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Looks like Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling daughter's name was announced today. If I'm remembering correctly, she was born in the middle of September. They named her Esmeralda Amada. Not really my style, but I still think it's really nice and not trying too hard like some other celeb kid's names. WDYT?
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It's absolutely blooming lovely.
I adore it.
I'm so pleased that they went with Hispanic names.
I adore it.
I'm so pleased that they went with Hispanic names.
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I have long-liked Esmeralda, though I don't think I could pull if off on one of my children.
Amada keeps bringing up the word armada (fleet of ships) to my mind. And so, the name reads "Spanish name, armada" to me. Ha.
It's a lovely name, so I am probably just strange. But yeah... the Spanish Armada.
Can I just say though - their daughter's name means "beloved emerald", which is both adorable and awesome at the same time.
Amada keeps bringing up the word armada (fleet of ships) to my mind. And so, the name reads "Spanish name, armada" to me. Ha.
It's a lovely name, so I am probably just strange. But yeah... the Spanish Armada.
Can I just say though - their daughter's name means "beloved emerald", which is both adorable and awesome at the same time.
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Pretty. Not really my style, but it's pretty.
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Moxie, Crimefighter, Pilot, and Inspector are all real words (well, Crimefighter is two words, but you understand I'm sure). Not "horrifically made up", just shockingly applied to a human being, gasp. Also, I think it's really amusing how appalled you are at Wyatt Isabelle. I've got bad news– Mila and Ashton were not the first people to use Wyatt on a girl. Just the first famous ones. Don't panic, but I just counted, and there were 131 girls named Wyatt born in the last 10 years.
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Ngl, I think Moxie is kind of cute.
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I do, too.
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Me too actually. (and, up until now, secretly)
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Don't know if I would use it as a full time, but it would make an awesome nickname. Now I really want to find a name where Moxie works as a nickname.
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double posting
This message was edited 10/9/2014, 7:45 PM
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And herein lies the whole hypocrisy of gender neutralizing names.
Boy names on girls - yay that's fine/great/whatever.
Girl names on boys - no you can't do that, it's wrong.
It should either work both ways or not at all.
Boy names on girls - yay that's fine/great/whatever.
Girl names on boys - no you can't do that, it's wrong.
It should either work both ways or not at all.
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Catlin could be cool. I know a guy who goes by Cat.
I just have a really hard time rationalizing a difference between "boy names on girls" and "girl names on boys," other than that the former is a trend we're use to seeing. I'm no staunch advocate for keeping names forever gendered I just wish there weren't such a double standard, or at least wish it swang the other way. There seem to be SO many great girl names out there (what feels like more than boys), so the whole trend just doesn't seem logical to me.
....and I'm someone who loves Vaughn, Reed, and Joel on girls and Whitney, Mayim, and Somer on boys...
I just have a really hard time rationalizing a difference between "boy names on girls" and "girl names on boys," other than that the former is a trend we're use to seeing. I'm no staunch advocate for keeping names forever gendered I just wish there weren't such a double standard, or at least wish it swang the other way. There seem to be SO many great girl names out there (what feels like more than boys), so the whole trend just doesn't seem logical to me.
....and I'm someone who loves Vaughn, Reed, and Joel on girls and Whitney, Mayim, and Somer on boys...
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It might just be that very soft and frilly names on boys just don't jive with our ingrained definitions. Not right, but we are past the age of priming our brains to think otherwise.
I guess I think about names like Evangeline and Anastasia and go... no, not on a boy. But I can't really think of a boy name that is soooo masculine I couldn't argue for a girl.
It also might stem from that fact that I love female variations of clasic guy names (Thomasina, Paulina, Claudette, Josepha, Johna, Stephanie, etc), so I already associate the sounds with girls.
Though, I am not actually in to the trend of boys' names on girls. Would never do it myself, and find some comical.
The world is full of double standards. I won't say they are right, but I can't pretend they didn't shape my preferences.
I guess I think about names like Evangeline and Anastasia and go... no, not on a boy. But I can't really think of a boy name that is soooo masculine I couldn't argue for a girl.
It also might stem from that fact that I love female variations of clasic guy names (Thomasina, Paulina, Claudette, Josepha, Johna, Stephanie, etc), so I already associate the sounds with girls.
Though, I am not actually in to the trend of boys' names on girls. Would never do it myself, and find some comical.
The world is full of double standards. I won't say they are right, but I can't pretend they didn't shape my preferences.
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I think it is a pretty name. The name, I think, is quite normal compared to other celebrity baby names.
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