What do you think of Carmen?

Please give me your opinions. [name]Do[/name] you like [name]Carmen[/name]? If so, why? [name]Do[/name] you dislike [name]Carmen[/name]? If so, why? I’m on the fence about this name because I’m not sure that it goes well with my other girl names, which are: [name]Natalie[/name], [name]Paige[/name], [name]Jane[/name], [name]Margaret[/name], [name]Hallie[/name], etc. What do you think? Thanks!

I think it seems a little harsher than the other names on your list. I am ok with [name]Carmen[/name] but I love [name]Carmine[/name] for boys so I tend to push [name]Carmen[/name] to the side for [name]Carmine[/name] every time. It also makes me think of the musical [name]Carmen[/name] which does not have the best message or ending for that matter :frowning:

I’m not a huge fan of [name]Carmen[/name], personally… It feels a bit dated to me, but besides that, there was a girl in my church whose name was [name]Carmen[/name]. She passed away due to complications from cancer treatment, so it has a bit of a stigma to me. It is a lovely name, just not my thing. I know someone who was considering [name]Carmina[/name], and I like that a lot more, actually. Also, when I was growing up there was a fairly popular [name]Christian[/name] singer who went by [name]Carman[/name]… I was too young to really get into any of his stuff, lol, but I’ve seen a few of his music videos, and they were kinda weird. :slight_smile:

I don’t think [name]Carmen[/name] is the best fit with your other favorites, but if you love it, you love it. I don’t think a stylistically-cohesive sibset is exactly the most important thing in the world. :slight_smile:

Good luck!

I don’t care for it, agree with ashthedreamer that it seems dated. Also agree that, if you like it, you should keep it. There’s nothing really wrong with it; I think mostly it’s just not to my taste. I think I prefer more girly/feminine sounding names, and to me, [name]Carmen[/name] doesn’t really fit that. Your other names do seem a little more feminine and traditional than [name]Carmen[/name], but I don’t think that really matters that much if you like it.

I know a really sweet girl named [name]Carmen[/name] so I like it! It seems a little out of place with your other girls names but not so much that its unusable

I actually really like [name]Carmen[/name]. I think its a great name and has the harder-to-come by girls-name-that-ends-in-a-consonant which I sometimes prefer.