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Help[Opinions] Re: Phoebe
in reply to a message by Lily
I have a three-year-old niece named Phoebe. I'm always going to love the name because I picture her darling face when I hear it but, if I'm honest, I don't like it very much, or at least not as much as I used to. I was delighted when they chose it, but after years of hearing, saying, and thinking Phoebe, it just doesn't appeal to me like it once did. I still think it's a perfectly good and interesting name, but I now understand it when people say they don't like it, call it shrill or unattractive, or compare it to the squeaking of a dog toy (all things I've seen online).
I picture my niece and her parents: a spunky, smart, somewhat demanding and stubborn, but good-hearted girl with dark hair and eyes, a bright smile, and a voice like a little bell. Her parents are smart, funny, middle class, fairly liberal, and a little hipsterish.
Phoebe is definitely more common than it used to be, but it has a long way to go before it could reasonably be called too common. No offense to the Bard, but Phebe is awful.
Other than my niece, the only Phoebes I "know" are from Friends, Charmed, and literature.
I picture my niece and her parents: a spunky, smart, somewhat demanding and stubborn, but good-hearted girl with dark hair and eyes, a bright smile, and a voice like a little bell. Her parents are smart, funny, middle class, fairly liberal, and a little hipsterish.
Phoebe is definitely more common than it used to be, but it has a long way to go before it could reasonably be called too common. No offense to the Bard, but Phebe is awful.
Other than my niece, the only Phoebes I "know" are from Friends, Charmed, and literature.
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