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No. 180138
My favorite girl names are Melanie and Bridget!
>>180131Hehe my name is in here
No. 180141
I like Francesca, Valentina, Bruna, Halle, Grace, Michelle, Kai, Anna/Anne, Naree (or Nari), Victoria, Aeri, Alexandra and Maia
>>180135You made me curious hehe. Don't know how reliable it is, but the ones I know are right
https://www.familyeducation.com/100-warrior-girl-names No. 180143
>>180141lol, the name on this list that is allegedly from my language doesn't even exist so IDK how reliable is the rest. Seems like majority of female names that mean warrior/defender are just female versions of male names, especially derivatives of "Alexander", proving
>>180135 point.
No. 180177
>>180154I'm not saying that's my name, but I'm also not not saying that's my name. If it had hypothetically been my name, it would have been a pretty great experience. It's easy to understand and spell in English but also uncommon enough to be interesting, old fashioned but in a quirky way. It's also supposedly a weird Victorian nickname for Mary, but otherwise it doesn't have any clear etymological roots, so it's a blank slate of meaning.
My favorite name Orleanna has a lot of these qualities too.
My least favorite names are any variation on Emma and everything in this post
>>180162 No. 180224
>>180175it is great to see another greek anon on lc #♥##
personal favorite names of mine would be: Beatrice, Mercedes, Despoina, Catherine, Maya and Alice.
No. 180272
>>180147I am an arab too and I really like the names
Thekra
Laila
Gazal
They are very romantic and especially if you know the meaning .
No. 180281
>>180264I know it wasn't really your question, but I've been wondering about troon names lately. It's true that they often tend to choose similar names, and what kind of pisses me off is that a lot of names troons pick are ones that I (used to) like too. I think it's because they gravitate towards dreamy/ethereal sounding names or names that they associate with certain characters. Alice, for example, is a name I like a lot and also common with troons, and I can't deny that part of its appeal to me is the Alice in Wonderland connection. Basically there's this certain category of names that have this chuuni vibe to me, like it's what you'd call your Mary Sue OC when you're a teenager and writing a fanfic. I think troons have the same sort of mindset when picking a name, whereas people who are mentally past puberty grow out of it.
Most names posted in this thread aren't really like that, but some that have been posted and that I associate with teen OCs or trannies are Alice, Lainey, Aiden, Raven, Rowan, Ophelia.
No. 180325
>>180322chances are I might have gotten the spelling wrong.
I was introduced to a Mongolian woman going by this name through a family friend some couple years ago.
No. 180341
>>180301Belladonna is awful. It sounds like a name for a brand of executive dildos.
>>180333Caoimhes are always absolute cunts. I've known a few and they've all been batshit and so catty. No need.
No. 180342
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>>180341It means deadly nightshade. You’re not cool enough to understand kek.
No. 180347
>>180264Imo they should just go by something gender neutral. So many hulking caveman browed troons are named Lily and Alice–babes, you're not fooling anyone. Used to be jealous of my sister for having a pretty name but I'm not jealous anymore considering her name is the "name" of so many troons nowadays and also one of the most popular names for kids.
Speaking of, what exactly makes a name popular? Take Mila for instance, it only became popular in the late 2000s and is pretty obviously a Russian name. How do names skyrocket? The internet?
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>>180346Me!
I also love my name which has recently become popular bc of this show No. 180359
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>>180301I also love the name Starling, for a girl. Like the bird. Idk if it’s a bit too weird. We have Robin and Wren, but Starling sounds a bit like Stalin.
No. 180360
>>180355Kek hello
>>180357Thanks anon! When I was a child it was (and sometimes still is) shortened to ‘Immy’ which I don’t like very much anymore.
No. 180365
>>180347It's mostly due to celebrities, at least back then. For example, Mila probably became popular because of Mila Kunis.
>>180362I love greek names so so much. My favs are Althaia, Amaltheia, Amara, Athena, Hera, Olympia, Rhea and Alexandra. These don't seem very ancient but I don't know tbh
No. 180435
I have shit taste in names, I like:
Vanessa
Roxanne
Kren
Names I hate: Kzenia.
>>180391I feel this post. The Zeinab sperg further upthread gave me ptsd. There was a girl in one of my courses named that and she was one of the worst people I have ever met to this day.
