The first name you fell in love with

I’m thinking about the first name that I remember falling in love with, I was still in elementary school and we were doing silent reading in the library.
I wasn’t reading but all of a sudden I realized how cute [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] and [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] were that I wrote them down on a sticky note to keep. This was way before I realized I was a name nerd so it’s funny to think about for me and now wondering if any of you remember the first name you fell in love with
(I know [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] is kind of basic now since it’s very popular, still cute but nowhere near my favorite now)

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mine was eleanor :sun_with_face:

it was my grandma’s mother’s name. she died of cancer three years after my grandma was born, at only 19. it’s a very important name to my grandmother, and i remember promising her at a young age that my daughter would be eleanor. it’s quite popular now, but i will always love this name!

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Loretta was the first name I fell in love with when I heard country singer Loretta Lynn’s name mentioned

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[name_m]Achille[/name_m] and [name_f]Angelica[/name_f]

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Mine was [name_f]Silke[/name_f]!

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mine was [name_u]Aspen[/name_u]!

there was a girl a year older than me at daycare who was always so sweet and kind to me (and at that age, anyone older giving me the time of day, I basically worshiped the ground she walked on). I named all my favorite toys [name_u]Aspen[/name_u], including the stuffed unicorn I got for my sister when she was born!

I still love [name_u]Aspen[/name_u] but I think [name_u]Aspen[/name_u] the unicorn is a one name figure in our family 🩵

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[name_f]Silke[/name_f] is so beautiful :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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Wow, hard to pinpoint an exact name…
I think the first time I can think of was that I used to be obsessed with picking out the perfect name for my dolls ( I had a large collection on porcelain dolls when I was little.) [name_f]My[/name_f] very first ones I named [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] and [name_f]Maryanne[/name_f], and my second ones were sisters [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] and [name_f]Jane[/name_f]. I still love those names!

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[name_f]Julia[/name_f], closely followed by [name_u]Ashley[/name_u]. [name_f]Julia[/name_f] is very popular here, [name_u]Ashley[/name_u] is not used - it sounded so exotic and beautiful to me when I first heard of it.

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I first read [name_u]Anne[/name_u] of [name_u]Green[/name_u] Gables when I was about seven, and that’s when I fell for my first-ever name love: [name_f]Cornelia[/name_f]. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: Next was The Chronicles of [name_f]Narnia[/name_f] and [name_f]Lucy[/name_f].

Those were my first name loves, although it wasn’t until I met a girl named [name_u]Reeve[/name_u] in my teens that I began making name lists and playing around with combos.

I can’t remember when I got my first boy name crush, but I know it was [name_u]Noah[/name_u]. I also really liked [name_u]Harper[/name_u] for a boy around that same time.

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The first name I actively remember falling in love with was [name_f]Gwen[/name_f]! I don’t remember how, but I was around 7, and I used the name for my favorite character in any of the stories I made up at the time. For several years I wanted a daughter named [name_f]Gwen[/name_f].

I still love the name, but unfortunately I now have a personal association that renders it unusable. I would love to see more baby Gwens though!! :kiwi_fruit::umbrella::bug::beverage_box:

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[name_u]Salem[/name_u] <3

Unfortunately unusable because DH doesn’t like it but still special to me.

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:thinking: I don’t remember exactly which one was the first, but I was obsessed with [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] and [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] (Charlotta). I never used diminutives, though.

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[name_f]My[/name_f] first name love that I have kept with me for nearly my entire life is the gorgeous yet grounded [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]. I dreamed since I was a wee one of naming my future daughter [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] “Della, [name_f]Laidy[/name_f], Ladybug”. :slightly_smiling_face: I unfortunately have no clear recollection of where I found her, but I have my suspicions, as I was an avid reader of books of all sorts, and perhaps I could have found it from Madame [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] from the Aristocats. [name_m]Just[/name_m] a shot in the dark, I truly have no idea, haha. But all I know is that once I saw her name, I was absolutely smitten with it and to this day it still is the only flawless name I have ever discovered. Unfortunately, she is unusable for me due to similarities to the name of someone else in my life, but I will love her still forevermore. :yellow_heart: I am still heartbroken that she will never be the name of a child of mine, but these things happen. :slightly_smiling_face:

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The first name I remember falling in love with is [name_f]Emma[/name_f]. I had never heard of it at the time so it felt so new and fresh. I would name my favorite Bratz, my favorite [name_f]Barbie[/name_f], my favorite doll and my main characters [name_f]Emma[/name_f] and would always tell myself that I would have a daughter named [name_f]Emma[/name_f] one day. I loved it for sooooo long! I’ve never met an [name_f]Emma[/name_f] until I was 18 and even then it was only 1 [name_f]Emma[/name_f] so it never got boring or wasn’t a basic name for me. It has lost its spark for me since but I still hold a special place in my heart for this name :heart:

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[name_f]Jessica[/name_f]! It feels a little dated to me now and is very different from my current style, but I remember naming my animal crossing character that and thinking it was the prettiest :joy:

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:sparkles:Chantenay :sparkles:
It’s not even a name

You can blame Aldi for this, but younger me thought that they had hit the jackpot in beautiful names when the names of [name_m]Kevin[/name_m] the carrot’s children were announced (the other two are [name_u]Jasper[/name_u] & Baby).

When I discovered that it was a type of carrot I was highly disappointed :joy:

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that’s really funny lol :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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I don’t even remember what name I fell in love with first! I’ve always found a special fascination with names that no one else I know has (except all you lovely Berries ofc). I’ll just list the first few I remember.

[name_f]Katie[/name_f] - I’m not sure why, but as a child I thought [name_f]Katie[/name_f] was the most beautiful name ever. I named all my stuffed animals, story characters, dolls, etc, this name. I still like it, but I’d only use it as a nickname for [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] or [name_f]Katerina[/name_f]. I’d definitely use [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] nn [name_f]Katie[/name_f] for a future daughter of mine.
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] - I was a avid reader as a kid, and I ADORED the Boxcar Children series. I read all the books up until #85, all the specials and spinoffs, and watched both movies in the theatre. The character [name_f]Violet[/name_f] made me fall in love with this name, so much so that I named my dog [name_f]Violet[/name_f] after her. That’s the only reason I wouldn’t name my daughter this. In fact, if I could use [name_f]Violet[/name_f], I would use the same combo as my dog, [name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] :purple_heart:.
[name_f]Laura[/name_f] - I also LOVED the [name_m]Little[/name_m] House on the [name_u]Prairie[/name_u] books. Like I was OBSESSED with them (I still own, like, the entire collection). It’s basically the same reason as [name_f]Violet[/name_f]. I named my favorite doll ever [name_f]Laura[/name_f] after her.
[name_f]Samantha[/name_f] - This one is actually really ridiculous, but when I was in 5-6th grade, the movie Frozen II came out. In the middle of the movie, [name_m]Olaf[/name_m] the snowman randomly says just pops up and says the name [name_f]Samantha[/name_f]. 10-year-old me found it so funny, and the name has forever been stuck in my head since.

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Ha, I had a doll named [name_f]Laura[/name_f] too- after little [name_f]Laura[/name_f] from the House of the [name_u]Prairie[/name_u] books- they are the epitome of comfort reads for me, even now <3

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