Your views on Summer??
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Your views on Summer??
| Wed, 11-08-2006 - 5:05pm |
Hi All,
I am slowly going off the CL combination (I have a daughter called Claudia and was looking at another CL name like Claire should I have another girl).
I had a flash yesterday and thought I quite like the sound of Summer Grace OR Summer Hope??
I live in Australia (great chatting to you all in the US by the way!!) and am due on Australia Day (similar to your 4th of July) in January, which means it is highly likely I will give birth on a very hot AND humid Summer's Day!
Claudia Rose and Summer Grace as sisters - honest opinions?
Thanks,
Gordana
mum to Claudia (2)
due 1/26/07

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i like it! Summer is one of those names just love it.
Claudia Rose
Summer Grace
are great together, both strong, beautiful, poetic even. love it.
just sharing a thought with you, i met sisters named, Summer and Martha, and one time other girls were talking with Summer, having just met her loving her 'different' name, going on about different names they liked (the Jennifer generation), then a girl asked her sister what her name was, "Martha" ..beautiful name.. but in that conversation, the other girls said, "ohh.." expecting something different. ..then they were polite, your name is beautiful too. but Martha's face did fall a bit. dont think it scarred her, of course... but just a thought of what i'd witnessed once. (and i could see she loved her name when she said it, too)
Ok, you asked for honest opinions ...
Honestly, Summer has a very "adult film star" vibe. I did a quick search on Yahoo and it came up with:
Cheyanne Summer
April Summer
Summer Nyte
Summer C. (edited LOL)
Summer Leigh
Summer Sinn
Summer Storm
Summer Skyes
And this was just the first page of results ... I didn't feel the need to delve any further into it.
Names like these -- Summer, Autumn, Amber, etc. -- are very popular in that industry, so I could never use one in real life, no matter how "pretty" or "cute" it seems (ie. depending on the child's time of birth, things like that). It always reminds me of the aunt/niece adult film stars Sunset Thomas and Sunrise Adams (I had to look these up, because I remembered something about the names but thought they were a mother and daughter or something like that -- shudder LOL). I know many take offense to comments like that, as if it's insulting someone would bother to let you know a name is popular in that industry in case you aren't already aware, but to me that's even more reason not to use it. After all, just because a parent would never watch an adult video or go see an "exotic dancer" doesn't mean the name won't have those same connotations to others hearing it (future boyfriends, teachers, friends' parents or employers, none of whom should have that image when first meeting your baby girl, KWIM? ).
HTH (and wasn't "too" honest)
~Kelli
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There's a Sommer that goes to my son's school, an adorable little girl. She has an older brother named Dakota and a younger sister named Ella. It's not my favourite name but I don't hate it either.
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I don't like Summer, I truly don't and with Claudia as sister it just sound wrong for me.
If I saw Claudia I would guess the sisters name would be Josephine or Charlotte or Eugenia.
There are more CL names out there then Claire or Clara.
I love the name. I think Summer is such a sweet name that makes me think of sunshine and warm sunny days. And Grace is one of my all time favorites. Good name choices!
Susan
I like Summer a lot, and I don't think sibling names have to be so matchy matchy anyway. My sisters and I have VERY different styles of names, but we're individuals, right?
Another similar name is Simone. And Sabina. I love both of those as well.
AJ, enjoying life with C.
Hi there,
Thanks for all your feedback .. !! I'm still deciding on my ultimate short list.
Regards,
Gordana
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