Flat-out honest? I'm thinking...flamboyant guy in purple velvet suit with an oddly-shaped guitar with a pretentious name. Or both of Michael Jackson's sons. Usually title names--Princess, Duke, King, Baron--are more of a burden than a blessing.
This name carries a good deal of cultural baggage, as other posters have noted. My first thought is: Prince Fielder - not a bad association, certainly, but probably not most people's first thought. Title names and their kin, such as Prince, General, Noble, etc., seem to have peaked around or just before 1920, which for reasons I cannot explain gives them a certain appeal (to me). But I'm not convinced I would actually use Prince (again, for the reasons other posters have mentioned), even though I find it sort of retro-cool.
1. I wore my "Thriller" t-shirt with pride back in the day, but IMO Prince as a fn is too Michael Jackson for me to like it, not to mention "The Artist...."
2. I hope this comes out right, I don't like when parents name their children virtue or title names (Prince, Duke, King, Dutchess, Chastity, Destiny). IMO it's setting them up for the opposite.
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Just my opinion though...
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It is not my style at all and I strongly dislike it. Why not use it as some sort of a nn?
-Nikki
http://destastory.blogspot.com
This gets a big No from me for a few reasons:
1. I wore my "Thriller" t-shirt with pride back in the day, but IMO Prince as a fn is too Michael Jackson for me to like it, not to mention "The Artist...."
2. I hope this comes out right, I don't like when parents name their children virtue or title names (Prince, Duke, King, Dutchess, Chastity, Destiny). IMO it's setting them up for the opposite.
3. We had a dog named Prince when I was a kid.
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