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in reply to a message by booksandtea
[sarcasm not directed at you] You'd better hope it hasn't been posted recently. And hope nobody has the impression that it has. Boring the people who visit this board every day is not allowed. [/sarcasm]
I like Ivy, too. It's modest and unflowery, but has presence and femininity, and it's about the right level of unusual for my taste. I would not mind being named Ivy, and I'd think it was great if my daughter was named Ivy. However, I'm aware of other people having issues with the idea of poison ivy ... which I guess makes the name seem sort of rockstarrish or sexed-up or just nasty? I don't get that, but it might be enough to stop me from naming my daughter Ivy if I wanted to. Might. Maybe. Okay, it wouldn't - I like Ivy enough that I don't care. But my husband - he didn't like Ivy, probably because of the poison thing, or the IV drugs thing, or the idea of a vine aggressively climbing all over things and covering them up. So ... there it went, off the list forever, probably on the first cut.
I also like Rose tons, but it's a little too pretty and "classy" for my style to be honest. I'd pick Ivy over Rose for my own family, but on your kid I like them the same amount.
Ivy Madeleine is nice.
With some "longer more classic" names from my own list:
Ivy Demetria
Ivy Alexandra
Ivy Charlotte
Ivy Marcella
Ivy Jacqueline
I like Ivy, too. It's modest and unflowery, but has presence and femininity, and it's about the right level of unusual for my taste. I would not mind being named Ivy, and I'd think it was great if my daughter was named Ivy. However, I'm aware of other people having issues with the idea of poison ivy ... which I guess makes the name seem sort of rockstarrish or sexed-up or just nasty? I don't get that, but it might be enough to stop me from naming my daughter Ivy if I wanted to. Might. Maybe. Okay, it wouldn't - I like Ivy enough that I don't care. But my husband - he didn't like Ivy, probably because of the poison thing, or the IV drugs thing, or the idea of a vine aggressively climbing all over things and covering them up. So ... there it went, off the list forever, probably on the first cut.
I also like Rose tons, but it's a little too pretty and "classy" for my style to be honest. I'd pick Ivy over Rose for my own family, but on your kid I like them the same amount.
Ivy Madeleine is nice.
With some "longer more classic" names from my own list:
Ivy Demetria
Ivy Alexandra
Ivy Charlotte
Ivy Marcella
Ivy Jacqueline
This message was edited 3/5/2013, 10:57 PM
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