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[Opinions] Avon
What do you think of the name Avon? (F) I’m considering using it as my pseudonym. Unsure yet of a surname. Ay-von, ah-von?
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LOL...my mom sold Avon, for a while. So, when I hear this as a name, I think of going on calls with her and being trapped in some elderly woman's house while my mom rambled on about face cream. I can't get behind it.
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Avon calling!I have never actually seen an Avon Lady, but it's such an embedded part of American culture it's all I can think of.
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Better than Avalon. It's ok. A as in apple, + vaughn.
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That’s a better explanation of the pronunciation, it’s actually quite similar to Yvonne.
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Avon Calling!When I was growing up, Avon was a brand of cosmetics and cheap jewelry that used to be sold door-to-door: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66IWgU9AAisI think they might still exist?It has a quaint retro brand-name quality to it, like Spam or Tang or Betty Crocker. I like it but I'm not sure how it'd look as a pseudonym unless you really want it to be evocative of a certain "type". Which is totally ok of course, just something to be aware of.
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They were one of the OG MLM schemes.
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Still is in the UKI have three or four FB acquaintances who still sell Avon products. They're always trying to recruit more "Avon ladies"
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Now that you mention it.. I forgot all about them! I haven’t heard about the brand in years, so that doesn’t bother me. I think, paired with a surname, the name will give off a different vibe and you won’t immediately think of the cosmetic brand.Avon Bradford - journalist?
Avon Lopez - romance novelist?
Avon Carmichael - historian?(Using some random surnames)
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I think Avon has great potential as a romance novelist name. It's got those references to daydreaming housewives AND Shakespeare, which is fantastic. Afon would be good too.
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