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Help[Opinions] Abilene
Thoughts on this name? What middle names would you use? What would you name a brother and a sister?
“Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist – while you guys were busy arguing about the glass of wine, I drank it! Sincerely, the opportunist!”
-Lori Greiner
“Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist – while you guys were busy arguing about the glass of wine, I drank it! Sincerely, the opportunist!”
-Lori Greiner
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It's ok
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It's ok. I'm not really sure what I'd pair it with though. Siblings... uhh... I'm not usually a "name theme" kind of person, but in this case, I'd go with other town names.
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I love it. Top tier name imo. That said, I definitely prefer it in the middle based on cadence.
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I'm not a fan of place names used on humans, and Abilene is anyway too close to abalone - which I am a fan of, but only for eating, not for naming.
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I like it
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Abilene Haven
Abilene Cora
Abilene Rosalee
Abilene Rosalie
Abilene Odette
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Abilene & Ariadne
Abilene & Luella
Abilene & Zelda
Abilene & Emmeline
Abilene & Astoria
Abilene & Sherilyn
Abilene & Jolene
Abilene & Willowdean
Abilene & Azalea
Abilene & Dakota
Abilene & Liberty
Abilene & Libby
Abilene & Harlan
Abilene & Rudy
Abilene & August
Abilene & Hunter
Abilene & Guthrie
Abilene & Presley
Abilene & Wiley
Abilene & Jethro
Abilene & Dustin
Abilene & Dusty
Abilene & Theo
Abilene & Hugo
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Abilene Haven
Abilene Cora
Abilene Rosalee
Abilene Rosalie
Abilene Odette
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Abilene & Ariadne
Abilene & Luella
Abilene & Zelda
Abilene & Emmeline
Abilene & Astoria
Abilene & Sherilyn
Abilene & Jolene
Abilene & Willowdean
Abilene & Azalea
Abilene & Dakota
Abilene & Liberty
Abilene & Libby
Abilene & Harlan
Abilene & Rudy
Abilene & August
Abilene & Hunter
Abilene & Guthrie
Abilene & Presley
Abilene & Wiley
Abilene & Jethro
Abilene & Dustin
Abilene & Dusty
Abilene & Theo
Abilene & Hugo
This message was edited 1/9/2022, 1:46 AM
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I've run across this name twice in books, not counting "The Help" where it's spelled and pronounced differently.
In "The Last Picture Show" by Larry McMurtry, Abilene is a swaggering, rich, arrogant man about town. It is never clear whether Abilene is his first, last or nick name. The story is set in Texas so it could easily be a nn but it's never specified, he is always just Abilene. I suspect it's just a nn.
In "The Good Brother" by Chris Offutt, a white-supremacist, anti-government woman in Montana has two boys she's named Abilene and Dallas, after the places where their fathers were from.
So the two Abilenes I know of from books were male, but the construction of the name is decidedly female.
I don't like it, it feels too much like a wannabe cowboy nn rather than an actual name.
In "The Last Picture Show" by Larry McMurtry, Abilene is a swaggering, rich, arrogant man about town. It is never clear whether Abilene is his first, last or nick name. The story is set in Texas so it could easily be a nn but it's never specified, he is always just Abilene. I suspect it's just a nn.
In "The Good Brother" by Chris Offutt, a white-supremacist, anti-government woman in Montana has two boys she's named Abilene and Dallas, after the places where their fathers were from.
So the two Abilenes I know of from books were male, but the construction of the name is decidedly female.
I don't like it, it feels too much like a wannabe cowboy nn rather than an actual name.
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It looks like a place name to me. My 1st thought was Scotland, so maybe I'm mixing it up with Aberdeen, but it's also possible I've seen it both in the Bible and on a road sign in Texas.
I don't love it, but it works okay and goes with lots of things.
Abilene Vesper
Abilene Cerys
Abilene Hadassah
Abilene Laurel
Abilene Gladys
Abilene and...
Bethany
Celeste
Julissa
Waverly
Lucinda
Ardith
Belen
Keziah
Kinneret
Mercy
Eden
Clover
Katie
Prairie
Esther
Robin
Elmira
Shoshana
Paula
Geneva
Kendra
Norah
Genesis
Abilene and...
Camden
Tobiah
Barnabas
Fife
Gideon
Jericho
Thane
Tierney
Thaddeus
Tekoa
Jeremiah
Samson
Reuben
Byron
Emeric
Jonas
Evander
Leandre
Mario
Lucas
Marshall
Walker
Ezekiel
Abilene Gladys, Tekoa Reuben, and Mercy Elmira
I don't love it, but it works okay and goes with lots of things.
Abilene Vesper
Abilene Cerys
Abilene Hadassah
Abilene Laurel
Abilene Gladys
Abilene and...
Bethany
Celeste
Julissa
Waverly
Lucinda
Ardith
Belen
Keziah
Kinneret
Mercy
Eden
Clover
Katie
Prairie
Esther
Robin
Elmira
Shoshana
Paula
Geneva
Kendra
Norah
Genesis
Abilene and...
Camden
Tobiah
Barnabas
Fife
Gideon
Jericho
Thane
Tierney
Thaddeus
Tekoa
Jeremiah
Samson
Reuben
Byron
Emeric
Jonas
Evander
Leandre
Mario
Lucas
Marshall
Walker
Ezekiel
Abilene Gladys, Tekoa Reuben, and Mercy Elmira
This message was edited 1/8/2022, 4:24 PM
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