Which girls name do you prefer?

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Which girls name do you prefer?
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Sat, 04-07-2007 - 7:47pm

Which girls name do you prefer?



  • Rory Annika
  • Rory Alexandra
  • Rory Evelyn
  • Rory Margaret
  • Rory something else please explain


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Sat, 04-07-2007 - 8:19pm

I LOVE the name Rory! However, I'm not fond of any of the name combos. The best one to me is Rory Alexandra because Rory is such a short name that having a longer middle name adds some substance. JMO!

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Sat, 04-07-2007 - 11:01pm
To me Rory is akin to Sam, Max and Andy as "girls" names -- great, spunky, cutesy nns that don't sound the least bit feminine. The mns you have listed are rather feminine, however, so I'd think you'd be really happy with something like Aurora (not that far off from Annika and Alexandra ) or Lorelei, with Rory as a nn. Just a thought! ;)

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Sat, 04-07-2007 - 11:31pm
Problem being, my DH thinks Aurora and other names of the like are pretensious (sp?), like we are trying to sound smarter than everyone else. I have to say he is right, they are rather upity, and I personally hate nicknames, having been saddled with one against my will all my life, always being stuck with Jenny as one of 5 Jennifers in the class. I want a middle name that if my daughter finds her name is an issue with getting a job, she can do what headhunters have suggested with my name, go by your initial and then middle name ie, for me it would be J. Elizabeth.
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Sun, 04-08-2007 - 1:24am

"Rory" sounds pretty cutesy to me. I couldn't picture it on a dignified adult whom I respect. Using a formal given name gives your child the option of forgoing the use of this informal pet name in favor of one that is more appropriate for formal situations. Perhaps your child will someday become a judge or a CEO and want a name that isn't cutesy or familiar (as in intimate, not as in well known) sounding. A full name makes it possible for your child to make that choice for herself.

"I personally hate nicknames, having been saddled with one against my will all my life, always being stuck with Jenny as one of 5 Jennifers in the class."

Would you have preferred it if your given name had been "Jenny?" What if it had been "Jennie?" You are saddling your child with a nickname as well, and she won't be able to reject it and go by her full name.




Edited 4/8/2007 1:30 am ET by betsychocolate
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Sun, 04-08-2007 - 4:47pm

Of your choices, I like Rory Margaret the best. Other options to give you a very femine mn that would stand on it's own should she ever want to go by her mn (without making a nn of her mn)...
Rory Anne
Rory Jane
Rory Kathleen

Do you have anyone that you'd like to honor with the mn? I like the name Rory. My only caution is that it's a little difficult to pronounce. I've never had an issue pronouncing r's, but for some reason when I say Rory out loud it sounds like rWory.

Good luck!

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Sun, 04-08-2007 - 6:34pm
Actually, Margaret is my Moms middle name, and Evelyn is my grandmothers name (maternal). I agree with the more formal middle name so if she chooses to drop her first name later in life, it why I have been struggling with my husband on this. He likes Annika and I like the others (gives more options as I see it). As for pronunciation, my soon to be older dd is 3 1/2 and she is able to pronounce the name, so I never thought of it as an issue. I wonder how much of an issue that would be? Thanks for bringing that to my attention.
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Sun, 04-08-2007 - 10:21pm
I like the sound of Rory Alexandra.






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Mon, 04-09-2007 - 2:04pm
I definitely prefer Rory as a nickname for something else. Also, it's really a boy's name to me, I know a few Rory's and had never heard of it for a girl until Gilmore Girls came out. I'd give her a more formal, feminine name; she'll have more choice as she ages and she won't be mistaken for a boy on paper.

 


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Mon, 04-09-2007 - 7:46pm

<<<"Rory" sounds pretty cutesy to me. I couldn't picture it on a dignified adult whom I respect. Using a formal given name gives your child the option of forgoing the use of this informal pet name in favor of one that is more appropriate for formal situations. Perhaps your child will someday become a judge or a CEO and want a name that isn't cutesy or familiar (as in intimate, not as in well known) sounding. A full name makes it possible for your child to make that choice for herself.

"I personally hate nicknames, having been saddled with one against my will all my life, always being stuck with Jenny as one of 5 Jennifers in the class."

Would you have preferred it if your given name had been "Jenny?" What if it had been "Jennie?" You are saddling your child with a nickname as well, and she won't be able to reject it and go by her full name.>>>

I didn't get a chance to respond when you first replied to me, but I completely agree with the pp's above comments. If you hate nns, especially having been "stuck" with Jenny as one of many Jennifers, why in the world would you saddle your child with one as her GIVEN name?? You've taken away any option at all, which seems to be the exact opposite of what you'd intended. At least you could further shorten to Jenn or even use Jenna or go by your full name. If little "Rory" has five others in her class -- both girls AND boys -- she has zero alternatives. Aurora or Lorelei, at least, can set themselves apart on paper.

And if by "pretensious" you mean they come across as more educated, that's true. I actually love Rory as a nn, but using a pet form as a given name does tend to come across as much less educated and lower class (not MY assumption ... just based on fact).


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