Help! Too thematic?
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Help! Too thematic?
| Thu, 07-01-2004 - 8:24am |
Hi everyone! I was sent over here from another board. Need some opinions!
I am due in 4 weeks. We don't know if we are having a boy or a girl. But it's the girl name that is causing the trouble.
Dd is named Aspen. Dh and I met in CO and used to snowboard a lot. For this possible dd, we THOUGHT we setted on Breck (short for Breckenridge, another ski resort) but now we are both getting cold feet because we don't want to be too cheesy, kwim? BUT we have to have a complimentary name for Aspen, to be fair....since Aspen has a *story*.
Help, opinions appreciated!
Meldi

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Some people might pick up on the theme, many probably will not. Another bigger issue (IMO) is that Breck is not a very feminine name. And people may mistake it for Brooke.
Jen
Breck is very masculine sounding to me.
Michelle
Graham May 1999, Lily P
~Alicia
Hayden (for Hayden's Peak)
Kristi (both for the double-diamond run and a play on stem-christie)
Bonnie (for Bonnie's restaurant)
Ruthie (for Ruthie's Run)
Nell (for Little Nell)
Other Co. ski towns:
Well, Meredith is a town very close to Aspen, but I've never been there so it could be a dump
Telly for Telluride
You could maybe just do sort of nature name that's Colorado oriented, such as:
Cascade
Lake
Lark (for Colorado's state bird, the lark bunting)
Or you could pick another vacation spot that you and your DH have enjoyed and use a place name from that. OR you could be extra sneaky and GO RIGHT NOW to somewhere amazing that has a great name and use that:)
Either way--Good luck!
Amy
Other than that, I suggest Brecken, nn Breck. Brecken and Aspen go well together.
Good luck to you!!
Breckenridge doesn't even begin to sound like a first name. not feminine at all. Aspen, on the other hand, is a known first name. not heard a lot, but a known one.
Breck reminds me way too much of the shampoo. no one would be thinking "ski resort" with that anyway.
I think you should just find a name you like a lot and give her that.
Good luck to you
Lillie
That said, I think Breck is a really cool name. I met a little red head girl name Breck last year and her mother told me it was an Irish name. Many posters have mentioned the Breck shampoo thing, but keep in mind that shampoo has not been around for many many years and children born these days will not recognize Breck as a shampoo.
I also don't think that anyone would think that Breck had anything to do with Breckenridge unless you told them so. So you could do your theme idea without worrying that anyone will pick up on it.
Let us know what you decide!
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JoLee
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