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Help[Opinions] Re: Lauren/Laurin
in reply to a message by excited mom to be
1. Very 80s--I grew up with a boatload of them. I like it--but only on a boy. On a girl, it's boring.
2. Lauren, because Laurin just looks odd. People would misspell it constantly.
3. I think I like Lauren Mae Provancha best.
4. They're definitely in the same style, but my perceptions are different from yours, ha. Lauren and Claire are both 80s to the max to me; Lauren feels like the John Hughes character time forgot. (Of course, no one's forgotten Claire, Molly Ringwald's character in The Breakfast Club.) Both names are utterly overused in my area (the Midwest United States) and have been for almost twenty years now.
5. I like Alyssa better than Lauren, but I like Lauren better than Alexis. All of them have been overused since about 1985, though--so I'm not particularly fond of them.
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I've seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie's like a settin' sun.
2. Lauren, because Laurin just looks odd. People would misspell it constantly.
3. I think I like Lauren Mae Provancha best.
4. They're definitely in the same style, but my perceptions are different from yours, ha. Lauren and Claire are both 80s to the max to me; Lauren feels like the John Hughes character time forgot. (Of course, no one's forgotten Claire, Molly Ringwald's character in The Breakfast Club.) Both names are utterly overused in my area (the Midwest United States) and have been for almost twenty years now.
5. I like Alyssa better than Lauren, but I like Lauren better than Alexis. All of them have been overused since about 1985, though--so I'm not particularly fond of them.
Array
I've seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie's like a settin' sun.
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Thanks for your response. It is interesting to hear someone else's point of view. I am from a Midwest city as well and these names are not overused and don't seem to have been in the last twenty years. I am almost thirty and didn't grow up with anyone by the name Claire, Lauren, or Alyssa. When I think of 80's names Jennifer, Jessica, Nicole, Kimberly, Michelle, Rebecca, Sarah, Angela, Courtney, Melanie, Melissa, Amy, Kristy, Christine all come to mind and even my name Katie. Thanks again for your ideas.
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We're on opposite ends of the 80s--that's probably why. I was born in 1987 and thus am only 18. Trust me that there were quite a few Claires and Alyssas in my graduating class--and in the grades below me.
On the other hand, I was the only Amy, and I don't think we had any Melanies, Angelas, Kristies, or Melissas--those were very late 70s, early 80s, rather than being late 80s names.
Array
I've seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie's like a settin' sun.
On the other hand, I was the only Amy, and I don't think we had any Melanies, Angelas, Kristies, or Melissas--those were very late 70s, early 80s, rather than being late 80s names.
Array
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie's like a settin' sun.
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