Comments on: Name of the Day: Lance

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By: Shannon

Shannon — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:12:02 +0000

I have a 1-year-old cousin named Lance so I have given it some thought lately. I was a little surprised when I learned what his parents named him. Not a name I ever would have thought of using. Not awful, but kind of “blah” and yes, a bit weak sounding to me. A name that was certainly more popular a generation or two ago but not one you’d be shocked to hear today either. Just think there are better names out there. But I’m glad he’s just Lance and not Lancelot.

By: Lyndsay

Lyndsay — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:09:13 +0000

i would never have connected the name Lance to the weapon. I don’t considerer it very masculine at all, really. I guess I connect it mostly to Lance Bass, who I like, but certainly doesn’t make me think “hyper-masculine”.

By: Lola

Lola — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:40:08 +0000

Thanks Allison! That’s Josie the day before Halloween.

As for Lance = Hunter in my head, I spent years in the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) and in my head, Lance equals weapon (of sorts) and Hunter is someone who uses them. More elegant than downright bloody but still, the weapn thought is there.

By: Allison

Allison — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:52:34 +0000

Funny how perceptions are so different, no? To me Lance is a very appealing name, 100% masculine, polished and chivalrous. A guy you’d like to meet. And it would never, ever strike me as having any similarities to a bloodsport name like Hunter. But Lola, and I think you and I can both agree that your new avatar is maybe the cutest picture ever!

By: photoquilty

photoquilty — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:54:49 +0000

Something weird is going on with my avatar. I don’t know how to fix it.

By: photoquilty

photoquilty — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:50:20 +0000

Hm, hyper-masculine? Not to me. I find this name stereotypically…ahem…gay. It’s like Thaddeus and Val. It just seems a good name for a gay man. I can’t explain it. Of course I’ve known two Lances and have the proof that at least one of them was definitely not gay, and yet still, the name itself…
Anyway, interesting background for sure, but this name is not one I plan on ever using.

By: 8dana8

8dana8 — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:50:12 +0000

Though I wouldn’t use it, I actually like Lance. But it could just be the result of an addiction to cycling (the Tour de France is a great place to name-watch by the way, full of interesting athletic-sounding foreign names!). And Armstrong’s story is an inspiring one. One reason I wouldn’t use it is because more than a few friends, relatives, and neighbors here in the south have a drawl that turns this one into a two-syllable name: Lay-ance.

By: Lola

Lola — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:35:43 +0000

He’s middle aged to me, not stale, exactly but far from refreshing to hear, still. I grew up with a host of Lance’s and a Lancelot (surname Curry) [yes, all his siblings had round table names]. I was 3 in 1970. Lancelot’s neat but his story bothers me. I much prefer Arthur!

I don’t mind his sound, overmuch but he does strike mes also fitting in the “Hunter/Slasher/Cutter/Bomber” category of boys names as well. I’d be willing to even say he’s the most charming of that group. I like him but not enough to want to use him myself. I would even venture to guess that Lance’s day will come again, about the time my grandkids are having kids of their own!

His sound while pleasing, is a bit weak. But then, Hunter et al. doesn’t strike me as particularly strong either and Hunter’s definitely a “try too hard” name in my book.

And Lanzo’s got a neat sound and looks great too. Now if I could only *not* think “Mario Lanzo” when I see it! Funnily, He was Mario Lanza, a superb tenor. Died before I was born but if you can get your hands on one of his recordings, you are so in for a treat! So Lonzo’s got a neat assocation for me, at least. Aces!