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Help[Opinions] Re: Eloise and Josephine
in reply to a message by Petra
I love both Eloise and Josephine.
Eloise reminds me of a child in an ad I saw once; just darling. She was about four or five years old and I had a "why didn't I think of naming a little girl Eloise?" moment. Once I see it on a real person it suddenly becomes much more "useable" except I've missed out on being the first one to use it. Better to be ahead of the curve than behind it, I say (type?).
Before I started coming to name sites I loved Josephine. I thought no one else in the world would ever understand. It's been delightful to see how many other people love it too. It warms my heart.
I have three associations with the name. One is Napoleon's love, Josephine. She was actually something like Marie Josephe and he was the first to call her Josephine, making it even more precious. Too bad he dumped her. I think of her after the divorce, living in beautiful Malmaison, growing prize winning roses. Such an elegant, bittersweet existance.
The second association is singer / political activist Josephine Baker. I always knew about her risque, jazz act in the twenties. God, I love the old photos of her twenties hair and makeup. But it wasn't until I watched Lynette McKee (sp?) in the made for TV movie about her life that I realized how brave she was and her civil rights work. And I love how the French gave her such a glowing funeral. Fitting.
Finally, I first came across the name as a child watching old movies. "Harvey" stars Jimmy Stewart as a mentally ill man who sees six foot tall imaginary rabbits. His much put-upon sister was played deliciously by an actress named Josephine Hull. She also played one of Cary Grants demented aunts in "Arsenic and Old Lace." What a character she must have been.
The only down-side to Josephine over the years has been the nn Josie. I don't care for it. But once someone pointed out that the letters in Sophie are all contained within Josephine and so could make a sweet nn for it, all was right with the world for me. And then, someone else pointed out Effie as a nn and I flew to heaven. :-)
Josephine Eloise, perhaps?
Eloise reminds me of a child in an ad I saw once; just darling. She was about four or five years old and I had a "why didn't I think of naming a little girl Eloise?" moment. Once I see it on a real person it suddenly becomes much more "useable" except I've missed out on being the first one to use it. Better to be ahead of the curve than behind it, I say (type?).
Before I started coming to name sites I loved Josephine. I thought no one else in the world would ever understand. It's been delightful to see how many other people love it too. It warms my heart.
I have three associations with the name. One is Napoleon's love, Josephine. She was actually something like Marie Josephe and he was the first to call her Josephine, making it even more precious. Too bad he dumped her. I think of her after the divorce, living in beautiful Malmaison, growing prize winning roses. Such an elegant, bittersweet existance.
The second association is singer / political activist Josephine Baker. I always knew about her risque, jazz act in the twenties. God, I love the old photos of her twenties hair and makeup. But it wasn't until I watched Lynette McKee (sp?) in the made for TV movie about her life that I realized how brave she was and her civil rights work. And I love how the French gave her such a glowing funeral. Fitting.
Finally, I first came across the name as a child watching old movies. "Harvey" stars Jimmy Stewart as a mentally ill man who sees six foot tall imaginary rabbits. His much put-upon sister was played deliciously by an actress named Josephine Hull. She also played one of Cary Grants demented aunts in "Arsenic and Old Lace." What a character she must have been.
The only down-side to Josephine over the years has been the nn Josie. I don't care for it. But once someone pointed out that the letters in Sophie are all contained within Josephine and so could make a sweet nn for it, all was right with the world for me. And then, someone else pointed out Effie as a nn and I flew to heaven. :-)
Josephine Eloise, perhaps?
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