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[Opinions] Re: Oak
in reply to a message by Olwen
i would love Birch if it didn't sound like...yknow. there's an etsy jewelry store i love called birch please! so that just reinforces it.Oakley sounds too..silly? to me. i'm pretty picky about surnames as first names anyway. also yeah if i was an oak tree and someone said they named their baby after me, and the name was Oakley, i'd be pissed.EDIT: I JUST REMMEBER WHO TYLER OAKLEY IS..FYI I HATE HIM...OH GOSH NO..

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god I forgot all about Tyler Oakley too. yeah that knocks the name down a few pegs for me. I actually like a decent amount of trendy surname names (Oakley, Hadley) but I know they will become mega-dated in the future and I look at the way people talk about mega-dated names now and I'm like... nah. Not doing that to a real child.
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oh i thought you were referring specifically to him in the bit about Oakley being trendy. i haven't heard Oakley used otherwise tbh.and yea same about surnames. won't stick. beyond that, it just sounds off to me? especially since in the country i currently live, surnames are always said before first names, unless it's foreign. not that it'd create a complication- again, doesn't apply to foreign names- but for me, it's been weird to flip back and forth, so it makes surname name stand out more as odd. they also tend to feel more..impersonal, if it's a very recognizable surname. the ones i do like are more common as first names, like Wesley and Harper.
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