Family Names: Your Opinion?

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Registered: 01-18-2006
Family Names: Your Opinion?
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Wed, 02-13-2008 - 6:23pm

2 names.
And I'd like your opinionS -
Do you HATE them - they're OK - you LOVE them?
Most importantly -
What do you THINK when you hear these names for a baby:

Duggan

Clements

What do you think of them? - 1st or Middle?
What comes to mind?
We are going to do one or the other -
Please vote!

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Wed, 02-13-2008 - 7:12pm
I prefer them both as middle names. If I had to choose one for a first name, I'd pick Clemments. NN Clem is kind of cool.
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Registered: 06-14-2003
Wed, 02-13-2008 - 7:19pm
I think either is perfectly fine for a mn but I, personally, wouldn't use either as a fn.
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Registered: 01-15-2007
Wed, 02-13-2008 - 9:42pm
This is just my opinion, but I would not use either as a first name. As middle names, I like them because I like family ties - even using both as two middle names would be nice, in my book. But they don't work for me as first names.
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Registered: 03-20-2003
Thu, 02-14-2008 - 3:03am

I like Duggan as a first name, and I like them both as a mn.

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Registered: 02-05-2006
Thu, 02-14-2008 - 7:27am

I agree with Jazz. I like the Doug nn suggestion For Duggan.


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Registered: 10-21-2007
Thu, 02-14-2008 - 9:12am

I actually don't mine Duggan as a first name.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 02-14-2008 - 12:30pm
I like Clement; I'm not sure about the "s" on Clements. Is there a reason for it? If so, I think it would have a lot of punch. Duggan...doesn't work for me. It looks like a cross between a verb and a name. Dougal (it's Scottish) is more to my liking and would actually fit well with Clement/Clements.

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Registered: 07-07-2006
Thu, 02-14-2008 - 12:42pm

Like most of the PP have said ... I LOVE them as middle names!

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Registered: 08-01-2003
Thu, 02-14-2008 - 12:46pm
I could see you using Clement (without the S on the end) as a middle for a boy - but not either for Duggan - it's not an attractive sound, certainly not for a first name, and probably not for a middle - you could use Douglas as an alternative to that for a boys middle