Message: "Flora, Genista & Ginevra"

[Opinions] Flora, Genista & Ginevra

by iris

6/6/2006, 12:41 PM

Genista and Ginevra have been stuck in my head the last couple days and Flora for a bit longer, and I positively cannot think of anything else. As of yet I can't tell if I really like them or if they're just a passing fancy. WDYTO Flora, Genista and/or Ginevra?

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~Mark Twain

#Flora #Genista #Ginevra

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- Laurie (guest)

6/6/2006, 4:25 PM

This is so weird, but I just finished reading a book about F. Scott Fitzgerald and his first love, Ginevra King. Apparently she was one in a long line of Ginevras, and was named for a Leonardo Da Vinci painting of a woman named Ginevra. I had never heard of the name before I read the book.

- bschoer10

6/6/2006, 3:24 PM

My favourite is Ginevra

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- Andrew (AndrewJKD)

6/6/2006, 1:40 PM

Flora- I love it, but it wouldn't be the kind of name I'd use on any child.

Genista- I don't know, it just doesn't sound like my style.

Ginevra- Lovely! I think it has a great sound and look to it, but, as I said with Flora, it wouldn't be the kind of name I'd use on any child.

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- LimeGreen

6/6/2006, 1:17 PM

I like the G names but Flora is NMSAA.

- Isla

6/6/2006, 1:02 PM

Genista and Ginevra aren't bad, but not huge favorites. The nn Genny/Ginny seems inevitable, and having grown up with and still being surrounded by SO many Jennifers/Jennys, it's not attractive to me at all. I used to love Genevieve, though, and Geneva even more. But gave them up for similar reasons. Flora, though, is a huge favorite. :) Eventually I'll have to decide between it and Nora, another top fave. The only thing that turns me off Flora is, being a nurse, it reminds me somewhat of 'bacterial flora'. :-/

~Heather~

"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines

- raindancing

6/6/2006, 12:56 PM

Flora, on one hand I like this name because of the history attached to it, But the fact that it is the name of a popular brand of Margerine puts me off it a bit
Genista - not really my style but pretty enough
Ginevra - lovely name it has something that Guinevere lacks though cant quite get the right word to fit exactly what that is, sharper stronger more attitude

Paula

- Bear (guest) +2

6/6/2006, 12:50 PM

Flora -- Beautiful, refreshing, elegant, nostalgic, timeless

Genista -- Pretty, better as a quirky mn

Ginevra -- Gorgeous, Ginny is a cute nn, danger of being mispronounced though.

Not that you asked, but Flora Ginevra would be a beautiful combination.

Flora Genista flows well, but the meaning is too cutesy to be put together.

- Isla +1

6/6/2006, 1:03 PM

Is it jih-NEV-rah or am I saying it wrong?

~Heather~

"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines

- Bear

6/6/2006, 2:19 PM

Yes, "jih-NEV-ra."

I worry that people will think it's "jih-NEEV-ra."

- Siri (guest)

6/6/2006, 12:48 PM

Flora - I just cannot like this name. I can't. It's too close to Floral, it's too old, I can't see ANYONE named this in today's time, and it has no substance to me.

Genista - Again, don't like it. Reminds me of gestation.

Ginevra - very cool, very hip, but again, not my style.

- Sabrina Fair (rainbowstars)

6/6/2006, 12:43 PM

I LOVE Flora
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