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I kind of like Thayer, in all its preppy glory. Thoughts?
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It's okay. I'd maybe expect a person named Thayer to have some connection to it as a surname. It reminds me of grass, straw, rushes, and that sort of thing because of how it vaguely looks like 'thatch' and 'hay'.
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Don't like it at all
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Surname and really needs to remain so.
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It doesn't sound that namey to me. I associate Bayer (medicine) and Slayer and Their about as much as I do Thane or Thatcher.
Thane and Thatcher are maybe silly if I think on them, but I'm more used to those, and I guess I like that they sound a bit antiquated. They seem less annoying to me than some other lnfns, in a way that Thayer doesn't - I don't have any positive associations with it.
I recently heard of siblings named Kaplan, Lyndon, and Dillinger (along with 4 other siblings I forgot). Thayer would fit in with them. I thought it was a weird sibset but interesting for how random yet matchy or unique yet trendy it seemed.
Thane and Thatcher are maybe silly if I think on them, but I'm more used to those, and I guess I like that they sound a bit antiquated. They seem less annoying to me than some other lnfns, in a way that Thayer doesn't - I don't have any positive associations with it.
I recently heard of siblings named Kaplan, Lyndon, and Dillinger (along with 4 other siblings I forgot). Thayer would fit in with them. I thought it was a weird sibset but interesting for how random yet matchy or unique yet trendy it seemed.
This message was edited 8/14/2023, 6:54 PM
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I really don't like Th- guy names.
If it were pronounced like tay-er, taw-yer, tah-yer - I might see a little bit of appeal.
But I guess that's moot because, it's like sayer with a lisp, isn't it.
Wikipedia says Thayer is a "Boston Brahmin family" ... barf.
I would not have been able to notice though, whether Thayer were actually the name of any particular family.
I don't think I'd ever have noticed the name if I met one briefly. It's just another surname name.
Not much better or worse than any other. Well, better than about 60% of them, I'll give it that.
Who uses a name like that? Is it really preppy? My impression isn't preppy exactly. More just hopeful to give a frosty, natty, secure impression to the rest of us. Vibe like being in a locker room, boardroom, or barracks, where everyone is just called by their surname. Like Peyton and Greyson and Brooks. Hypermasculine names for aloof agents and contenders, with whom one is never on a first-name basis. It does not even seem very modern to me.
Once they are the names of friends, they do seem to change a little - but usually not enough for me to really like them as names.
Thayer does benefit slightly from similarity to Taylor. Makes it slightly less surnamey-feeling, since I've grown somewhat used to Taylor as a fn.
If it were pronounced like tay-er, taw-yer, tah-yer - I might see a little bit of appeal.
But I guess that's moot because, it's like sayer with a lisp, isn't it.
Wikipedia says Thayer is a "Boston Brahmin family" ... barf.
I would not have been able to notice though, whether Thayer were actually the name of any particular family.
I don't think I'd ever have noticed the name if I met one briefly. It's just another surname name.
Not much better or worse than any other. Well, better than about 60% of them, I'll give it that.
Who uses a name like that? Is it really preppy? My impression isn't preppy exactly. More just hopeful to give a frosty, natty, secure impression to the rest of us. Vibe like being in a locker room, boardroom, or barracks, where everyone is just called by their surname. Like Peyton and Greyson and Brooks. Hypermasculine names for aloof agents and contenders, with whom one is never on a first-name basis. It does not even seem very modern to me.
Once they are the names of friends, they do seem to change a little - but usually not enough for me to really like them as names.
Thayer does benefit slightly from similarity to Taylor. Makes it slightly less surnamey-feeling, since I've grown somewhat used to Taylor as a fn.
This message was edited 8/14/2023, 12:52 PM
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I think it's preppy to me because it's the surname of a very famous Titanic survivor, who was the heir to the Pennsylvania Railroad fortune.
IDK, I kind of like the sound of it.
IDK, I kind of like the sound of it.
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Thayer Thorry, you thlob!
It's over thayer. Not thayer, thayer!
No, don't like it.
It's over thayer. Not thayer, thayer!
No, don't like it.
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Why? Because of the Th that's not meant to be an 's' sound? lol
This message was edited 8/14/2023, 12:02 PM
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I don't like names with th at the beginning, except possibly Theodore and even then it's mainly for the nn Ted.
I believe I remember a knok-knock joke that had Thayer punning off of "say you're ..."
I believe I remember a knok-knock joke that had Thayer punning off of "say you're ..."
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