Thoughts on Emerson for a girl?

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Thoughts on Emerson for a girl?
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Wed, 10-24-2007 - 9:55pm
My husband and I love it, but we're getting such a mixed reaction.

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Mon, 10-29-2007 - 9:18am

Honestly, I am not a fan of Terri Hatcher's and have never watched that show.

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Mon, 10-29-2007 - 12:03pm

But maybe that man got his idea from Terri Hatcher...she's been around for ages. I just watched an episode from the first season of Macgyver that she was on (and she showed up at lot) and then she did Lois and Clark, which was a big hit--so maybe she made it "okay."

I appreciate that you like the name, but I'm not sure I'd use someone else's special name unless it also had meaning to me--I mean, it's hard for me to connect Ralph Waldo Emerson (he of the Great Transparent Eye and meatpacking analogies) with a little girl. But then, I loathed the whole Transcendentalist portion of my American Lit class and pretty much blamed him for creating the whole genre (especially after I got done with BF Skinner's "Walden Two"--oy!.)




Edited 10/29/2007 12:09 pm ET by dr.kae
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Mon, 10-29-2007 - 12:37pm

As I mentioned, it does have meaning to me b/c I live by his quotes, AND I happen to think it's an absolutely beautiful sounding name.

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Mon, 10-29-2007 - 1:45pm

Actually, I didn't choose Lydia. I like it, but she's not my daughter. She's my niece. (When would I have time to post if I had a six-day-old here?)

As far as trying to talk you out of it, I'm not. I'm just backing my statement that I really don't think if Terri Hatcher hadn't used it, it wouldn't be getting all of the discussion time that it does. I think it's a very nice name, too--very handsome, love it on the husband in the Amelia Peabody series who has the Egyptian nn of "Father of Curses" because he swears a blue streak. (It's his surname, but noone calls him by his given name of Radcliffe--can you blame them?)

Since this is a public board, there are others reading here who might be weighing the pros and cons of Emerson, who are on the bubble more than you are--and I feel there's nothing wrong with putting trends, history and cultural relevance and opinions out there for them in your thread, since you opened the discussion. But I think I've culled my brain for everything I know on the name (history, Transcendentalist, Lois and Clark, Father of Curses...yeah, that covers it.) Ooh, and interesting fact...Ralph's second wife was named Lydia.




Edited 10/29/2007 2:02 pm ET by dr.kae
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