Message: "Somerled" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Somerled

by Andromache (Hannah Ruth)

9/27/2008, 2:20 PM

Norse name meaning 'summer sailor' or 'summer traveller'.

I just think this name is so cool. WDYT? Is it just me?

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This message was edited 9/27/2008, 3:05 PM

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- Elinor (Elly747) +1

9/28/2008, 2:20 AM

I've met one person with this name, back at school. He had a very boring surname but everyone in the school knew him by his first name only, because it's so unusual and he was quite a character.

I like it.

- Andromache (Hannah Ruth)

9/28/2008, 5:32 AM

Did he go by a nickname?

- poppylena

9/28/2008, 2:03 AM

I like it, it's on my list. As is the related Sorley but I prefer Somerled. I first heard of it when I was studying medieval Scottish history in first year of university.

- lac (guest)

9/27/2008, 6:00 PM

No, it's not just you. I've never heard this name before, but I too think it's awesome. I worry that most people won't know how to prn it or won't even recognize it as being a name.

- Hola123

9/27/2008, 5:26 PM

I can see the appeal. I think it's definitely a name that could grow on me...it is kind of cool :)

- Akua Topaz (SentimentalArgument) +2

9/27/2008, 3:15 PM

It's sort of cool, but it seems too much like a surname to me. Probably because of Somerset. Come to think of it, I'd actually like Somerset a lot more than Somerled.

- Andromache (Hannah Ruth) +1

9/27/2008, 3:40 PM

Lol, sorry, I can't read Somerset without hearing it in the regional accent (think Hagrid in the Harry Potter films).

- Akua Topaz (SentimentalArgument)

9/27/2008, 4:36 PM

Hahaha, I guess I didn't think of that, since that problem doesn't really arise much in the US.

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