Comments on: 25 Sensible Names for Girls http://appellationmountain.net/2008/05/20/25-sensible-names-for-girls/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:49:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Aly http://appellationmountain.net/2008/05/20/25-sensible-names-for-girls/#comment-28791 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:55:27 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-28791 Dina Alejandra. I am Hispanic. Blah to my name. I hate it. Some people actually look at my name and thinks “Dina” (pronounced Dee-nah) says “Diana.” That’s always lovely. >.< (Though it would save me nearly 15 1/2 years of having to correct people if I had been named "Diana" instead.) Look at that, I ALMOST made it.

Though I am often called "Aly" by my family, so that makes my name a twinge cooler.

I LOVE Emily, and I can only think of one person I've met with that name, and that is my Civics teacher. ♥ I LOVE Cassandra, and what a coincidence that it is the first name of one of my favourite authors? ♥ Audrey sounds like such a lovely name~

How lovely. My little sister ends up on this list. Kimberly. HUH.

]]> By: Fetching Names: Apple Edition | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/05/20/25-sensible-names-for-girls/#comment-25350 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:03:39 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-25350 [...] a Hollywood legend and a Scandinavian heritage choice.  If you’re looking for something feminine but not flimsy, Ingrid might [...]

]]> By: appellationmountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/05/20/25-sensible-names-for-girls/#comment-25281 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:24:43 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-25281 Hmmm … there’s Ren/Wren for Lauren. Though I agree, Laurie/Lori isn’t the best option.

]]> By: Lauren http://appellationmountain.net/2008/05/20/25-sensible-names-for-girls/#comment-25263 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:34:25 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-25263 Thank you for including my name! However, I hate it: Lauren. I think the syllables sound chunky and there are no nicknames.

Genevieve seems like the odd one out, along with maybe Sabrina. But I love it!

]]> By: Isadora http://appellationmountain.net/2008/05/20/25-sensible-names-for-girls/#comment-17776 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 04:12:50 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-17776 Genevieve is one of my absolute favorites, which makes me kind of sad to see it up here. A lot of the others seem kind of dated, I went to school with a lot of these names.

]]> By: appellationmountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/05/20/25-sensible-names-for-girls/#comment-15635 Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:52:03 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-15635 Since I wrote that post, we have a new little neighbor called Sarah. It really does wear well!

]]> By: Sarah A http://appellationmountain.net/2008/05/20/25-sensible-names-for-girls/#comment-15627 Sun, 07 Nov 2010 06:14:47 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-15627 I am so glad you included my name, Sarah, on your list. Its ‘international’ nature was the reason my parents chose it in the first place because it’s in both Arabic and English (as is my sister Hannah’s name). I actually have cousins named Sarah on both sides of my family! I also LOVE the history behind it, knowing it goes all the way back to the OT. And it never bothered me that there were always 3 or 4 other Sarahs in my class because my last name is very uncommon and hard to spell/pronounce so it’s a good balance. I’m actually one of those crazy people who loves my name so much I would give Sarah to any and all future daughters my husband and I might have :) But alas, I’ll leave that tradition to George Forman.

]]> By: Nicolette Sari http://appellationmountain.net/2008/05/20/25-sensible-names-for-girls/#comment-15597 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:29:35 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-15597 Hmm I’m split I adore the name Emily…but Im a child of the 80s and every other girl I know is Emily….yet it still wasnt as big as the amoung of Jenifer/Jenni/Jenny/Jena/Jens I grew up with…especially sense they were all really named Jenifer…and one Jenipher.

]]> By: Danielle http://appellationmountain.net/2008/05/20/25-sensible-names-for-girls/#comment-13117 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:37:22 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-13117 I like a lot of these names, which is something I wouldn’t have said six months ago! My tastes are getting slowly more conventional, even though I still enjoy a good quirky name.

From this list, I like the following:

Audrey, Diana, Genevieve, Jenna, Johanna, Julia, Leah, Naomi, Natalie, Rachel, and Rebecca.

I could see myself actually using Audrey, Diana, Genevieve, Naomi, or Natalie.

]]> By: Holly http://appellationmountain.net/2008/05/20/25-sensible-names-for-girls/#comment-10068 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:44:34 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-10068 I’m surprised to see my name on this list as I personally hate it and can’t see how it qualifies as sensible. It sounds very young, and the only feasible nicknames are Holl (pr ‘hole’) or Holls (pr ‘holes’) – both of which I can’t stand but can’t avoid either. There is also the irritating fact that Holly rhymes with many other words eg lolly, dolly, molly, trolley, wally, etc which probably add to the childlike feel of the name. One name I would suggest for this list would be Anna – it has been in use for centuries and still sounds current. If I knew nothing else about a person except that her name is Anna, I would not be able to guess her age. I definitely agree that Rebecca, Sarah and Rachel should be on the list. The others I have age-associations with, as naming trends in my country do not strictly match those in the US – eg Alison/Allison and related names are for the most part not found on people under 40, while I have noticed on TV that it seems to be relatively popular across ages in the US.

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