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Help[Opinions] Re: Oscar Wilde's favourite names
in reply to a message by ari.
Florence is pretty and sounds very of the period.
Cecil is a bit too stuffy and British for me to personally use, but I enjoy it as a character name. If P.G. Wodehouse didn't have a Cousin Cecil in one of his stories, then he should have.
Eucharis seems even too Catholic for most Catholics. Knowing Wilde, it figures that it would allude to a popular opera of the period; he was into trends.
If Vyvyan wasn't a common alternative spelling of the time, then I have an urge to lampoon Oscar Wilde for going with a kre@tiv version of name that strikes me as pretty work-a-day for a Victorian. Wilde was famous as a spokesman for aestheticism and liked to sneer at other people's style, so he should have been able to take what he dished out.
Cyril is okay. Again, it very much fits within my idea of a stereotypical upper-crust British Victorian, but stereotypes exist for a reason and they can be fun.
Cecil is a bit too stuffy and British for me to personally use, but I enjoy it as a character name. If P.G. Wodehouse didn't have a Cousin Cecil in one of his stories, then he should have.
Eucharis seems even too Catholic for most Catholics. Knowing Wilde, it figures that it would allude to a popular opera of the period; he was into trends.
If Vyvyan wasn't a common alternative spelling of the time, then I have an urge to lampoon Oscar Wilde for going with a kre@tiv version of name that strikes me as pretty work-a-day for a Victorian. Wilde was famous as a spokesman for aestheticism and liked to sneer at other people's style, so he should have been able to take what he dished out.
Cyril is okay. Again, it very much fits within my idea of a stereotypical upper-crust British Victorian, but stereotypes exist for a reason and they can be fun.
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