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I encountered an Auburn last evening at the grocery store. She was maybe 3 or 4 and had a tween-age brother who called her Aubie.
WDYT? I kind of like it as an uncommon color name, and it sounds far more appealing to me than Scarlet. It also could be seen as a place name, for the town and its university in Alabama.
WDYT? I kind of like it as an uncommon color name, and it sounds far more appealing to me than Scarlet. It also could be seen as a place name, for the town and its university in Alabama.
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I used to know a teenage boy named Auburn.
I like the name one both genders. I think I prefer it a little on boys, since girls pretty much get Aubrey, but I do like it on a girl too now that I think about it. It reminds me of Autumn, both because of the word itself and because the color is an autumny sort of color.
I like the name one both genders. I think I prefer it a little on boys, since girls pretty much get Aubrey, but I do like it on a girl too now that I think about it. It reminds me of Autumn, both because of the word itself and because the color is an autumny sort of color.
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I first thought of the university, but I do like the idea of the color and I also like the sound of this. I may prefer it to Autumn...will have to let it simmer.
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I'M FROM THERE!
it's awful don't use it
it's awful don't use it
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Do you mean that Auburn itself is awful as a name, so don't use it? Or that the city is awful, making the name unusable?
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The second one. Because of it I can't see Auburn as anything other than oppressive, though for a while I played with it as kind of pastoral and lovely.
Auburn got its name from a pretty depressing poem, too. The dippy girl who named it apparently only read the first line of it: http://www.online-literature.com/oliver-goldsmith/2093/
Auburn got its name from a pretty depressing poem, too. The dippy girl who named it apparently only read the first line of it: http://www.online-literature.com/oliver-goldsmith/2093/
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Always good to have local perspective on a place name. The sum of my experience with Auburn is driving by its exit on I-85. =) I remember the area as pleasantly green and woodsy, but that's all I've got.
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I've somehow never thought of it as a name... strange, since I love it when names are Auburn. Why not literally Auburn as a name?!
It's neat. I think it leans more towards masculine, but I think it works fine for either gender.
It's neat. I think it leans more towards masculine, but I think it works fine for either gender.
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It's always struck me as a sort of unisex/boyish name too.
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Hey!
You haven't been around in awhile. Nice to "see" you! :)
You haven't been around in awhile. Nice to "see" you! :)
This message was edited 3/2/2012, 12:36 PM
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Hey back, and thanks.
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Holy smokes... What's next... Tulane?
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Tulane would be a step up from some of the BAs I've seen, such as Radcliffe and Cambridge (both girls).
I've never thought about it before, but college names are almost like a whole subclass of "luxury" names. Sort of like Alexus for the aspiring Ivy League set.
I've never thought about it before, but college names are almost like a whole subclass of "luxury" names. Sort of like Alexus for the aspiring Ivy League set.
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Thanks!
Thanks for your comments, everyone, and your perspectives. I was actually thinking Auburn would be a more feminine alternative to Aubrey, so I now have something new to think about.
Strictly GP material, I think.
Thanks for your comments, everyone, and your perspectives. I was actually thinking Auburn would be a more feminine alternative to Aubrey, so I now have something new to think about.
Strictly GP material, I think.
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I definitely like Auburn. I added it to my list a few years ago. I read about an elderly woman named Auburn, and was happy to see it.
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