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Help[Opinions] Re: Wilds, Wildes, Wilder
in reply to a message by Martha
Wilder reminds me of Tucker and Ryder but is more ridiculous.
It doesn't totally fit into the *er surname trend imo, because most of the rest of those reference occupations or are verbs. A Walker walks, but what is a a Wilder implied to be doing...Wilding? Being the wildest? In the context of names, my first association with Wilder is Gene Wilder, which makes it seem campy and comedic more than anything.
I get this kind of vibe from it...
Wilds as a NN for middle name Wilder seems more whimsical, yet toned down; it could grow on me, similar to the way I'd get used to Jules as a NN for Julian or something. And it sounds more like a noun to me than an adjective, which I'd prefer (the wilds aka wilderness vs humans being wild - it seems more similar to Forest / Forester)...also like Wentworth "Worth", which I've heard before.
It doesn't totally fit into the *er surname trend imo, because most of the rest of those reference occupations or are verbs. A Walker walks, but what is a a Wilder implied to be doing...Wilding? Being the wildest? In the context of names, my first association with Wilder is Gene Wilder, which makes it seem campy and comedic more than anything.
I get this kind of vibe from it...
Wilds as a NN for middle name Wilder seems more whimsical, yet toned down; it could grow on me, similar to the way I'd get used to Jules as a NN for Julian or something. And it sounds more like a noun to me than an adjective, which I'd prefer (the wilds aka wilderness vs humans being wild - it seems more similar to Forest / Forester)...also like Wentworth "Worth", which I've heard before.
This message was edited 10/13/2019, 3:26 PM
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