[name]Levi[/name] - strong, but overly Biblical to me. There are few names that I feel are too Biblical, but [name]Levi[/name] is one of them. I also think of [name]Zachary[/name] [name]Levi[/name], the actor.
[name]Miles[/name] - I think of [name]Miles[/name] [name]Davis[/name] straightaway, and an episode of some show where this guy goes off the deep end and creates this son in his mind whose name is “[name]Miles[/name]”–because it’s so close to “smiles”, but he got it from some street sign on a highway or something. It was a weird episode, lol. I don’t even remember what show it was from.
[name]Coen[/name] - I just automatically think of the HUGE debate over how [name]Cohen[/name] is such a religious hot-issue and how it’s offensive to about half the Jewish population. I would steer clear of it, personally, haha.
[name]Alec[/name] - [name]Alec[/name] [name]Baldwin[/name]. haha. It’s a nice name, but I think of him right away. I like the idea of [name]Alexander[/name], nn [name]Alec[/name]…
[name]Alex[/name] - I don’t really have any associations to it, except that I automatically don’t have a great reaction. I’m not sure why, but I’ve always pretty strongly disliked [name]Alex[/name]. :*(
[name]Benjamin[/name] - like! I automatically think of my adorable second cousin, whose name is [name]Benjamin[/name]. Everyone calls him [name]Ben[/name] or [name]Benny[/name], but I have pretty much always called him [name]Benjamin[/name]. I think it’s adorable. It was my favorite boys’ name about the time he was born, but I obviously can’t use it now. :*(
[name]Jack[/name] - I think of a smart, cultured, pretty much all-American, laid-back cutey-patooty. One of my favorite professors has a really cute little boy named [name]Jack[/name] who she brought to class on several occasions–he’s smart, inventive, a bit artistic, a little scalawag. My grandfather went by [name]Jack[/name], too, so I think of him. And a few of the Jacks on TV–[name]Jack[/name] Hodgins (Bones), [name]Jack[/name] [name]Shepherd[/name] (LOST), [name]Jack[/name] [name]Bristow[/name] (Alias), etc.
[name]Quinn[/name] - I always used to associate it with this guy that was in a book I read several years ago. He was from the Midwest ([name]Montana[/name]), owned a ranch, and worked full-time as a U.S. [name]Marshal[/name]. He was pretty cool, haha. I loved the name because of him. I also associate it to some girls on TV (like the [name]Quinn[/name] on [name]Zoey[/name] 101, which my sisters used to [name]LOVE[/name]). I think it’s handsome, even though it’s unisex.
[name]Davis[/name] - again, [name]Miles[/name] [name]Davis[/name]. It’s interesting, but too surnamey for me.
[name]Oscar[/name] - [name]LOVE[/name] this! I automatically associate it to a church member, because their family has an adorable little boy named [name]Oskar[/name]. Most people associate it to [name]Oscar[/name] [name]Meyer[/name] and [name]Oscar[/name] the Grouch, but those aren’t really bad associations to me. I also think of my [name]Henry[/name] combo (which is [name]Henry[/name] [name]Oscar[/name] something-or-other), and I now think of my brother, who is in the [name]Air[/name] Force (I don’t know what the alphabet thing is called, but instead of A B C D E F G … they have [name]Alpha[/name], [name]Bravo[/name], [name]Charlie[/name], [name]Delta[/name], [name]Echo[/name], Foxtrot, Gulf, etc… “O” stands for “[name]Oscar[/name]”, so it reminds me of him now, haha).
[name]Felix[/name] - I think of [name]Felix[/name] the [name]Cat[/name]. Since it means “happiness” I also think of happy things, and happiness reminds me of one of my heroes, [name]Gladys[/name] Aylward. She rescued about 100 orphans from the Japanese army during WWII… she also was a missionary to [name]China[/name] who ran an inn called “The Inn of the Sixth Happiness.”
[name]Jack[/name], [name]Benjamin[/name], [name]Oscar[/name], and [name]Felix[/name] are my favorites!