Evil_Chuck
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04 Jan 2015, 12:06 pm
I love names. Since I was a kid I've always been fascinated by them. My mom had a book full of baby names (that she used to find my name, actually) and I would browse through it just for fun. I have almost a sixth sense for correct pronunciation. I like trying to say an unusual name, and I enjoy the other person's surprise when I get it right. When I'm coming up with characters for my writing, one of my favorite things is deciding what to name them.
I especially like first and last names that sound good together. Conversely, I can become irritated by names that don't "sound right." This lesson has never been lost on celebrities or other popular figures, who often change their names to be simpler and more appealing. We probably wouldn't remember George Herman Ruth the same way if he'd never had the nickname "Babe". Milton Supman called himself Soupy Sales. Charo's real name is María del Rosario Mercedes Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza; doesn't quite roll off the tongue the same way, does it? But some are fortunate enough to be born with awesome names, such as Halle Berry and Wesley Snipes. 
My favorite names tend to be biblical (like Matthew, Mary, Samuel, Christine), European (Alphonse, Sheila, Roland, Blanche), or modern but in good taste (Zoe, Cameron, Violet, Zane).
My less favorite names are ones I consider overused (Jason, Crystal, Todd, Mackenzie, Aidan and anything that rhymes with it), names picked out of the dictionary or Fortune 500 (Destiny, Magic, Cadillac), or clunky-sounding names with extra syllables (DeVontay, Christabella, Jadeveon, Demetrios...names you see in the NFL or gothic romances).
I don't have an ending to this...I just really like names. Anyone else? 
BetwixtBetween
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04 Jan 2015, 12:38 pm
04 Jan 2015, 6:52 pm
04 Jan 2015, 8:23 pm
04 Jan 2015, 10:08 pm
I especially like first and last names that sound good together. Conversely, I can become irritated by names that don't "sound right." This lesson has never been lost on celebrities or other popular figures, who often change their names to be simpler and more appealing. We probably wouldn't remember George Herman Ruth the same way if he'd never had the nickname "Babe". Milton Supman called himself Soupy Sales. Charo's real name is María del Rosario Mercedes Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza; doesn't quite roll off the tongue the same way, does it? But some are fortunate enough to be born with awesome names, such as Halle Berry and Wesley Snipes.
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Don't forget the guy born "Marion Morrison" (not a good name for a cowboy). Better known as "John Wayne". Or the Israeli politician born "David Green", who would later assume the name "David Ben Gurion" (meaning 'son of the lion' in Hebrew).
Sometimes the opposite happens and the person is born with the right name. The man who saved France from the Germans as a general, and who later saved France from itsself (as a politician) was born with an oddly appropriate name that means "of France" ( De Gaul).
Evil_Chuck
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05 Jan 2015, 5:19 am
I especially like first and last names that sound good together. Conversely, I can become irritated by names that don't "sound right." This lesson has never been lost on celebrities or other popular figures, who often change their names to be simpler and more appealing. We probably wouldn't remember George Herman Ruth the same way if he'd never had the nickname "Babe". Milton Supman called himself Soupy Sales. Charo's real name is María del Rosario Mercedes Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza; doesn't quite roll off the tongue the same way, does it? But some are fortunate enough to be born with awesome names, such as Halle Berry and Wesley Snipes.
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Don't forget the guy born "Marion Morrison" (not a good name for a cowboy). Better known as "John Wayne". Or the Israeli politician born "David Green", who would later assume the name "David Ben Gurion" (meaning 'son of the lion' in Hebrew).
Sometimes the opposite happens and the person is born with the right name. The man who saved France from the Germans as a general, and who later saved France from itsself (as a politician) was born with an oddly appropriate name that means "of France" ( De Gaul).
True! Or the famous Frankish (French) military leader Charles Martel, whose surname means "the hammer."
05 Jan 2015, 6:01 pm
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