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HelpRe: What do you think of these names I'd consider naming my (hypothetical) son?
in reply to a message by Tatsugiri
Ambrose makes me think of brocade loungewear - also I feel like I have to drawl when I say it - not bad necessarily but not totally natural feeling for me. I do think it'd be interesting to come across.
I kind of want to like Briar. It's ascetic and familiar sounding. I'm not sure how I feel about it, though. I've never met one. I'd put it in a category with Rue, Nettle, Bryony, Thorn, Brian, Sage, Wren, Sawyer, Brooks, Bridger.
Florus would be interesting to come across IRL. I can't quite picture it. I picture Flora as a spunky Italian great grandma or a little girl with fairy wings but no idea who Florus is. Maybe it'd seem vaguely like Vardan or Faustus? Idk.
I would spell Gael as Gale if I didn't want the Spanish pronunciation. I have a youngish teenage cousin named Dale, and that seemed mid-century type retro to me, but I feel like Gale is a generation or two older, maybe because I've heard Galen as a contemporary of people born around 1900. Anyway, I think Gale is quaint but still works ok as a modern unisex vaguely nature-inspired name. The Spanish pronunciation is ok (current, sounds fine) but a little awkward for me, and that meaning interests me less.
Kaolin - I don't like it much.
Lachlan is ok. I vaguely associate lochs (idyllic?) and Robin of Locksley. I prefer it to Logan, Landon, Declan but get that same type of vibe.
Mochán is one of my favorites listed but mainly because I like Mo.
Theodore is cute in a stuffy/traditional way. It has a positive meaning and seems in style now.
I kind of want to like Briar. It's ascetic and familiar sounding. I'm not sure how I feel about it, though. I've never met one. I'd put it in a category with Rue, Nettle, Bryony, Thorn, Brian, Sage, Wren, Sawyer, Brooks, Bridger.
Florus would be interesting to come across IRL. I can't quite picture it. I picture Flora as a spunky Italian great grandma or a little girl with fairy wings but no idea who Florus is. Maybe it'd seem vaguely like Vardan or Faustus? Idk.
I would spell Gael as Gale if I didn't want the Spanish pronunciation. I have a youngish teenage cousin named Dale, and that seemed mid-century type retro to me, but I feel like Gale is a generation or two older, maybe because I've heard Galen as a contemporary of people born around 1900. Anyway, I think Gale is quaint but still works ok as a modern unisex vaguely nature-inspired name. The Spanish pronunciation is ok (current, sounds fine) but a little awkward for me, and that meaning interests me less.
Kaolin - I don't like it much.
Lachlan is ok. I vaguely associate lochs (idyllic?) and Robin of Locksley. I prefer it to Logan, Landon, Declan but get that same type of vibe.
Mochán is one of my favorites listed but mainly because I like Mo.
Theodore is cute in a stuffy/traditional way. It has a positive meaning and seems in style now.
This message was edited 11/12/2024, 9:35 AM
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I do agree that Gael does feel a bit old, but name cycle out of young and new across the generations. Mildred seems old to us, but in 10 years people will start using it again.
Yeah, but I meant that since I perceive it as a certain age (same age as Maude, since I think of a married couple named those), it seems a different aesthetic to me (when people do use it nowadays) than what otherwise would seem similar names. Gale or "gayl" seems more stoic to me than Dale partly for this reason, for example; and it seems quiet in part just because I associate it most with a pre-telephone/TV era.
This message was edited 11/12/2024, 3:57 PM