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Help[Opinions] Amandarina
A friend of a friend on facebook has a baby named Amandarina nn. "Mandy".
I don't care for it.
It's long and feminine, but frilly and overly long do not equal pretty... and it sounds way too singsong and made-up. I look at it, and the word 'mandarin' stares back at me and I think 'why?'. I mean, I really don't like Amanda, but at least it looks vaguely sensible. I loathe the name Mandy too...it sounds like a brainless 80s babysitter in a bad horror film.
Of course, I'm being too harsh, aren't I? There are worse names out there.
What do you think?
I don't care for it.
It's long and feminine, but frilly and overly long do not equal pretty... and it sounds way too singsong and made-up. I look at it, and the word 'mandarin' stares back at me and I think 'why?'. I mean, I really don't like Amanda, but at least it looks vaguely sensible. I loathe the name Mandy too...it sounds like a brainless 80s babysitter in a bad horror film.
Of course, I'm being too harsh, aren't I? There are worse names out there.
What do you think?
This message was edited 6/11/2011, 12:21 PM
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I agree with everything you said - its too frilly and looks made up. And Mandy does sounds like an 80s name.
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Amandarina is too frilly and overdone. Amandine is much prettier. Too bad they didn't use that instead. I would have liked it in that case.
I think Mindy is cute, but I've never cared for Mandy.
I think Mindy is cute, but I've never cared for Mandy.
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sounds like a pet name that a mother would give her daughter Amanda who loves ballet. AKA Amanda the ballerina is Amandarina.
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LOL. Amandarina does sound like a contraction of Amanda the ballerina.
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No, you're not being too harsh. I think it's awful.
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I'm finding that I have to agree with you. The name is...awkward. To me it seems like a case of 'that poor kid...when they're older they're gonna have it rough.' I have a cousin who had a baby when she was seventeen and she named her little girl Dasmin. I thought that was a poor choice for the same reason. What's possibly cute for a baby doesn't necessarily mean it will be cute on a teen or beautiful on a woman. I can't imagine how that girl is going to deal with meeting someone in a professional environment and saying to them 'My name is Amandarina.' At least the Mandy nick-name will hopefully save her some ridicule in those older elementary school years when kids pick on everyone else for the stupidest things.
But, in the end it comes down to the fact that it's the parents choice. Also, the babies of these couple of years have had stranger and stranger names, so at least she won't be alone in this new 'unique to an obnoxious fault' trend. (I believe in unique names, but I also believe in being tasteful in your uniqueness.)
But, in the end it comes down to the fact that it's the parents choice. Also, the babies of these couple of years have had stranger and stranger names, so at least she won't be alone in this new 'unique to an obnoxious fault' trend. (I believe in unique names, but I also believe in being tasteful in your uniqueness.)
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