Inspired by @golden155’s post I asked my (non-namenerd) friends questions about names I asked my family some of the same questions and some different ones. These family members range from under ten to over 60 and one of them asked if they could answer using names they know from anime, to which I said yes, of course!
Here’s what they said…
What is the shortest name you can think of?
Al
Eve
Tom
Li
Ace
And the longest?
Francesca
Victoria
Alexandria
Gwendoline
Teruhashi
Give me an example of a cool name.
Ash
Leona
Hunter
Echo
Natsu
A geeky name?
Gus
Kevin
Todd (this is a name I haven’t thought about in years!)
Marvin
Usopp
What do you think of as a happy name?
Freddie
Sunny
Willow
Arriella (I kept the spelling)
Luffy
Your favourite royal name?
Harry
Isabelle
Elizabeth
George
Charles
What’s your favourite name from another culture/country (they are white British)
Bjorn
Yuki
Gianmarco
Zahra
Aiko
Choose your favourite name from NB’s current top 10, for boys and girls:
Arlo
Atticus
Kai
Milo
Leo
Silas
Finn
Jude
Theodore
Ezra
Luna
Maeve
Isla
Aurora
Iris
Ivy
Hazel
Eloise
Ophelia
Aurelia
Are there any of those that you think are really weird? (oops, bit of a leading question)
Theodore/Maeve
Atticus
Theodore (“a little excessive,”) & Jude (“only by association because I knew a weird Jude”)
Ophelia and Atticus
Ivy (
) and Ezra
I wish my younger nephew and niece had wanted to join in! I will add their answers if they want to join in.
