Do you love your unusual name?

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[Post New]04/08/2009 13:43
zumbamama
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Anonymous wrote:My friend just adopted a baby they named Lola. I think that's a cute name (and fine for adult).


Love that name! I was hoping to have a girl so I could use it, but have a boy instead.


I like it, but it means grandmother in Filipino!

I don't know many people with my name, Tanya. I don't hate it, but I don't love it.
[Post New]04/08/2009 13:50
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I grew up with a few Tanyas in the midwest, but now, I'm more familiar with it as a nickname for Tatiana. I know two Russian women who shorten the very-popular Tatiana to Tanya.

Re: Renata: I don't have any objective feelings about the name, but I have lots of positive associations! Both the Renatas I've known were terrific people.

And isn't that what it all comes down to? A name can be objectively lovely, but if your grade-school bully had that name, forget about it.
[Post New]04/08/2009 14:17
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Anonymous wrote:My name is Nicolette and everyone always wanted to call me Nicole or Nicki - I don't mind these nicknames, but preferred my given name. I love it now! Apparently it is very popular in the Netherlands - I took a trip there and everyone thought that was my heritage.


How many Nicolette's could there be? I wonder if I attended Kent State with you?
[Post New]04/08/2009 14:23
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dragonfly wrote:Renata-disliked my name growing up and dislike it now. My middle name is even worse, so bad I don't ever admit I have one Daughter's name is Victoria Bianca, which I think are both rare these days.


I actually worked with a Renata once - in Lousiville! I sorta like the name - although I like your daughter's name better. Bianca was actually one of our choices for a girl name once upon a time...
[Post New]04/08/2009 14:41
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I love unusual names. Out of the ones I've heard, I like Zvia, Asia, Kadija, Keira, Saphira, Ellida, Laurine.

I do like Donna and Victoria, although I don't consider them unusual since I know quite a few.

And I have always loved the boy's name in Neverending Story, Atreyu.
[Post New]04/08/2009 15:03
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dragonfly wrote: Daughter's name is Victoria Bianca, which I think are both rare these days.


Pretty name!
[Post New]04/08/2009 15:20
Anonymous
I went to middle school with a girl named Renata in the 80s. I always liked that name.
[Post New]04/08/2009 16:19
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I'm another Ellen, born in the 1970s. It did feel like a "mom" name since I mostly met adults with the name. But I do like my name and tend to identify with other Ellens. So, hi out there, other Ellen!
[Post New]04/08/2009 16:46
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I grew up knowing a Fiona and Elise. Both names I love!

I always liked having an uncommon name (Lacey). I've only met a handful of others with my name - so I kind of feel like it belongs to me and it's very weird to meet another. I kind of dig that.
[Post New]04/08/2009 17:07
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Anonymous wrote:I grew up knowing a Fiona and Elise. Both names I love!

I always liked having an uncommon name (Lacey). I've only met a handful of others with my name - so I kind of feel like it belongs to me and it's very weird to meet another. I kind of dig that.


Lacey was actually on our short list for our daughter, but we ended up choosing something else.
[Post New]04/08/2009 18:25
Anonymous
What about Tallula, or Winona?
Some names get down graded because of an unfavorable association. Apparently the name Alice went way down because of the sitcom, her waitress character was not appealing.
I like Heather, but I heard in Britain, it is associated with a low social class, and got even worse with Heather Mills.
[Post New]04/08/2009 18:33
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I grew up knowing a Fiona and Elise. Both names I love!

I always liked having an uncommon name (Lacey). I've only met a handful of others with my name - so I kind of feel like it belongs to me and it's very weird to meet another. I kind of dig that.


Lacey was actually on our short list for our daughter, but we ended up choosing something else.


I worked with a Lacey once. She had lots of issues, probably on account of how her first and last name fit together. Dyke.
[Post New]04/08/2009 18:36
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dragonfly wrote:Renata-disliked my name growing up and dislike it now. My middle name is even worse, so bad I don't ever admit I have one Daughter's name is Victoria Bianca, which I think are both rare these days.


That's my cousin's name. She is wonderful, and I have always had a great association with the name.
[Post New]04/08/2009 18:53
Anonymous
What origin is Renata, it is very pretty. Does it have a nick name?
[Post New]04/08/2009 19:30
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Anonymous wrote:What origin is Renata, it is very pretty. Does it have a nick name?


German
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