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Help[Opinions] Hopeful
What do you think of Hopeful for a girl? I'm in an idealistic mood tonight, and it feels really right to me right now.
And before you suggest, I don't like Hope for a girl (ick). I do love Esperance, but tonight, I'm interested in Hopeful.
So anyway--first name or middle name? What would you put with it?
All thoughts (aside from "Why not just Hope?", that is ;) are most appreciated. Thank you.
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And before you suggest, I don't like Hope for a girl (ick). I do love Esperance, but tonight, I'm interested in Hopeful.
So anyway--first name or middle name? What would you put with it?
All thoughts (aside from "Why not just Hope?", that is ;) are most appreciated. Thank you.
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As a name? I can't see it.
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Hopeful sounds too Puritan.
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I think its awful. Its a word, not a name.
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It's got a Puritan charm to it, but I think it's OTT as a first name. But I guess you can pull it off in the middle spot. I like Esperanza more than Esperance.
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but not Hopeful, which is an adverb. I don't think adverbs should be names. Hope and Faith, both nouns, have a wonderful history, and useage.
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Hopeful is very idealistic. I'm liking it as a middle name today, and maybe for a double-name along the lines of Mary Hopeful. I'm also inspired to create Deladis Hopeful. Deladis is the name of Emmy Rossum's character in Songcatcher, a movie that for which I have ten kinds of love. The name just rolls off my tongue like a waterfall.
As a first name, how about:
Hopeful Honeycutt
Hopeful Twilight
Hopeful Liesrl
Hopeful Soetkin (I'm trying to sell someone, anyone on this name. :))
Hopeful Nan
Hopeful Megumi
As middle name:
Katharine Hopeful
Julanne Hopeful
Marigold Hopeful
Whisper Hopeful
As a first name, how about:
Hopeful Honeycutt
Hopeful Twilight
Hopeful Liesrl
Hopeful Soetkin (I'm trying to sell someone, anyone on this name. :))
Hopeful Nan
Hopeful Megumi
As middle name:
Katharine Hopeful
Julanne Hopeful
Marigold Hopeful
Whisper Hopeful
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I knew a Thankfull and a Faithfull
So I'm pretty okay with Hopeful. I think the name would fit in well with the other various naming trends that are out there, honestly. It's not something I'd use (for my own reasons) but I can definitely see it being used. Plus the Faithful I knew ended up dropping the ful part (and she then used her middle name as well - I knew her as Kendall). Her sister, however, continued to use Thankful and was known to all by Thanks. :-D So be prepared that you could end up with a little Hope (and it's highly likely), so if you really don't like it, use it as a middle name.
Ideas. Hmm.
Tansy Hopeful is springing to mind. I'm not sure why - it's just got such a fresh and bright sound to it. I really, really like it.
In fact, that's my only suggestion and I like it well enough to steal.
So I'm pretty okay with Hopeful. I think the name would fit in well with the other various naming trends that are out there, honestly. It's not something I'd use (for my own reasons) but I can definitely see it being used. Plus the Faithful I knew ended up dropping the ful part (and she then used her middle name as well - I knew her as Kendall). Her sister, however, continued to use Thankful and was known to all by Thanks. :-D So be prepared that you could end up with a little Hope (and it's highly likely), so if you really don't like it, use it as a middle name.
Ideas. Hmm.
Tansy Hopeful is springing to mind. I'm not sure why - it's just got such a fresh and bright sound to it. I really, really like it.
In fact, that's my only suggestion and I like it well enough to steal.
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I'd put something long and pretty without many harsh vowels before it. Not sexy like and self-conscious like Genevieve. Cecily-like. Uhhh. My PNL is not full of names like this. Angelica Hopeful. Alexandra Hopeful. Hortense Hopeful. *snicker*
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Malia Hopeful
Thomasina Hopeful awwww omg really sad
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Malia Hopeful
Thomasina Hopeful awwww omg really sad
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I don't like it. Hope has never been an attractive sounding name to me, and -ful isn't all that attractive to me either, so I just generally dislike it.
MN, I think, otherwise it sounds like its describing.
Lily Hopeful
Janna Hopeful
Katharine Hopeful
Isadora Hopeful
Adeline Hopeful
Olivia Hopeful
Liviana Hopeful
Marie Hopeful
Pamela Hopeful
Rebecca Hopeful
Janice Hopeful
Vivienne Hopeful
Gianna Hopeful
Samara Hopeful
Jane Hopeful
Natalie Hopeful
Veronica Hopeful
Evening Hopeful
>.> I keep mistyping [tired], so thats all for now.
MN, I think, otherwise it sounds like its describing.
Lily Hopeful
Janna Hopeful
Katharine Hopeful
Isadora Hopeful
Adeline Hopeful
Olivia Hopeful
Liviana Hopeful
Marie Hopeful
Pamela Hopeful
Rebecca Hopeful
Janice Hopeful
Vivienne Hopeful
Gianna Hopeful
Samara Hopeful
Jane Hopeful
Natalie Hopeful
Veronica Hopeful
Evening Hopeful
>.> I keep mistyping [tired], so thats all for now.
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I don't like the sound of the word enough to use it as a name myself, but it's alright. It's better than some other virtue names. I would choose Hopeful over Chastity or Prudence any day.
Esperance is lovely!
Esperance is lovely!
This message was edited 8/28/2008, 8:56 PM
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