The title pretty much says it all. What names are you crushing on lately?
I’m trying to fill the last spot on my top 10 for both genders, and I have a nice little list going, but I feel like I still need inspiration. I thought I might get it by seeing everyone else’s crushes. Or favorites. That’s good, too.
[name]Amaryllis[/name]
[name]Annabeth[/name]
[name]Aviva[/name]
Galadriel - yes, yes, I know - [name]Lord[/name] of the Rings name
[name]Guinevere[/name] - old crush making a comeback
[name]Juniper[/name]
[name]Willa[/name]
And Sarah-Noel, but I can’t use it because it’s my cousin’s fiance’s first and middle name which I think should be a double-barrel first. I’ve known that her name is Sarah–we’ve become friends–but I didn’t learn her middle name until the wedding invitations came out. I can’t get over how beautiful it is and how sad that Noel is hidden in the middle.
It feels like I’m going through a phase where I crush on everything! My current girl crushes:
[name]Celia[/name]
[name]Sybil[/name]
[name]Rosamund[/name]
[name]Ivy[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]/[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Nora[/name]
[name]Nell[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Gwendolen[/name]
[name]Hope[/name] you find something that inspires you!
[name]Lavender[/name] and [name]Saffron[/name]!!! [name]Both[/name] spices awkwardly enough. Really love [name]Lavender[/name] but no real nn potential that I like! Lav is a no.
[name]Margaret[/name] nn [name]Meg[/name]
[name]Elinor[/name] (I should not have re-read Sense and Sensibility, it causes too many name crushes )
[name]Viola[/name]
All the -dora names
Middle name crushes for girls have been names ending in “ine”:
[name]Seraphine[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Severine[/name]
[name]Yvaine[/name]
Roseline
[name]Isaline[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name].
Most of mine come from anime/manga. Names that I once hated have become potential middle names or even firsts through characters and locations.
[name]Mavis[/name]
[name]Magnolia[/name]
Asami
[name]Yuri[/name]/Yulie
Eriza ([name]AIR[/name]-ih-zuh is the closest American prn and Eriza is the best Americanized spelling I can think of)
[name]Mabel[/name]
Kanade (Cawn-nuh-day)
Kana (CAW-nuh)
Katara
Kateri
Avonlea
I have been crazy crushing on the fem-fatale & victorian style names like [name]Wilhelmina[/name], [name]Philomena[/name], [name]Josephine[/name], [name]Francine[/name], [name]Annaliese[/name], [name]Coraline[/name], [name]Seraphina[/name], [name]Millicent[/name], and [name]Isabella[/name]. I’m trying to rub off on my husband who is more of a classic.