Anonymous
Post 08/11/2016 08:50     Subject: Baby name disagreement - is Portia good or horrible?
I really like Portia! I don't see it as trashy at all, it's a classic name that's under used I think.

But if you don't like it, you don't like it. What was the other name?
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2016 08:43     Subject: Baby name disagreement - is Portia good or horrible?
Nope, sorry. Don't give up!

Pretty much any other Shakespearean name is better. I like Imogen, but that's another hate it or love it name. Beatrice?
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2016 08:41     Subject: Baby name disagreement - is Portia good or horrible?
Anonymous wrote:How about Mercedes?
It was also a common name (the love interest in the Count of Monte Cristo) that because a car brand.


^ became a car brand
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2016 08:41     Subject: Re:Baby name disagreement - is Portia good or horrible?
Anonymous wrote:It's a nice name if you don't mind that its Latin meaning is pig.

But I agree with PPs that you each should have veto power over names you truly hate.


That would be porcus.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2016 08:38     Subject: Baby name disagreement - is Portia good or horrible?
How about Mercedes?
It was also a common name (the love interest in the Count of Monte Cristo) that because a car brand.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2016 08:37     Subject: Baby name disagreement - is Portia good or horrible?
What's the name you had agreed upon?
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2016 08:36     Subject: Baby name disagreement - is Portia good or horrible?
dont like.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2016 08:34     Subject: Re:Baby name disagreement - is Portia good or horrible?
It's a nice name if you don't mind that its Latin meaning is pig.

But I agree with PPs that you each should have veto power over names you truly hate.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2016 08:21     Subject: Baby name disagreement - is Portia good or horrible?
Yuck
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2016 08:19     Subject: Baby name disagreement - is Portia good or horrible?
Anonymous wrote:DH likes the name Portia for our baby due in mid-September. I think it's a horrible name that sounds like a car. This is after he suddenly didn't like the girl's name I thought we has decided on, and we don't have much longer to actually pick a name.

For reasons of avoiding drama, we want to avoid asking our families for name feedback. So, what does DCUM think - good or not?




I don't like it- I think it sounds pretentious. Everyone has difference tastes though-- I like traditional English names or Irish/Scottish names.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2016 08:14     Subject: Baby name disagreement - is Portia good or horrible?
Is the car company named after Portia? I never made that association before.

I do like Portia.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2016 08:13     Subject: Baby name disagreement - is Portia good or horrible?
Sounds like an Eastern bloc hardcore pornstar
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2016 08:11     Subject: Baby name disagreement - is Portia good or horrible?
I just picture Portia de Rossi.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2016 08:09     Subject: Baby name disagreement - is Portia good or horrible?
My first thought was Shakespeare too.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2016 08:06     Subject: Baby name disagreement - is Portia good or horrible?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I love it on paper, don't love it when pronounced. But it's not horrible--it's Shakespearean!


This!! If you don't like it, don't mane your girl that though.


+2
I realize Portia came first, but if I heard it out loud, I would think of the car first. It's an aggressively ugly name, classic or not. Does he like the Shakesperean reference? Does he like cars a lot and found an acceptable one to use? Mercedes is better, in that case.

Ramona Quimby had a doll named Chevrolet.