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Berkeley for a girl? i really like it, i heard it on a little girl at the Harry Potter movie today. Any MN suggestions?
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I hate it. It even sounds pretentious on a boy, but on a girl?! I know a little girl with this name, though. And her mother seems so 'normal'. LOL.
~Heather~
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Sounds like an aspirational name, a la Harvard, Yale or Princeton. I'd stay away from major university names.
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I know a little girl named Berkley. I like it. I don't think I'd use it, but I like it. I've also heard of a boy named Berkeley, but I've never met him.
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I just think of the college, and the 60s and hippies.
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reminds me too much of UC Berkeley. ----Betsy-----
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It's not my favorite it makes me think of a college first and then a little boy with preppy parents.A girl named Berkeley should propbly have a rather feminine middle name:Berkeley Grace
Berkeley Hope
Berkeley Rose
Berkeley Faith
Berkeley Marie
Berkeley Paige
Berkeley Isabel
Berkeley Gabrielle
Berkeley AbigailThe ending makes me think of Keeley which I like a whole lot better! :)
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It's more "unisex-surname" to me than it is girly. I could see it on a boy or girl, and I'm not sure I like it. Part of me wants to, but I keep thinking of the university in the California."No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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I really like it a lot!!! :)"Never make someone a priority, who only makes you an option."
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My first reaction was....it's a dog's name. That goes with the name Chelsea as well.
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Umm, I could be wrong, . . . but I've been told that in the U.K. "berk" is bad slang for a woman's genitalia. (Equivalent to c**t in the U.S.) If I'm wrong, someone please correct me. This might not concern you if you don't live there. But once I heard that I couldn't get it out of my mind. Then again, Berkely isn't my style for a girl anyway so I haven't worked that hard at it. For what it's worth.
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Your right its cockney rhyming slang
http://www.londonslang.com/db/b/Though to most people calling someone a berk means you are calling them an idiot

This message was edited 11/22/2005, 4:13 PM

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To call someone a berk isnt very complimentory where I live so the name Berkeley could cause the child bearing it to be teased it may be different where you live
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i live in California. I never heard of "Berk" being slang, i always take real meanings anyways not slang terms. So it doesn't affect me

This message was edited 11/22/2005, 4:15 PM

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