Usable Names

[name_f]Do[/name_f] you think these names are usable? Why or why not?

• [name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m]
• [name_m]Romeo[/name_m]
• [name_m]Casper[/name_m]
• [name_u]Loki[/name_u]
• [name_m]Thor[/name_m]

• [name_f]Ursula[/name_f]
• [name_u]Ariel[/name_u]
• [name_f]Cinderella[/name_f]
• Beauty
• Abcde

• [name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m] - Usable. I knew a kid named [name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m], and he got along fine. It’s a handsome name, and it’s familiar.
• [name_m]Romeo[/name_m] - Usable. 947 kids got it last year–I don’t see the appeal, though.
• [name_m]Casper[/name_m] - Usable. [name_m]Cas[/name_m]-names are cool right now, and I think we have enough distance from the ghost for the name to be usable.
• [name_u]Loki[/name_u] - Usable. And cute, also.
• [name_m]Thor[/name_m] - Usable. But it could be a lot to wear. I’d give him a conventional middle name in case he’s a timid kid or something,

• [name_f]Ursula[/name_f] - Usable. But not attractive.
• [name_u]Ariel[/name_u] - Usable. It’s pretty popular at the moment.
• [name_f]Cinderella[/name_f] - This is pushing it.
• Beauty - No. Save it for a horse.
• Abcde - No. Go into an unfamiliar Starbucks, order a latte, give this to the barista as your name, and wait.

Usable: [name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m], [name_m]Romeo[/name_m], [name_m]Casper[/name_m], [name_u]Loki[/name_u], [name_m]Thor[/name_m], [name_f]Ursula[/name_f], [name_u]Ariel[/name_u]. Although the association with [name_f]Ursula[/name_f] in the little mermaid does put me off using it as a first name.

Not usable
[name_f]Cinderella[/name_f], Beauty and Abcde. That being said I have seen Abcde listed on my work database

• [name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m] - Yes, but probably only if you live in Europe where they use that name
• [name_m]Romeo[/name_m] - If the Beckhams can do it, why not other people?
• [name_m]Casper[/name_m] - Sure, there’s a guy on youtube called [name_m]Caspar[/name_m] [name_u]Lee[/name_u] and it made it seem for usable to me
• [name_u]Loki[/name_u] & [name_m]Thor[/name_m] - I definitely don’t think these are usable. Honestly if I met someone and he told me he was called [name_m]Thor[/name_m], I might laugh out loud

• [name_f]Ursula[/name_f] - I don’t think it’s an attractive name in the slightest, but it’s usable, sure.
• [name_u]Ariel[/name_u] - As long as you could deal with the ‘like the [name_m]Little[/name_m] Mermaid?’ comments from everyone she told her name to
• [name_f]Cinderella[/name_f] - I don’t think this is usable at all to be honest
• Beauty - Absolutely not. I think [name_f]Belle[/name_f] or [name_f]Bella[/name_f] are much more usable.
• Abcde - Well it’s pretty popular so why not.

To be honest, most names are usuable, but it’s a question of the level of taste.