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in reply to a message by Cleveland Kent Evans
"Potential to become a regularly used name," yeah - assuming -
- he has steady visibility for a number of years
- he's as photogenic on video as he is in still photos, appears tall, and has a sexy voice
- Norma, Erma, Wilma and other -ma names stay really quiet for girls
- you don't mean "commonly used" or even top 500
I think it's definitely not very appealing to mainstream taste. Because the similarity to Norma, Dharma etc is as noticeable to me as the similarity to Jordan & Joshua. And because I think its ethnicity is not obvious at all (Osama?). But sure, I could see a handful of "bohemian" namers picking up on it, and later a few more parents who are young now - after a long lagtime. It could have about as much appeal, I think, for a boy as Jamie does. It has the same sort of gently boyish warmth, I think, that Joshua or Jordan does - but it lacks the Christian connotations that I think buttress those names' suitability on boys, for some people.
I googled it and found Jorma Kaukonen too. Who I'm kind of surprised I've never even heard of. Then again, if his name wasn't "ripe" for recognition it might just have been really forgettable to folks like me.
- mirfak
- he has steady visibility for a number of years
- he's as photogenic on video as he is in still photos, appears tall, and has a sexy voice
- Norma, Erma, Wilma and other -ma names stay really quiet for girls
- you don't mean "commonly used" or even top 500
I think it's definitely not very appealing to mainstream taste. Because the similarity to Norma, Dharma etc is as noticeable to me as the similarity to Jordan & Joshua. And because I think its ethnicity is not obvious at all (Osama?). But sure, I could see a handful of "bohemian" namers picking up on it, and later a few more parents who are young now - after a long lagtime. It could have about as much appeal, I think, for a boy as Jamie does. It has the same sort of gently boyish warmth, I think, that Joshua or Jordan does - but it lacks the Christian connotations that I think buttress those names' suitability on boys, for some people.
I googled it and found Jorma Kaukonen too. Who I'm kind of surprised I've never even heard of. Then again, if his name wasn't "ripe" for recognition it might just have been really forgettable to folks like me.
- mirfak
This message was edited 5/1/2006, 7:29 PM
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