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Help[Opinions] Re: Pick one ;)
in reply to a message by Amandine
I'd rather be Grace than Keira, but I'd rather hear of a baby being named Keira.
Grace is not the prettiest sounding name, but it's never not going to seem like a nice name, because the concept seems well-suited to a name. Doesn't seem hard to live up to, nor prissy like some virtue names do. Like it's not seeming like it should describe the bearer, just honoring the concept.
I like Kira quite a bit more than Keira. The e is superfluous and confusing when it's said Kira. But, whatever. It's better than Kiera pronounced as Kira. I think it's a beautiful name and suits an adult as well as a child.
The other three I dislike.
Poppy is not a namey word to me. Makes me think of opium, war, popping eyes, the vaguely comic and humble onomatopoiea of the word "pop," and grand-dads. There are a lot of pretty flowers with symbolism, that don't make appealing names for women, and Poppy is certainly one of them imo. Along with Orchid and Crocus and Honeysuckle.
I think I dislike Poppy more than Ruby. I think I just don't like the ooby sound.
Everly is about as bad as Poppy - I don't like the sound of it either and it looks like the word ever with a suffix -ly and doesn't make sense (rather than looking like a trendy surnamey name, which it also does and I don't like that either).
- mirfak
Grace is not the prettiest sounding name, but it's never not going to seem like a nice name, because the concept seems well-suited to a name. Doesn't seem hard to live up to, nor prissy like some virtue names do. Like it's not seeming like it should describe the bearer, just honoring the concept.
I like Kira quite a bit more than Keira. The e is superfluous and confusing when it's said Kira. But, whatever. It's better than Kiera pronounced as Kira. I think it's a beautiful name and suits an adult as well as a child.
The other three I dislike.
Poppy is not a namey word to me. Makes me think of opium, war, popping eyes, the vaguely comic and humble onomatopoiea of the word "pop," and grand-dads. There are a lot of pretty flowers with symbolism, that don't make appealing names for women, and Poppy is certainly one of them imo. Along with Orchid and Crocus and Honeysuckle.
I think I dislike Poppy more than Ruby. I think I just don't like the ooby sound.
Everly is about as bad as Poppy - I don't like the sound of it either and it looks like the word ever with a suffix -ly and doesn't make sense (rather than looking like a trendy surnamey name, which it also does and I don't like that either).
- mirfak
This message was edited 11/3/2024, 4:26 PM
