View Message

[Opinions] Adonis!
WDYT? I like it better than the trendy Ad- names for a boy and I like the it better than most Don names! Any combos and nicknames?

This message was edited 2/8/2012, 10:49 PM

Archived Thread - replies disabled
vote up1

Replies

It is a name that not common and it is nice.
I know only one person with this name. He is in his 40's.
vote up1
It would never work where I live, because (in the form of Adoons) it's a traditional nickname for a baboon.
vote up1
I think Adonis is waaay too much to live up to. It's the male equivalent of Aphrodite Beauty-Queen Hotstuff. If Adonis isn't gorgeous and totally buff, it becomes a joke name. Maybe you'd like Adair?
vote up1
Dude! No way! Imagine being a fat stumpy kid named Adonis! Jeeeeez.
I think it's a nice post-pubescent epithet for someone really hot...My narcissistic lover's name is Dean Nicholas, which anagrams out to Adonis Chanel. I have always found this revoltingly appropriate
vote up1
I... don't like it. Not on a real person. It sounds a little dorky, and like it has an amazing amount of bullying potential. It's a bit like naming your daughter Aphrodite. It's silly enough even if they do manage to grow up to be spectacularly good looking with chiseled features and hair which... blows in the wind and... stuff... even then it'd be silly and try-hard. If they turn out to be pleasantly average or "have a nice... *cough* personality..?" then around about that lovely awkward puberty stage which is awkward stage in life anyway, then their schoolmates are going to work out the meaning of Adonis, and... oh, that poor kid. I mean, maybe I was a ridiculously bookish kid, but I knew the meaning and figurative meaning of Adonis by the age of thirteen, fourteen, and would have teased any Adonis I came across mercilessly.No kid should ever have to carry that kind of name baggage. Middle name it? That might be okay. Apart from when it crops up on uni lists and legal forms. Really, I don't like Don names full stop, and as for Ad- names, I think Adam for one is a-okay. It's not super-common where I am, is falling in popularity here too, and although it's far less interesting than Adonis, I just find it cute.Of course, if this were for a character, take it and run with it but avoid the purple prose. That is all.

This message was edited 2/9/2012, 2:08 PM

vote up1
Adonis: Trend on the Rise
Personally, I am not very fond of it.
You say that it is more favorable because it is straying from a current large trend, but in reality the popularity of "-is" and "-us" names (particularly Atticus) is beginning to rise.That being said, I also cannot help but to furrow my brow at how pretentious, juvenile, and unprofessional it sounds. Regardless, like many names, it would definitely be acceptable and interesting on a character.- Francesca

This message was edited 2/9/2012, 11:54 PM

vote up1
I like it. I never really thought about this name until I met a person named Adonis (he's dating someone who llives on my floor at school). I think it's a pretty cool name and it works well in real life without being bland.Combos: Adonis Roland, Adonis Christophe, Adonis William, Adonis Halldor, Adonis Morgan, Adonis Gideon, Adonis Gabriel, Adonis Lucian, Adonis Odhran, Adonis Morcant, Adonis Guillaume, Adonis Philippus, Adonis Oberon, Adonis Malik, Adonis Othello, Adonis Wolfram, Adonis Beowulf, Adonis Tasman, Adonis BastienNicknames... Adi, Donis, Addy, Ady, Adis, Adon, Don? I don't necessarily like any of the nicknames though.
vote up1
WEIRD!
vote up1
Hm, the -is ending reminds me of Lithuanian names. I don't mind it. How about Adonis Grey?
Nicknames possibilities:
Adon
Adi
Adis
Oni
Onis
Donis
Don
Donny
vote up1
Not really a fan... When I first saw it, I thought it said Adoris (in smaller print) and thought it sounded and looked like someone had just stuck an A in front of Doris to be kre8yv, but Adonis is really doing anything for me either.
vote up1