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January 7th, 2012 04:39 PM #1
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Names that don't age well
What names can you only picture on a child/teen, but just can't imagine it on an adult or elder?
My list:
Lindsey/Lindsay/etc.- I knew plenty of these growing up and I will always picture them as children or adolescents.
Princess - This is on the top 1000 right now. Seems like something you would call a toddler as a pet name.
Maddison - I have a hard enough time picturing this on a girl.
Aidan - I still see this as being a child's name.Mommy of Juniper Teagan and Pyrus Nikolai
Fig Bedelia ~ Bluebell Beatrix ~ Chrysanthemum Harper ~ Gladiola Io ~ Pine Ginevra ~ Foxglove Matilda ~ Larkspur Ruth ~ Elm Imogen ~ Primrose Antonia ~ Maple Morwenna
Cedar Amos ~ Carnelian Ptolemy ~ Sparrow Gulliver ~ Huckleberry Nico ~ Sol Aurelius ~ Hawthorn Otis ~ Arum Theodore ~ Jasper Ivan ~ Oak Laszlo ~ Phelan Vertumnus
Honorable Mention: Snowdrop, Rosemint, Thistle, Columbine, Hickory, Iver, Dorian
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January 7th, 2012 04:56 PM #3
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January 7th, 2012 04:56 PM #5
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Josephine Athénaïs - Josephine Ivy - Myriam Athénaïs - Vivienne Josephine
Athena Beatrice - Beatrice Cecile - Eleanor Anne-Sophie -Myriam Beatrice - Meredith ElizabethAmbrose Aristide - Ulysses Aristide
Girls: Bérangère, Bérénice, Honorine, Mazarine Boys: Augustin, Emeric, Hugo, Lambert, Lucien, Maxence, Yves
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January 7th, 2012 09:08 PM #7
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I'd say about 50% of the US top 1000.
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January 7th, 2012 11:55 PM #9
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Names that end in ie always look childish to me, but I know we've all kind of grown up and out of that.
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January 8th, 2012 03:53 AM #11
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All the princessy, fussy, ellaianna craziness happening for girls right now. Also, Piper is the cutest, but not necessarily adult-friendly.
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"But it is so happy to love," said the Shepherd quietly. "It is happy to love even if you are not loved in return. There is pain too, certainly, but Love does not think that very significant."
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January 8th, 2012 03:58 AM #13
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"But it is so happy to love," said the Shepherd quietly. "It is happy to love even if you are not loved in return. There is pain too, certainly, but Love does not think that very significant."
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January 8th, 2012 04:34 AM #15
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Names of the moment:
Adriana | Alena | Laurel
{Adriana Laurel}
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Newest thoughts for little ones: Angelo - Caspian - Eden | Brisa - Gisele
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January 8th, 2012 07:07 PM #17
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Annie, mid-twenties, vegetarian, name lover. No kids yet, just two furbabies - Roxy & Layla.
Top favorites for a girl: Beatrice Lily, Charlotte Amelia, Clara Louisa, Eliza Ruby, Josephine Alice, Katherine Annabel, Lillian Audrey, Margaret Helena, Matilda Iris, Philippa Violet
Top favorites for a boy: Adrian Silas, Alexander Gray, Emmett Oliver, Jasper Milo, Julian Edward, Lucian Henry, Nathaniel August, Samuel Owen, Rowan Felix, Theodore August
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January 9th, 2012 01:19 AM #19
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Originally Posted by nymphalis antiopa
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