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[Opinions] Re: Valentine
by mirfak
5/7/2012, 7:26 PM
in reply to a message by Lily
Well, I think it's butch sounding and is traditionally masculine, and I like it as a guy name. On a girl it seems sort of saucy or precious or cheesy, because of St Valentine's Day. I think because it's traditionally male, a girl called Valentine sounds like she oughta be someone's sweetheart - but a guy called Valentine just has an unusual name, that unfortunately happens to be associated with a corny occasion. I'd rather be valenTEEN or Valentina as a girl.
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- Lily (Destry)   +2
5/7/2012, 7:42 PM
Hmm to be honest I think a guy would be pretty unhappy with a name like Valentine. I know a male Valentin and he hates it. Valentine is also a really popular French girls name so it doesn't only have a history as a boys name, even though it's pronounced differently in France. For some reason I really like the -ine pronunciation for a girl. But I also prefer EM-eh-line for Emmeline etc I don't mind Valentina but the idea of Tina bothers me.
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- thetxbelle (guest)
5/7/2012, 10:58 PM
agreedI agree, it's primarily a girls name in France so thats how I hear it, however it's still pretty close in prn to Valentin
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- mirfak
5/7/2012, 10:57 PM
I mostly agree that most guys would not enthuse about being named Valentine, so it's a GP for me. But I think it actually would be fine IRL as long as he was called Val. Like Val Kilmer. Valentine-rhyme-fine for a girl should be okay, and I think a lot of people would really like it. Personally to me, it's just a little too guilt-inducing to be a pleasure, because of my Valentine's Day association being "girly." I sort of feel like the name wouldn't work on a girl except for stuff like "be my valentine" ... it'd be more like Carmine on a girl, if there were no Valentine's Day.

This message was edited 5/7/2012, 10:58 PM

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