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Help[Opinions] Brier/Briar
I was trying to find a B-name to honor either Bertha or Bessie in my family. What do you think of Briar and Brier for girls? Is Briar-Rose too fairy-tale to use? Combos?
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I'm usually not into naturey names, but I actually think Briar is a pretty name (despite being a hurty plant...) :) It must be the sound of it. It sounds very feminine, despite being one letter away from Brian. Or maybe it's the Sleeping Beauty thing.
Briar Catherine
Briar Charlotte
Briar Claire
Briar Elaine
Briar Elizabeth
Briar Ellen
Briar Georgina
Briar Jane
Briar Maeve
Briar Catherine
Briar Charlotte
Briar Claire
Briar Elaine
Briar Elizabeth
Briar Ellen
Briar Georgina
Briar Jane
Briar Maeve
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Elizabeth seems like a more intuitive way to honour Bessie. However, not your question.
Briar Rose is one of my favourite GPs, because of the fairy tale, but yeah, no good for a real name. I don't like Briar that much for a real kid myself. Without the 'rose' it sounds rather masculine.
Briar Rose is one of my favourite GPs, because of the fairy tale, but yeah, no good for a real name. I don't like Briar that much for a real kid myself. Without the 'rose' it sounds rather masculine.
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I have put a lot of thought into Elizabeth, but it's so Christian to me and doesn't seem to fit on a Jewish baby. I really love Elisheva, though, and would use it in a heartbeat. I agree with you, though, that that would be a more direct way to honor her.
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I fail to understand how a Briar could honour a Bertha or a Bessie. If you loved them that much to honour them then you'd use their real name or the name they went by.
Briar is the way the word is spelt, so it would be much easier to spell it that way. Briar-Rose is very Sleeping Beauty.
(Using your PNL because I'm lazy)
Briar Claire
Briar Elizabeth
Briar Madeline
Briar Jocelyn
Briar Adele
Briar Danica
Briar Miriam
Briar is the way the word is spelt, so it would be much easier to spell it that way. Briar-Rose is very Sleeping Beauty.
(Using your PNL because I'm lazy)
Briar Claire
Briar Elizabeth
Briar Madeline
Briar Jocelyn
Briar Adele
Briar Danica
Briar Miriam
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You don't have to use the exact name to honor someone. If I wanted to honor my grandfather Jacob and I ended up having a girl, I would be in no way obligated to call her Jacob and could use Jacoba, Jacobine, Coby, Jackie, etc. I really don't think it's your place to tell me that I don't love my relatives because I don't want to use the exact name.
That being said, I love Briar Claire and Briar Adele.
That being said, I love Briar Claire and Briar Adele.
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I guess that was a bit harsh. But there is a difference between using Jacoba for grandfather Jacob than Briar for Aunt Bertha. You could look at Jacoba and see the connection straight away, where as you couldn't with Briar. It just seems like a way of betting behind the namee and justifying your use for it. But of course it is your associations with the name that make it special, and I'm glad you liked the two combos. Good luck searching for the perfect name.
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Why the difference with just the one letter? I'm curious.
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For me, I like the way Brier looks better, but I try to pronounce Brier "Breer" for some reason. So in the end I like Briar better.
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