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Help[Opinions] Re: Roman, Roland and Raymond
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I like them all.
Roman - I've encountered one boy with this name, probably born around 2008. Seeing it on a real person makes me like it more, not less. I don't think I'd use it for a son though, as there is an aspect to it that I don't like ... what's the image? Mafia? Like, pushy and untrustworthy. Roman Polanski, bad. But the name-sound is good and fashionable, and there are so many blatant classic, martial, geeky and heroic vibes to the idea 'Roman' - and that makes up for a lot, it has a lot of appeal. I would personally much prefer to use Rowan.
Roland - Never met anyone named this. It sounds to me like a surname-name, but not in a way that bothers me a lot; I like it alright. It seems to fall near the line between cowboyish/rockish surname (rollin', Rawlin, Rollins as in Henry) and "ooh unusual classy but technically not pretentious" (because row-land suggests 'land' and just the nature of the name) ... it seems similar to Travis, when that was popular. I like the sound of it. I imagine I'd like calling someone Roland, or at least I'd not mind it. Downside would be - no nicknames I find tolerable, and the full name could be a little nerdy on some people.
Raymond - has a lot of baggage (vague images of being dorky and sniveling)... I like to put all that aside, because I like the letters and the sound of it, and the name in general across languages appeals to me (Raimund, Ramon etc, and the meaning/origin). Has a retro/midcentury vibe like Dean, a little. I haven't been exposed to a lot of Raymonds. I don't watch TV. I knew a Wray when I was growing up, though (parents' friend, born c. 1940). I would use nn Ray. It sounds cool, could be cool ... but might not be. I don't really expect I'd produce a son who would make a cool Ray, tbh. But such guys still seem likely to occur. I know someone who named their kid Ray last year. Not a nickname. I like that, too.
If I had to use one of these for a son it's probably Raymond, because that is the most familiar to me. But I'd prefer to use Rowan over any of them. And I might just use Ray or Wray instead.
- mirfak
Roman - I've encountered one boy with this name, probably born around 2008. Seeing it on a real person makes me like it more, not less. I don't think I'd use it for a son though, as there is an aspect to it that I don't like ... what's the image? Mafia? Like, pushy and untrustworthy. Roman Polanski, bad. But the name-sound is good and fashionable, and there are so many blatant classic, martial, geeky and heroic vibes to the idea 'Roman' - and that makes up for a lot, it has a lot of appeal. I would personally much prefer to use Rowan.
Roland - Never met anyone named this. It sounds to me like a surname-name, but not in a way that bothers me a lot; I like it alright. It seems to fall near the line between cowboyish/rockish surname (rollin', Rawlin, Rollins as in Henry) and "ooh unusual classy but technically not pretentious" (because row-land suggests 'land' and just the nature of the name) ... it seems similar to Travis, when that was popular. I like the sound of it. I imagine I'd like calling someone Roland, or at least I'd not mind it. Downside would be - no nicknames I find tolerable, and the full name could be a little nerdy on some people.
Raymond - has a lot of baggage (vague images of being dorky and sniveling)... I like to put all that aside, because I like the letters and the sound of it, and the name in general across languages appeals to me (Raimund, Ramon etc, and the meaning/origin). Has a retro/midcentury vibe like Dean, a little. I haven't been exposed to a lot of Raymonds. I don't watch TV. I knew a Wray when I was growing up, though (parents' friend, born c. 1940). I would use nn Ray. It sounds cool, could be cool ... but might not be. I don't really expect I'd produce a son who would make a cool Ray, tbh. But such guys still seem likely to occur. I know someone who named their kid Ray last year. Not a nickname. I like that, too.
If I had to use one of these for a son it's probably Raymond, because that is the most familiar to me. But I'd prefer to use Rowan over any of them. And I might just use Ray or Wray instead.
- mirfak
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