View Message

The other day I made myself a little list of names I really like but always forget about, and Basil was right at the top of the list. Man, I love Basil. It is just so freaking debonair. And so rare. The only Basil I ever knew was a border collie that belonged to my best friend.

---

I actually like Basil because you don't really need to shorten it - it's like the names Casper and Jasper and Simon, neat little packages of names, so tidy and complete.

---

Even though I would probably name a child Basil in the hope that he would be gentle and poetic and scholarly and dashing, sadly I can also totally see a little terror named Basil who never stops running amok and causing mayhem. That would be just my luck, to have a little Basil like that. I think my previous association with the border collie Basil may have given me that impression (he also never stopped runnig amok).

---

I like pairing Basil with simlarily neat, concise British middle names, like:

---

Basil James
Basil John
Basil George
Basil Jack
Basil Felix (although these names are both so tastefully unique I don't really like them both together... but brothers named Basil and Felix, now we are talking)
Basil Fredrick
Basil Kent
Basil William

This message was edited 3/8/2010, 9:35 AM