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>>180435What? Kren is a female name? Never heard of it
No. 180437
>>180435the first two are fine
nonny. i love V sounding names in general
No. 180450
>>180438I know here in the uk, you can change it by deed poll and it costs like £50. My mums cousin changed his name, he is a bit crazy though lol.
What would you change it to?
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>s-tier
fiona, bianca, francesca, victoria, beatrice, brooklyn, cheyenne, beata
>love
josephine, bernadette, felicity, corinne, roxanne, valerie, amandine, margot, cleo, autumn, olivia, sawyer, christine, joan, winona, dawn, helena
lilith (rip)
>hate
most bnog like charlie, billie, alex, riley, dylan, jordan, hunter
kayla, melissa, marissa, vanessa, jessica, jennifer, maya, khloe, zoe, zooey, kaitlyn, kristen
No. 180457
>>180438Depends where you're from. In my country (Croatia) it's pretty easy. You just pay a small sum and I think you need like 1-2 documents from court and withing 15 days you're done. The real issue is that you have to change your name on ALL documents and that can take time or get expensive.
I wanted to change my name for a while now because my name somehow sounds "wrong" to me. Alwalys wanted it to be just a single letter but eeeh. My name is pretty rare so I don't have to hear it often.
No. 180460
>>180450Original anon, I'd change it to a softer name, maybe one of the ones I listed in my post. My current name sounds so sharp and gross. My middle name is Alice so I've thought about changing it to that as well. Similar to
>>180457 said, my name just sounds wrong for me.
Im from the UK too, im shocked it's quite easy. The only difficulty I imagine facing is the social repercussions. My family would get mad haha.
>>180458That's crazy!? I wonder why they are so strict about it.
No. 180493
>>180485they're names i like, not people i like
>>180492>It's always people who have no ties to New York at all eitheri think it's weirder if you do actually live there kek
No. 180528
>>180453is s-tier "shit tier"? jw bc my name is on there lol
anyway a lot of you have similar taste in names compared to me!
love:
maeve (but i'm not irish)
evelyn (unfortunately trendy now)
eleanor
abigail
flora
finally two that are a little out there but i'm fond of bc i'm outdoorsy:
paloma
calliandra
No. 180550
Nel, Thomasine, Marciana, Devon, Astrid, Clementine, Calen, Valeria, Meredith, Muriel, Kira, Mira (I know they sound similar but they have different meaning in slavic and I like them both), Helena, Laura, Eleanor, Diana, Rene, Aurelia, Danica, Vlada, Isabel, Aniela, Sophie, Shireen, Niloufar, Rotem, Iman, Ursa, Maeve, Taida, Delilah, Sinead, Kayleigh, Imogen, Amelia, Mathilda, Olivia, Abigail, Ariel, Neda, Ruth, Juniper, Simone, Emmanuelle, Rowan, Jemima, Maya, Mercedes, Mildred, Clara, Agnes
>>180140I'm surprised someone likes it that much, I don't like my name. Maybe just because it's mine kek
No. 180651
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>check in to see if my name was mentioned
>it wasn't
i guess i'll DIE
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>>180783kekekek you're right, also, believe it or not the woman's name is McKinli
No. 180852
>>180606Anon please, Emma is a timeless name that is never out of fashion, like Anna and Marie. Our (assuming you're a frenchie)generation is just obsessed with obnoxiously short names.
I really like Adélaïde, Mathilde, Catherine, Mahaut and Natasha.
No. 181205
This is such a fun thread. I think my taste is kind of stunted because I grew up with a weird name. I like to think constantly having to correct mispronunciations and deal with weird looks gave me character, forced me to stand up for myself from a young age.
>Top tier
Leokadia, Honorata, Hedwig (I like Jadwiga better, the Anglicized version sounds weird), Cordelia, Inez, Ursula, Balbina, Petronela, Tekla, Praxedes (Prakseda is better though), Mstislava, Radoslava, Vladyslava, Oona, Aoife, Hafsa, Nivedita. Also any name that starts with V (Victoria, Veronica, Valentina, Vanna) or W (Wilhelmina, Whitney, Winona).
>Mid-tier
Any name that starts with D or G. Also I actually think naming your kid something like Joy, Faith, Prudence, Liberty, etc. can be cute so long as it's not too stripper-esque. Location-based names like Brooklyn, Salem, Harlem, Albany, and Florence are cool too so long as they're not named after a country (like China or India).
