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Help[Opinions] Caryl
My mother's name is Caryl. Her name was originally spelled Carol, but in junior high she got a little creative and started spelling it with a Y (I tried to follow suit when I was in 7th grade, and I remember my friend Aimee and I announced to one of our teachers that our names were now Ami and Katheryne [ew!], lol). She continued to spell it that way and eventually had it legally changed as an adult. So, I just wanted opinions. Does Carol/Caryl sound too baby boomer for use now? Does Caryl look too kre8tiv? I'd likely only use it as a MN, but I find the Y makes it look awkward paired with first names. Any names from my PNL that you'd suggest as FN's to go with Caryl? My keeps suggesting my sister (who is due with her first child in June) name the baby Mary Caryl (Mary is my sis's MIL's name) if it's a girl, and while I like the sound of that, the repetition of the -ary bothers me a lot. WDYT?
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I really dislike Carol, and spelling it Caryl doesn't make it any better in my opinion. Carol is so post World War II, which in and of itself doesn't make it bad, but you did ask if it was too baby boomer. I just don't like how it sounds, and it's also not very feminine, and the Caryl spelling makes it even less so.
I went to high school with a girl who spelled it Carrel, which I think makes it marginally better.
But I think if you want to use it as a middle name to honor your mother, you should just go right ahead and do so and not even worry about whether anyone else or even yourself likes it. I gave my daughter my mother's name as a middle name, it was a name I did not care for at all, and I've never regretted it.
I went to high school with a girl who spelled it Carrel, which I think makes it marginally better.
But I think if you want to use it as a middle name to honor your mother, you should just go right ahead and do so and not even worry about whether anyone else or even yourself likes it. I gave my daughter my mother's name as a middle name, it was a name I did not care for at all, and I've never regretted it.
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Caryl Chessman is the first thing that comes to mind
The Red Lgith Bandit. Rapist and robber who went to the gas chamber in 1960. Pretty famous because 1. He wrote a book while on death row. and 2. He never actually killed anybody, though he probably would have over time as his attacks escalated.
I like Carol, I think it makes a pretty mn. Mary Caryl is pretty 1950's farm-girl, but it's not horrible.
The Red Lgith Bandit. Rapist and robber who went to the gas chamber in 1960. Pretty famous because 1. He wrote a book while on death row. and 2. He never actually killed anybody, though he probably would have over time as his attacks escalated.
I like Carol, I think it makes a pretty mn. Mary Caryl is pretty 1950's farm-girl, but it's not horrible.
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I love Carol, but no Caryl, sorry.
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