Hot Takes? 🤭

[persephonescrown]

@AStudyIn_Scarlet

Reminds me of hippie aristocrats, if hippie aristocrats exist (do they?)

I think that’s probably the crowd I was referring to haha. Artsy yummy mummies

[LeafTree]

@AStudyIn_Scarlet

but I know it is pronounced ‘teen

Oh no have I been pronouncing it wrong the whole time?

I say it with the tine rhyming with line ending as well

[withlovefromlilliet]

it depends on if you’re using the [name_f]British[/name_f] pronunciation which ends with ‘teen’ or the American pronunciation which ends with ‘tine’!

[choupette]

I know this is an opinions forum but at the same time I wish people wouldn’t make negative sweeping statements about names (particularly multicultural names and names with religious significance… No offence, but our taste in names is very informed by our culture and religion so unless you’re a practicing Catholic/Muslim/Hindu etc then of course you’re not going to understand the appeal of certain names). This isn’t perhaps such a huge problem on NB but I’ve seen it on other name platforms. [name_m]Just[/name_m] because a name isn’t popular in your culture/community doesn’t mean it’s inherently bad, and just because you’ve never heard of a particular name before doesn’t mean it’s made-up.

[Inlakesh]

“Oh muh darlin’, oh muh darlin’, oh muh darlin’, Clementine…”
I always hear it with a southern twang, literally every time. Plus, the song is about a girl drowning. and I don’t like the [name_u]Clem[/name_u]- syllable.

[AveryExtraterrestria]

A little while ago someone did a poll with names from soccer teams and for a lot of the foreign ones with names I wasn’t familiar with, I had a hard time voting because I felt completely neutral to all of them since I didn’t have the context of hearing them all the time. It really made me realize how much of our perceptions of names comes from our cultural context and we don’t really think about it.

[EllieWilbury]

liking names in the abstract is a lot different than liking names for people/children and it’s really okay if your styles in those areas don’t have a lot of overlap like i ADORE gilgamesh (nn gilly ???) but i absolutely cannot see myself using it for a child

so, in regard to word names, i love a lot of them in the abstract sense but not many of them are on my “potential children” list !

[rosepip]

@AStudyIn_Scarlet

but I know it is pronounced ‘teen’.

i don’t think it is… i know four or five clementines, all pronounced like ‘line’, and that’s how i’d say the fruit as well. it’s only ‘teen’ if you happen to be french. for reference, i’m in southern england (and most of the clementines i know are from the group @persephonescrown described)

[AStudyIn_Scarlet]

I honestly have no idea anymore lol. I just ended up being more confused myself

[halinka]

So many names that end with ‘–ra’ look much better with an ‘H’ on the end! No clue why, it just seems more “complete” in a way.

So like, [name_f]Norah[/name_f] > [name_f]Nora[/name_f], and [name_f]Marah[/name_f] > [name_f]Mara[/name_f]

Interestingly though, [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] and [name_f]Sara[/name_f] are equal to me!

[Tealocean]

[name_u]Sloane[/name_u] is one of my least favorite names. It feels unfinished and makes me think of mud for some reason. The sound is awful, and it brings to mind a plethora of unpleasant words it reminds me of. (slug, slow, slob, lone, sloth) I would never in a million years name a girl (or boy!) [name_u]Sloane[/name_u], and I don’t understand the hype. Plus, what are the nn options? Slow? Owe? [name_m]Loan[/name_m]?

Blech.

[name_f]My[/name_f] apologies if you like this name—I’m not usually this harsh on names, and I don’t want to rain on anyone else’s parade.

[LostMargaret]

[name_f]My[/name_f] extremely hot take is that I LOVE [name_u]Clem[/name_u] and find it incredibly adorable for boys or girls, despite all the clam/phlegm etc associations I love it as a nickname for [name_f]Clemency[/name_f] or [name_m]Clement[/name_m], which I prefer to the more-ubiquitous [name_f]Clementine[/name_f]. [name_f]My[/name_f] husband agrees with all the Clem-haters here, though, so I’m
bookmarking it for a future pet.

[almondmilk]

i agree! it’s never really appealed to me

[tallemaja]

I’m also a [name_u]Clem[/name_u] fan!! And I love it on a boy too But I’m also convinced that if I had a [name_f]Clementine[/name_f], I could get away with [name_f]Leni[/name_f] as a nickname.

[Larryisalittledog]

@tallemaja

Oh my! Clementine “Leni” is so perfect. Do you mind if I use this nickname in my UC?

[tallemaja]

of course not!! i love to see people use it

[Sophie_sawriter]

Out-there virtue names are so pretty! Like Abstinence [name_u]Abbie[/name_u], Remebrance [name_u]Remi[/name_u], [name_f]Patience[/name_f] [name_m]Pate[/name_m], sign me up! But, also, the connotations make them completely unusable! Anyone, anyone at all? [name_m]Just[/name_m] me? Really, though, virtue & puritan names !

[AerieEerie]

A very unpopular opinion: I actually think [name_f]Navaeh[/name_f] is really cute and nice And, brace yourselves berries, I really dislike a lot of NB favs like [name_u]George[/name_u] and [name_u]Walter[/name_u]. I don’t understand [name_f]Anouk[/name_f], [name_u]Rowan[/name_u], Anne/Annie, and plenty others. I’d rather have a [name_f]Navaeh[/name_f] than any of those

[wishmay]

Unpopular opinion, I think, at least on here:

I view every name as gender neutral!

I love super traditionally masculine names on girls. [name_m]Benedict[/name_m]? [name_m]Oliver[/name_m]? [name_m]Atticus[/name_m]? (thanks @Larryisalittledog for making me love that one ) Yesss, yes yes 100 times yes!

And I love the opposite, too. [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] on a boy? [name_f]Juliet[/name_f]? [name_f]Daphne[/name_f]? YES!

I love these names so much, I don’t want to confine my love for them for any one gender, if that makes sense? NAMES! Yes!! Names!! I love them for anyone, regardless of what gender they’ve been used for in the past, because anyone should get to be named [name_u]Timothy[/name_u], or [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], or any traditionally gendered name

I don’t think this’ll be a popular take, I just wanted to get it out somewhere

[Rosebeth]

@wishmay

I view every name as gender neutral!

I used to dislike gender bending and even gender neutral names (with a few exceptions), but I’ve grown to like it. But there are two things I still keep in mind. One is that gender bending is all sweet and cute when just thinking about names, but sadly the real world still thinks in gender stereotypes. So giving your son the name Elizabeth, to name an extreme example, won’t do him any favors. I wish it were different, but as a mother of five I always keep this in mind.
And second, I actively avoid gender bending when it comes to mythological, culturally significant or religious names.