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[Opinions] Flannery WDYT?

by kerriB (guest)

12/21/2006, 3:05 PM

A friend from work named her daughter Flannery Rose. In the UK, a flan is a kind of cake, a flannel is a wash cloth, and I also think of flannel nightgowns and sheets. If she gets called Flan for short, is this a little close to the word flab? WDYT?

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- michi-lee (michi_vane)

12/21/2006, 3:07 PM

I just don't like it, It's not my taste.

- Akis (guest)

12/21/2006, 3:08 PM

Mmm flan is so tasty

But not such a good name. Bonus points for not calling the child Ella or Emily, but I definitely wouldn't use Flannery for my kids.

- glukumalon +1

12/21/2006, 3:28 PM

It reminds me of Flannery O'Connor, which earns it points for me, but I can't say I'd ever use it.

- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

12/21/2006, 5:52 PM

How nice that someone as young as you are knows who Flannery O'Connor was! :)

I completely associate this name with her myself. I don't think that in the USA the association with flan would be a problem at all. I would think in America any teasing the name inspired would be about flannel.

- Daisy (guest)

12/21/2006, 3:31 PM

Flannery Rose does sound like a nightgown print. Poor child.

- Arcadia

12/21/2006, 3:33 PM

I like Flannery O'Connor well enough. I think Flannery itself if pretty awesome. Good nice, good legacy. :-)

- Tuesday (trayc53)

12/21/2006, 3:44 PM

Flannery was my grandmother's maiden name, who was Irish. I don't really like it as a first name, since I think of it more as a surname.

- Lumiereslove

12/21/2006, 3:51 PM

Flannery? Sounds funny to me. I would never use it.

- Caroline Mae (Little-Beeps) +1

12/21/2006, 4:25 PM

Flannery is all boy imo, and I like it, but would neer use it.

- HeidiB317

12/21/2006, 4:30 PM

I agree

- Sabrina (nsi) (guest)

12/21/2006, 4:34 PM

Flannery reminds me of Flannery Culp, the heroine/schizo (I think) murderess of "The Basic Eight"...definitely wouldn't want to name my kid that.

- menno_girl

12/21/2006, 5:22 PM

I like it. Paired with Rose it sounds a bit old, but Flannery sounds good to me. It's uncommon but not ridiculous.

- Sabrina Fair (rainbowstars)

12/21/2006, 5:34 PM

not flattering at all IMO

- The LP (arrowhead909)

12/21/2006, 5:45 PM

Sounds like flattery

- Schuyler (guest)

12/21/2006, 6:31 PM

Flannery has always been a bit of a GP for me, but only for a boy and more likely as a mn.

- adorable name I like it! nt (guest)

12/21/2006, 7:30 PM

($)^&

- lac (guest)

12/21/2006, 10:17 PM

I hate this name. It sounds too trendy and masculine, and it makes me think of "flannel". It doesn't even sound pleasing to my ear, but that's just me. Flan is, I suppose, an okay nn.

- Elinor (Elly747)

12/22/2006, 4:40 AM

Ehh ... The sound is cool, but I still can't get excited about this name. It just another symptom of let's-all-be-Irish-cos-it's-cute syndrome, isn't it? I suppose it's better than Ireland or, God forbid, Irelyn!!

This message was edited 12/22/2006, 4:41 AM

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