkin anyway, and I love the combo Larkin Gerard.

Of the two, I'd definitely pick Lestat. I'm a huge Anne Rice fan. And actually that will, without a doubt be my first son's middle name. But if it were a first name, some middle name considerations would be...

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Lestat Kyan
Lestat Milos
Lestat Gerard (you've given me some inspiration)
Lestat Enrico
Lestat Valerio
Lestat Bernard

If I really had to, it would be Larkin.
Lestat is too 'Anne Rice' and surnamey. I know it's supposed to be a first name, but as a French girl I can tell you that I've never even heard of such a name, not even as surname!
Anne Rice made little mistakes with the French names, I suppose Lestat is another one :)
At the time of the story people could get rather creative with their kids' names, but not the aristocrats, and the creative names were for girls and not based on surnames...

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So if I had to chose one of your combos: Larkin Gerard.

If I had to, I would choose Lestat. Both names remind me of vampires, especially Lestat, due to Anne Rice's vampire novels (gotta love 'em).

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I would definitely not use Lestat Talon. It sounds too superhero/ tough, as many told me when I suggested the name Loki Blade. It's too harsh a combo.

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Why not mix the fn's and mn's around?

Would never consider either..

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There's a lady who (once) lived at the Nursing Home where I work part time. Her last name was Larkin, and she would always yell at the top of her lungs:

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"My name is XXXXXX Larkin and I've wet my pants!!!!"

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That's more than enough bad associations for me!

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Especially since I was the one who had to change them....:(

Either Larkin

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I would never consider naming a kid Lestat, because the name itself is a recent artifact that symbolizes the most banal pop culture to me. Not that I'm not an Anne Rice fan; I am. But the name has nothing more to it than its being the name of a vampire - it's a figment of a vivid, highly sensual modern fantasy which pretty much everybody's heard of; and so I think it's unsuitably fey.

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Too bad it's not anything more than that, because it would be a neat name if it was, say, an old French surname or somesuch. I suppose if the name caught on and there were real people out there called Lestat, that would change it somewhat.

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Anyway, I'm a big fan of Larkin. Larkin Gerard is great! I wouldn't use Larkin because there are so many other names I like more, but I'd consider it.

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- chazda

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edited again for really bad writing

This message was edited 11/5/2004, 6:51 PM

I really like Larkin. I would consider naming my future hypothetical child this but I probably wouldn't. I like the combo Larkin Raphael.