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Help[Opinions] Re: Names that have been gaining popularity
in reply to a message by hello_1234
I love:
Alora - pretty
Juniper - cute and good imagery
Sylvie - good combination of elegant and cute, forest imagery but also silvery
Octavia - great
River
Rosalia
Persephone
Wren
Willow
I like:
Magnolia
Maeve
Marceline
Ocean
Poppy
Raya
Xiomara
Thiago
Koa
Lennox
Rio
I almost/sort of like:
Enzo is pretty good; prefer it as short for Lorenzo but it's not bad as a full name, it fits with things like Milo
Kairo is fine, but Cairo is more obvious
I don't know what Aziel is referencing but it seems like something from a game or show
Jaziel is kind of cool, it could grow on me. I think it reads as nonbinary.
I taught an Atlas in a ski class earlier this year. I like the concept but I don't think it works very well as an English name.
I like Indie as long as it's short for something
I like Stevie but I also want it to be short for something, like Stephanie
Collins is okay if it's a family surname, same for Wilder. They sound good as first/middle names but I'd want someone to have a reason to use them that way other than "it sounds alright".
Koda sounds like a dog name to me but I think could like it on a human.
Sunny is nice as a nickname, but as a full name it's not good for a human
I don't like this but I do like...:
I don't like Oaklynn but I like Oak for a boy middle name, Oakley for a unisex name, and Oakland for a boy
I don't like Wrenley but I like Wren for a girl and Renly for a boy. Ren for a boy too. Maybe I like Wren as unisex actually.
I don't like Saylor but I met a kid named Sailor once and that could grow on me.
I don't like:
Banks (even if it's a family surname, it's weird. your name is 'financial institutions' at worst and 'the sides of a river' at best).
Dariel (this is like Darrel/Darryl trying to be elegant but it just doesn't work)
Dream (meaning is good but the English word "dream" doesn't sound namey)
Navy (the military branch? or the color which is only referred to as 'navy' when you're talking about clothes and uniforms? the color itself is nice but in any other context you'd call it some kind of dark blue-- the word 'navy' seems to always be about clothes. you've never seen "navy" on a tube of paint or on the side of a pencil or crayon, right?)
Arlo (an old man or a small dog)
Denver (maybe okay as a middle name but mostly just a city)
Murphy (sounds ridiculous; a more comedic version of what I commented on Arlo: an old man or a dog!)
Palmer
Stetson
Wells (maybe okay as a middle name if it's a family surname)
Saint
Reign (for the look I like Regin for a boy, and for the sound I like Rain for a girl)
And these are for dogs: Maverick, Ridge, Ozzy, Salem, Sevyn, Shepherd
Alora - pretty
Juniper - cute and good imagery
Sylvie - good combination of elegant and cute, forest imagery but also silvery
Octavia - great
River
Rosalia
Persephone
Wren
Willow
I like:
Magnolia
Maeve
Marceline
Ocean
Poppy
Raya
Xiomara
Thiago
Koa
Lennox
Rio
I almost/sort of like:
Enzo is pretty good; prefer it as short for Lorenzo but it's not bad as a full name, it fits with things like Milo
Kairo is fine, but Cairo is more obvious
I don't know what Aziel is referencing but it seems like something from a game or show
Jaziel is kind of cool, it could grow on me. I think it reads as nonbinary.
I taught an Atlas in a ski class earlier this year. I like the concept but I don't think it works very well as an English name.
I like Indie as long as it's short for something
I like Stevie but I also want it to be short for something, like Stephanie
Collins is okay if it's a family surname, same for Wilder. They sound good as first/middle names but I'd want someone to have a reason to use them that way other than "it sounds alright".
Koda sounds like a dog name to me but I think could like it on a human.
Sunny is nice as a nickname, but as a full name it's not good for a human
I don't like this but I do like...:
I don't like Oaklynn but I like Oak for a boy middle name, Oakley for a unisex name, and Oakland for a boy
I don't like Wrenley but I like Wren for a girl and Renly for a boy. Ren for a boy too. Maybe I like Wren as unisex actually.
I don't like Saylor but I met a kid named Sailor once and that could grow on me.
I don't like:
Banks (even if it's a family surname, it's weird. your name is 'financial institutions' at worst and 'the sides of a river' at best).
Dariel (this is like Darrel/Darryl trying to be elegant but it just doesn't work)
Dream (meaning is good but the English word "dream" doesn't sound namey)
Navy (the military branch? or the color which is only referred to as 'navy' when you're talking about clothes and uniforms? the color itself is nice but in any other context you'd call it some kind of dark blue-- the word 'navy' seems to always be about clothes. you've never seen "navy" on a tube of paint or on the side of a pencil or crayon, right?)
Arlo (an old man or a small dog)
Denver (maybe okay as a middle name but mostly just a city)
Murphy (sounds ridiculous; a more comedic version of what I commented on Arlo: an old man or a dog!)
Palmer
Stetson
Wells (maybe okay as a middle name if it's a family surname)
Saint
Reign (for the look I like Regin for a boy, and for the sound I like Rain for a girl)
And these are for dogs: Maverick, Ridge, Ozzy, Salem, Sevyn, Shepherd
This message was edited 4/7/2024, 10:09 AM
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