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[Opinions] WDYTO Chrysanthia?(m)
Starting to love this name! It is a shortened form of the English word Chrysanthemum and I didn't like Chrysanta, the only form in the database. Since it is the fourth of July I was thinking of Chrysanthemums. (a type of firework for those who don't know)

This message was edited 7/4/2008, 2:33 PM

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I love the name Chrysanthe or Chrysantha. I really hope I can use it one day. Chrysanthia is nice too. :)
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I dislike it, but do really like the similar Chrysanthe.
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It's pretty, but I think it's a little too much for some reason. I also like Chyrsanthe, Chrysantha and Chrysanthemum.
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I have a major softspot for ChrysanthemumIt's because way back when (I was probably 5 years old) we had this book, Chrysanthemum by Keven Henkes. It was the sweetest book ever. It was about this little mouse named Chrysanthemum who loved her name until her first day of school, when all the Bobbys, Marys and Suzies started making fun of her for it. In the end (*SPOILER ALERT* lol) her pregnant teacher (named Delphinium) announces that she will name her baby the prettiest name she's ever heard. Chrysanthemum. I absolutely adore this name as a result of the book. Sometimes I think back and wonder if it was this story that shaped me into the namenerd I am today. In retrospect, it was probably a combination of Chrysanthemum and Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel, a book about a boy named Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sa Rembo Chari Bari Ruchi Pip Peri Pembo and his unfortunate adventures with such a burdenous name. I loved those books. Anyway, I much prefer Chrysanthemum to Chrysanthia because the latter seems very frilly and girly to me. I don't like Chrytanta much, either. I guess I'm just really used to plain old Chrysanthemum. But it was definately a type of flower WAY before being a type of firework.Here's a link to the Chyrsanthemum book:
http://www.amazon.com/Chrysanthemum-Big-Book-Kevin-Henkes/dp/0061119741/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215206842&sr=8-1And Tiki Tiki Tembo:
http://www.amazon.com/Tikki-Tembo-Arlene-Mosel/dp/0312367481/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215207238&sr=1-1
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I loved that book too!I used to read it all the time. :) I remember wishing MY name was Chrysanthemum instead of plain old Megan!
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I totally wished that, tooMy name, being Aileen, wasn't all that bad (it was plenty rare enough), but the prospect of being named Chyranthemum was just so tempting. Writing that one one of those "Hello, my name is..." tags would have just been the best. =]
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The only Chrysanth- name I like is Chrysanthemum itself. Chrysanta, Chrysanthe, and Chrysanthia don't do anything for me.And the firework chrysanthemum was named for the flower chrysanthemum, for which see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChrysanthemumArray
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