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I love it.
I I grew up in a church that had many older people in it. These people were amazing to me, so cool and independent. A lot of the women came to DC to work after the war. They never married and had careers instead. I love names that remind me of those women, like Edna and Vivian and Peggy. Those strong women who did so many amazing things and were lost to history.
I I grew up in a church that had many older people in it. These people were amazing to me, so cool and independent. A lot of the women came to DC to work after the war. They never married and had careers instead. I love names that remind me of those women, like Edna and Vivian and Peggy. Those strong women who did so many amazing things and were lost to history.
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Still seems like the name of someone's great-grandma to me. Too crotchety.
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double post ignore..
This message was edited 8/27/2019, 1:58 PM
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It's a very nasally sound, like when someone is really congested.
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used to hate it, because my full name (Edina) gets mistaken for it often. now i think it's actually charming and kind of cool.
i've been back and forth about my feelings on my own name, and i'd consider going by Edna if i could pull it off at all. besides that though, i've grown more comfortable w/ my name, and changing it to one with just a letter difference would be confusing. anywayyyy though, i'd like to think Edna (second, Hebrew listing) is the original, bolder form of my name.
i've been back and forth about my feelings on my own name, and i'd consider going by Edna if i could pull it off at all. besides that though, i've grown more comfortable w/ my name, and changing it to one with just a letter difference would be confusing. anywayyyy though, i'd like to think Edna (second, Hebrew listing) is the original, bolder form of my name.
This message was edited 8/27/2019, 8:40 AM
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It sounds elderly and unpleasant, and reminds me of an echidna.
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echidnas are EXTREMELY pleasant
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Maybe so. I still wouldn't like to be named after one.
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It makes sense to me, considering Ed* names do seem kinda masculine to me, plus the reason I was thinking of it was because I read "Spring" by Edna St. Vincent Millay, which is all like, "beauty is not enough" and men's brains are full of maggots and April's a flower-strewing, babbling idiot ...although, also I met someone named Bretna recently, so I guess *na names have just been on my mind.
This message was edited 8/27/2019, 5:11 PM
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Edna St. Vincent Millay... I've heard of her but don't know anything about her... and I've just read "Spring"... twice now... it's a little depressing lol.
Bretna is a weird one. Like Brittany said by a toddler.
Bretna is a weird one. Like Brittany said by a toddler.
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She was a young adult in the 1920s. Also she was considered a tomboy and was openly bisexual and sometimes went by Vincent.
Bretna was a charming older lady (65ish?) from Louisiana. I guessed her name was influenced by Gretna (place name) and Bret.
Bretna was a charming older lady (65ish?) from Louisiana. I guessed her name was influenced by Gretna (place name) and Bret.
This message was edited 8/27/2019, 6:51 PM
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It's deffos not gender non-conformist presently but uh... Gender non-conformist in a 1920s way. Like you know how flappers were a direct rebuttal to the Gibson girl look. Flappers were decidedly "unfeminine" at least by back-then standards. That's sort of what Edna makes me think of. Like a 1920s lady who's saying a big F U by cutting her hair into a bob and not wearing a corset. All of her non-flapper corset-wearing flowy-haired friends are called Rose and Evelyn and Alice... which sound sappy feminine compared to Ms Edna. imo
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It's dead because it deserved to die. I am very glad it isn't my name.
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