>Shit tier
Any iteration of Alex or Anna. Hideous and overused. If your parents named you either of these, they decided they hated you as soon as you came out of the womb and decided you were deserving of the most boring name possible.
No. 181210
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>>180827Sophie was my grandmother's name! I never got to know her very well, but she was quite the character. She was sort of a… bohemian hippie in the body of a humble scientist. She also had a pet tarantula.
As for names, I really like medieval and Renaissance names. Strong Germanic names, weird Flemish names (ex. "Sapience"), lyrical Italian names ("Humiliana", "Sofonisba", "Peronella").
No. 181822
I really like middle eastern names, especially Persian and Turkish. I think if I had a baby tomorrow I would probably give it a Hebrew name.
Some of my faves are
>Tamar>Inbar>Lior>Ezri>Neta>Shahar>Noa>DevoraSome other names I really like
>Bonny>Carmel>Elsa>Gala>Georgia>Violet>Astrid>Bliss>>180347As other people have said, celebrities/pop culture have a big influence.
There's also the fact that names are attached to people and people age, which affects the perception of their names. So in the 1970s for example, lots of baby girls with names like Linda, Karen, Donna, etc. were born. Now that those names are associated with older women, people subconsciously associate those names and names like them with the traits they associate with older women and are less drawn to them. Then when those old ladies are gone, the names are freed up in the popular imagination and become quirky and vintage. So a lot of names are cyclical. People also just get sick of certain types of names when they become overused, especially by lower class people (think Aiden and McKayla)
When a certain set of names become popular, they set a trend for the types of sounds that people expect to hear in baby names. For example, in the 2000s, names like Emma, Olivia, Ella came into fashion, which set a trend for lots of vowels (especially A) and soft consonants like Ms and Ls as a reaction to the Jessicas, Taylors, and Samanthas that were popular before, so now we have baby Sophia, Lily, and Mila. I predict that the next trend is going to be slightly longer and more flowery names, then names that are currently grandma names, like Barbara.
Sorry for the sperg, but I find this kind of thing really interesting.
No. 181856
I really like the name Ophelia. Florence also is a lovely name.
What names do you predict will become popular 10 years from now nonnies?
>>180156Oooh I like that one!
>>180347Sorry if I'm being intrusive anon but is your sister's name Sophie? It ticks all the boxes lol. I like that name, it's too bad it became so mainstream
>>181853I feel like Edith would be a forest green maybe?
No. 181895
>>181857yeah idk why I like it. I think it reminds me of some character I like. I hesitated.
But Esther to me is religious, Edith isn't.
No. 181898
>>181856>What names do you predict will become popular 10 years from now nonnies?I'm not sure if this applies to countries outside of Europe and America, but it seems like Millennials and Gen X parents have been obsessed with naming their kids cutesy, nature-inspired, hippie-esque names like Fern, Rosemary, and Kale (I actually fucking know a Kale irl, poor dude) over the last few years. A lot of people are renaming themselves after inanimate objects, foods, and trees in an effort to be unique and edgy (I know a girl who recently came out as nonbinary and legally changed her name to a bird of some sort). The problem with names like those is that they're only cute for a short time (they may be fitting for babies, but can you imagine a full-grown adult woman named Strawberry or Lark or something?) and they look fucking absurd on paperwork. I imagine it'll be difficult for adults to function in professional settings with such weird and objectifying names.
I like to think that Gen Zers will notice how much of a detrimental effect objectifying names have already had on some of their younger peers and return to naming their kids more old-fashioned names. Maybe more traditional and cultural names will become popular again. I'm starting to associate "old lady names" like Dorothy and Shirley with K-pop stars rather than elderly women even though I don't listen to the genre, so maybe they'll come back in style.
No. 181952
>>180391gurl racism is ugly
mean girls exist but it has nothing to do with race
No. 182160
>>181896I'm American too. Lilli or Lili is used here but is typically nickname of Liliana or Lillian.
>>181898Imo people from Asia just have a different palate as to what sounds are pretty but also have a huge importance on meaning compared to Western name choices. Out of curiosity to Western anons, how important was the meaning of your name to your parents? I don't mean meaning as in you were named after someone (we often are) but rather the literal meaning. In my case, my parents chose something that sounded pretty and didn't think too deeply about the deeper meaning of the name. But in Asian cultures such as Thailand for instance, people will give their kids obscure english words as names such as Bank, Art, Benz or even Airbus because the association of the word means more when naming than the literal word itself. A Thai person would see Bank as meaning wealthy and rich rather than just a bank.
