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Help[Opinions] Re: Millicent
in reply to a message by Andrew
I don't like the way it looks like a thousandth of a cent.
I wonder if it's that "cent" spelling that makes it less appealing in the US.
To me personally, its big problem is the "Milli-" part. Millipede, millimeter etc.
I don't like that it seems guaranteed to just be Millie, either. I just don't like Millie. I like Mildred, but not enough to risk Millie.
Millie IS getting a comeback moment in the US, though!
I don't think Millicent is any uglier than Eleanor or Evelyn. Amelia, Violet, Hazel. ?? I mean, they're all pretty nice. Millicent seems no more prissy or stodgy to me, than Josephine or Penelope.
I do like other spellings - Melisent, Mellisant. Even Melisand / -send. There's nothing illegitimate about them, they're just less conventional.
For a name that gets so little use, convention hardly matters imo.
Probably they don't compete either though, because of Melissa being overused.
I dunno, to me Millicent / Melisent seems like a perfect name for people seeking that elusive overlooked gem underused classic pronounceable spellable familiar dignified yet still unpopular baby-name... except they're always bothered by the same things everyone else is, so they never like these "perfect" names, haha.
- mirfak
I wonder if it's that "cent" spelling that makes it less appealing in the US.
To me personally, its big problem is the "Milli-" part. Millipede, millimeter etc.
I don't like that it seems guaranteed to just be Millie, either. I just don't like Millie. I like Mildred, but not enough to risk Millie.
Millie IS getting a comeback moment in the US, though!
I don't think Millicent is any uglier than Eleanor or Evelyn. Amelia, Violet, Hazel. ?? I mean, they're all pretty nice. Millicent seems no more prissy or stodgy to me, than Josephine or Penelope.
I do like other spellings - Melisent, Mellisant. Even Melisand / -send. There's nothing illegitimate about them, they're just less conventional.
For a name that gets so little use, convention hardly matters imo.
Probably they don't compete either though, because of Melissa being overused.
I dunno, to me Millicent / Melisent seems like a perfect name for people seeking that elusive overlooked gem underused classic pronounceable spellable familiar dignified yet still unpopular baby-name... except they're always bothered by the same things everyone else is, so they never like these "perfect" names, haha.
- mirfak
This message was edited 7/2/2023, 10:01 PM
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