[Opinions] Maybelle and Rosemary
I really love Maybelle. I can't get around it. I try to like Mae better with the NN Maybelle but it just doesn't feel authentic.
So is Maybelle totally unusable? I know it has a bit of country twang but I don't mind that :)
And, Rosemary. What do you think. It's grown on me a lot more as of this second, lol. I already love the nn's Romy, Rosy, and Rose I just wasn't ever as sold on Rosemary as I am right now. I never seriously consider Romy because my LN starts with "Reim" and was afraid it was a bit silly sounding. But I'm sort of getting over it and think Romy is MUCH more doable as a nn for Rosemary is this situation. They sound something like this (just as an idea) - Rosemary Rainbow? Rosy Rainbow? Romy Rainbow?
So is Maybelle totally unusable? I know it has a bit of country twang but I don't mind that :)
And, Rosemary. What do you think. It's grown on me a lot more as of this second, lol. I already love the nn's Romy, Rosy, and Rose I just wasn't ever as sold on Rosemary as I am right now. I never seriously consider Romy because my LN starts with "Reim" and was afraid it was a bit silly sounding. But I'm sort of getting over it and think Romy is MUCH more doable as a nn for Rosemary is this situation. They sound something like this (just as an idea) - Rosemary Rainbow? Rosy Rainbow? Romy Rainbow?
This message was edited 5/5/2012, 7:19 PM
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I like Rosemary very much, and though most of them become Rosie or Rose, I also know a Romy.
Maybelle is bizarre, but I'm really fond of the tidier and more accurate Mabel.
Maybelle is bizarre, but I'm really fond of the tidier and more accurate Mabel.
As a city girl, the name Maybelle just seems so out of place. Like it sounds like a character from a story who leaves the countryside and is just overwhelmed by a big city. I wouldn't say it's totally unusable and it sounds nice, I just cannot hear anyone say this name in my head without a southern accent. You kind of know what people are going to think when they see it.
I really like Rosemary, I love Rose names and my favorite name is Mary so Rosemary is kind of a neat combination of both (and also an herb, how awesome is that). That said because I like actually have the connotation of Mary, I wouldn't ever use it because I think it gets lost in the herb reference.
I'm not sure about the nickname part, but I wouldn't worry about it to much? Whenever people are saying my full name, usually they are saying my full first name, not my nickname (I'd say about 70% of the time).
I really like Rosemary, I love Rose names and my favorite name is Mary so Rosemary is kind of a neat combination of both (and also an herb, how awesome is that). That said because I like actually have the connotation of Mary, I wouldn't ever use it because I think it gets lost in the herb reference.
I'm not sure about the nickname part, but I wouldn't worry about it to much? Whenever people are saying my full name, usually they are saying my full first name, not my nickname (I'd say about 70% of the time).