Plus pronounceability is another thing. The chosen foreign names are typically something that isn't hard for Koreans to say/write like Nancy (Naen-shi) or Sally (Sal-li). There's also rare cases where names phonetically have a direct Western equivalent like Yoojin being referred to as Eugene (which I'm so sorry but Eugene is such an ugly name and I feel like Yoojin isn't even hard to pronounce).
No. 182257
>>182160My parents definitely cared about the meanings of my names.
First name means wisdom (lmao). Second name goes too perfectly with the fact I go by that name instead of my first name. The sound fits me better anyway. But yeah, my white parents cared a lot. They're very religious, though, that may have something to do with it?
>>182256But that's such a badass name….
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Favourites:
>Names that are closer to the original stem and can be abbreviated for nicknames by loved ones (russia has a lot of this going on and I love it). I really love the name Ekaterina.
>Any name that starts with V or W, with the exception of Wendy. I don't hate I just dislike it. Vera, Veronica, Walburga, Vendela, etc. are so nice.
>Almost anything that begins with E, especially if it has an R. Emma, Elina/Elin, Erin, Elisa and Erica are so fire
>Names that start with C, liek Cassandra/Cassie, Charlotte, Cecilia, Chloe, Christina, Catherine
>Other likes are Diana, Serena, Mary, Miranda, Linda, Layla, Lucia, Susanna
Least Favourites:
>Anything starting with Mc, especially McKayla or McKenzie, the ones with Ma instead of Mc are even more fucked up
>Rowena.
>Kendall, Kayleigh, Kyleigh, Kendra and any of the ones that start with K and sound like this oml
>Any 'artsy'/'hippy' names that are just straight up names for objects, birds and plants, like idk Chestnut or Daisy?? ugh (these are more common in languages other than english, especially my native tongue)
>Any freaking gimmick where consonants are change to make it sound more posh, such as replacing k with c or vice versa
>Other dislikes are Ashley, Patricia, Bianca, Taylor, Tina, Olivia, Sadie, Gina, Jenny, Kate
Guilty Pleasures:
>Seraphina/Seraphine, also the variations with f or elognated i's etc.
>Sapphire, and any of its variations in languages I so far speak/know
>Some select flower names like Lily, Rose/Rosa or Violet/Violetta.
>Rosemary.
>Fiona, Aurora, Mireille, Tabitha
>Zara
No. 182502
>>182494The most beautiful girl I've ever seen was named Linnea
A family friend recently had a baby girl named Manon which is an awesome name
No. 183501
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anyone else here can relate?
No. 183534
juliet, isabel, nadia
These are male names but if you name your child caden, aiden, or something that looks like a misspelling SHAME ON YOU…>>183532it seems like you thought you were too cool to name your kid andrea
No. 183574
>>183501yes. got the most common name ever known to man. so fucking glad to see anons itt bashing it.
wish my parents had gone with marina instead.
No. 183640
>>183504my cat's name is jamie lol.
as for unisex names, I like the name dorian, but I can't use it now, for obvious reasons. I like the name robin but it makes me think of robyn riley. I also really like the name sam because it can be used for either sex and it's my fav character from lord of the rings.
I also really like the name leo for a girl.
I feel like I need to give one of my kids (if I ever have any) the name nicole.. whether it's a first name or a middle name. because a friend I loved who passed away was named that. and weirdly enough her last name was my first name. I also really like magdalene but I think it would get shortened to maggie and I don't like that.
No. 184364
>>183504This is probably really helpful for women in the long-run because having a male sounding name even if it's just unisex can potentially benefit you if the circumstances don't out you as female. Ik there's plenty of other characteristics of women but if you have no interaction with someone except for email and all they see is your name with no gender then they're gonna assume you're a guy and they'll treat you as such. And yes this line of thinking is normal for people; see for instance how if you don't explicitly state that you're a woman on a profile on most corners of the internet (Reddit, 4chan, etc) then users will just assume that you're a man as men are widely regarded as the default.
I'm jealous. I thought I could use my middle name to get the same effect but it's too troublesome unless your first name is unisex.