where I was calling out my child’s name. I don’t know what the name was, but all I know is the feeling the name had. The feeling was summed up in a word: simple. That dream has affected my feelings towards other names. Elaborate names seemed less enchanting, and I’ve started to like short, simple names a bit more.
What names do you feel evoke the word “simple” when you hear or say them? I might use this data for a blog post, so PM me if you would not like your user name and suggestions out in the internet wilderness.
[name]Jane[/name] is the perfect name imo because of the simplicity of it. [name]Joan[/name] & [name]Jeanne[/name] have it to, but I think they would be more surprising on a child today. [name]Nina[/name] is also a perfect name to me, only a little to childish. [name]Mary[/name] also appeals to me. Any classic name fits perfectly. I think that simplicity is an excellent thing to keep in mind when naming. Who would want a confusing name?!
[name]Kate[/name] strikes me as very simple. I think [name]Anna[/name] and [name]Grace[/name] (and a lot of one-syllable names, actually–[name]Eve[/name], [name]Wren[/name], [name]Jane[/name], [name]Claire[/name], [name]Pearl[/name], [name]Belle[/name], etc.) fit this category.
To me, simple names are timeless classics, that don’t sound frilly, and that will stand the test of time. I think of my own name - [name]Claire[/name] - and many others, including:
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Jane[/name]
[name]Tessa[/name]
[name]Anna[/name] or [name]Anne[/name]
[name]Emily[/name]
[name]Rebecca[/name]
[name]Sarah[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name] nn [name]Maggie[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Nora[/name]
[name]Amy[/name]
[name]Joy[/name]
[name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Elsa[/name] or [name]Elsie[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Helen[/name]
[name]Hannah[/name]
By the looks of it, many other Berries came up with similar suggestions as mine!
I love simple names! Have to agree with everyone who has suggested [name]Anne[/name]. Not so much [name]Anna[/name]… just [name]Anne[/name], maybe with the nn [name]Annie[/name].
We named our daughter [name]Minna[/name]. (pronounced with a short i) She was born in 1996. At the time we were considering other simple names. High on the list was [name]Emma[/name]. But as it turns out, that name was high on everyone else’s list too. [name]Minna[/name] was the name of my husband’s beloved grandmother. It was also kind of like the name [name]Emma[/name] in its overall sound, but it was also very unusual. Also its “unusual-ness” was not weird like [name]Apple[/name] or Blanket, but one that evoked a sweet romantic, traditional, maybe mystical feeling. I think we have scored big. We get lots of compliments and so does she. She has never complained about her unique name and she IS the only one in her world with the name. Sometimes the short version, “[name]Min[/name]”, is used and that’s ok too. It’s pretty harmless. She enjoys the creative and performing arts, and the name fits right in with becoming one of those people whom we only need to know by their first name.
