I say this is my daughter
Isla Rhiannon.
You Say: Wonderful!
You Think: Sounds very nice.
I say this is my daughter Somerset
Skye.
You Say: Do you get called
Summer?
You Think: Somerset is strange, like the part of England.
Skye is nice, but WHY initials SS??
I say this is my Son
Lachlan Cove.
You Say: I've never heard of the name Cove, is it derived from the word inlet?
You Think: Cove is a bit strange, I wonder where he was concieved? :-)
I say this is my son
August Burdette.
You Say: Hello
August!
You Think:
August Burdette? What was she thinking? Burdette sounds like
Bernadette, a girls name, and
August sounds like a 1910s farm labourer!
I say this is my daughter
River Finlay.
You Say: I quit like
River.
You Think:
River Finlay? That sounds very boyish...
I say this is my son Geordon
Edward.
You Say: Geordon? How is it spelled?
You Think:
Edward is old and nice, maybe family, but what the h*** with Geordon??
I say this is my daughter Poet
Emilia Clare.
You Say: Do you write poems? Sorry...
You Think:
Emilia and
Clare are nice, but POET?
I say this is my son
Luka Phoenix.
You Say:
Luka sound cool
You Think: both names are sooo fashion, together they make a change, but still
I say this is my daughter
Avis Arabella.
You Say:
Avis is unusual, where does it come from?
You Think: AA... I loathe
Arabella