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Help[Opinions] Re: Jade
in reply to a message by Lily
I like Jade but I also sometimes don't like it. I know it's weird but I have such a hard time imagining a girl of European ancestry having this name unless they had green eyes. I can see every other ethnicity using it with any type of eye color. It's strange because Jade feels exotic but also kind of not.
I love the sound and imagery of Jade but don't think I could use it.
All the Jade's I've met are younger than me but not super young currently. I think most of the Jade's I know were born in the mid to late 90's. I've heard of some Jade's who are older than me and born in the 70's to hippie parents but I've never met them.
I don't think I will ever feel that Jade is "trashy". But I feel like it's overly exotic for some kids. Just like Amethyst, Sapphire, Diamond, Aquamarine, Alexandrite, Tanzanite and Emerald tend to be a bit over the top and glitzy feeling. For me Jasper (male) will never sound weird or "trashy" to hear and neither will Ruby or Opal or Pearl or Garnet or Beryl or Agate or Citrine / Citrina. They have more of an earthy feeling rather than an over the top feeling. Jade kind of is in between feeling over the top and feeling earthy. If it didn't seem exotic to me I think it would feel purely earthy. Topaz, Carnelian, Tourmaline, Peridot and Turquoise also feel inbetween glitzy and earthy just like Jade. Jasmine isn't a gem but it also feels too exotic imo for an European child. Also gem stone names always seem to me like it's a 50 / 50 chance that the parents are hippies. In general I like hippies and I am slightly hippish myself. Though some hippies do get on my nerves. I realized that after going to a college that had a lot of modern hippie students and old-school hippie teachers.
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I love the sound and imagery of Jade but don't think I could use it.
All the Jade's I've met are younger than me but not super young currently. I think most of the Jade's I know were born in the mid to late 90's. I've heard of some Jade's who are older than me and born in the 70's to hippie parents but I've never met them.
I don't think I will ever feel that Jade is "trashy". But I feel like it's overly exotic for some kids. Just like Amethyst, Sapphire, Diamond, Aquamarine, Alexandrite, Tanzanite and Emerald tend to be a bit over the top and glitzy feeling. For me Jasper (male) will never sound weird or "trashy" to hear and neither will Ruby or Opal or Pearl or Garnet or Beryl or Agate or Citrine / Citrina. They have more of an earthy feeling rather than an over the top feeling. Jade kind of is in between feeling over the top and feeling earthy. If it didn't seem exotic to me I think it would feel purely earthy. Topaz, Carnelian, Tourmaline, Peridot and Turquoise also feel inbetween glitzy and earthy just like Jade. Jasmine isn't a gem but it also feels too exotic imo for an European child. Also gem stone names always seem to me like it's a 50 / 50 chance that the parents are hippies. In general I like hippies and I am slightly hippish myself. Though some hippies do get on my nerves. I realized that after going to a college that had a lot of modern hippie students and old-school hippie teachers.
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This message was edited 12/2/2011, 4:00 AM
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