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Help[Opinions] Violet
i started considering Violet when thinking of a way to honor my aunt. her name, Ibolya, is the Hungarian word for Violet, and since Ibolya would be veryyy hard to go by in the US (both mispronunciation, and the actual pronunciation sounding. unfortunate to English speakers), i thought Violet could be a solution. is this a cop out? usually i roll my eyes at people using totallyyy different names for honoring, but does this work, because it's the literal translation?
anyway though...there's a lot i love about the name otherwise. my earliest association is Violet Baudelaire, who was one of my favorite characters ever when i was a kid. i really appreciate in retrospect how she was written- a science prodigy who was always quick on her feet and tried to be the best older sister possible.
i also of course love the color, and the flower (which, fun fact, is historically associated with lesbian love. so i'd be honoring my future marriage in a way, hah).
sooo wdyt? do you think it's becoming super popular (currently at #48), and would that stop you from using it? i do worry a little that it'll be in the top 10 in the next decade.
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https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/180731/115070 my pnl
anyway though...there's a lot i love about the name otherwise. my earliest association is Violet Baudelaire, who was one of my favorite characters ever when i was a kid. i really appreciate in retrospect how she was written- a science prodigy who was always quick on her feet and tried to be the best older sister possible.
i also of course love the color, and the flower (which, fun fact, is historically associated with lesbian love. so i'd be honoring my future marriage in a way, hah).
sooo wdyt? do you think it's becoming super popular (currently at #48), and would that stop you from using it? i do worry a little that it'll be in the top 10 in the next decade.
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https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/180731/115070 my pnl
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ohhh i love Piroska and esp Tunder! when i was younger, Tunde/Tunder was one of my top choices. but i wouldn't use it as a fn outside Hungary because yknow, the umlaut wouldn't show. and i also have complicated feelings about my heritage.
and i do- there's Attila, Orsolya (this gave me an idea of how hard Ibolya would be in the US), Emese, Gyula, and Gyorgy. many of the others are closer to English equivalents, ex Edit.
and i do- there's Attila, Orsolya (this gave me an idea of how hard Ibolya would be in the US), Emese, Gyula, and Gyorgy. many of the others are closer to English equivalents, ex Edit.
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It’s not a cop out. It’s a translation of her name. It is totally suitable to honor your aunt. I have noticed that Violet has become popular out of nowhere, but since it’s a classic I’m willingly to give it a pass.
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Violet is beautiful. One of my earliest favourite names, and still is. I think it's a perfect way to honour your aunt, and would avoid having two family members with the same name. I do think it will hit the top 10 soon though and that would put me off using it as a fn
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Violet has really grown on me. For a while, I thought it was too Hollywood. Now it seems sweet and quirky. It worries me a bit that it's already #48, but I don't know if it's quite mainstream enough in sound to make it to the top 10. I don't think it'll ever get as popular as Lily, but maybe I'm wrong.
I don't think Violet for Ibolya is a copout. It's a translation! It's not like some random association like I named my daughter Rose after my grandmother Ermentrude which means strength and Roses are strong flowers. I hate those kind of reaches but yours isn't like that.
I don't think Violet for Ibolya is a copout. It's a translation! It's not like some random association like I named my daughter Rose after my grandmother Ermentrude which means strength and Roses are strong flowers. I hate those kind of reaches but yours isn't like that.
This message was edited 10/4/2018, 9:03 AM
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yeahhh i don't get those reaches at all...i'd personally be a little annoyed if someone did that to honor me.
thank you for yohr input! i just was worried because i'd generally prefer an original name over a translation, because it can be sad seeing people afraid to use relatively simple names just because they're visibly foreign. though Ibolya is a not so simple for non Hungarians lol.
thank you for yohr input! i just was worried because i'd generally prefer an original name over a translation, because it can be sad seeing people afraid to use relatively simple names just because they're visibly foreign. though Ibolya is a not so simple for non Hungarians lol.
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I think it’s a beautiful name, and it sounds perferct for you for many reasons.
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thank you!!
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