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Help[Opinions] Tarn
I've had it on my list for quite awhile as a male name, but there's a female Jeopardy contestant tonight named Tarn. I'm excited to see it! She even said she was specifically named for a mountain pool because her dad was really into mountain climbing when she was born.
What do you think of Tarn on either gender? Any combo ideas? I have Samuel Tarn which I love, but nothing with it as a first name.
What do you think of Tarn on either gender? Any combo ideas? I have Samuel Tarn which I love, but nothing with it as a first name.
This message was edited 1/31/2014, 4:54 PM
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My daughters were raised with a boy named Tarn. I always loved it, though whenever I suggest it on a name board, it gets no love, even though young parents are always looking for unusual one-syllable names. The Tarn we knew had a younger brother named Kestrel, another unisex name, but now mostly used for girls.
This message was edited 2/1/2014, 3:18 AM
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well I learned something today
I had no idea that a tarn was a thing and now I know it is!
Interesting name. Something about it seems familiar in a nice way. I'm not sure about it for a girl (if I was Tarn's mom I probably would have gone with the safer Corrie), but I do like it. I also like the Scandinavian words for a tarn - Tjørn, Tjörn and Tjärn. Now those are some cool words.
Tarn Harry popped into my mind as a combo right away. There's something smiley about that combo, I quite like that.
I had no idea that a tarn was a thing and now I know it is!
Interesting name. Something about it seems familiar in a nice way. I'm not sure about it for a girl (if I was Tarn's mom I probably would have gone with the safer Corrie), but I do like it. I also like the Scandinavian words for a tarn - Tjørn, Tjörn and Tjärn. Now those are some cool words.
Tarn Harry popped into my mind as a combo right away. There's something smiley about that combo, I quite like that.
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So did I!
I didn't know there was a corresponding English word to the Swedish tjärn! :) (which is pronounced "shairn", if you were wondering)
I didn't know there was a corresponding English word to the Swedish tjärn! :) (which is pronounced "shairn", if you were wondering)
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Tjärn "shairn" would be a very cool name! Is it ever used as such in Sweden?
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Doesn't seem like it is, or ever has been, but it would indeed be cool!
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It makes me think of the word darn, and tarnish, and yarn... So it gives me this image of a an old saloon with a copper spittoon and a little old lady knitting in the corner - the image is nice enough, if only the similarity to "darn" weren't so overpowering. Final impression: it's okish, in that I love encountering "different" names no matter if I think they're good or not, but I don't really like it and wouldn't ever suggest it to someone else.
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Ooh, I just decided I might try to stick it in the mountain man category, but I can totally see it being old saloon ish! And those names are sorely lacking for me. I like it.
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I met a male Tarn in college. He said he was named for a mountain pool, too - said his "parents were hippies." But I could tell he wasn't embarrassed. I think he liked his name but was just wary of people asking about it. Maybe he's encountered people who feel about it like Roxstar does.
Anyway I like the name. I always liked Taran from Lloyd Alexander's books, which I say as "TAH-run," but Tarn is easier to say and less fictiony. It never occurred to me that Tarn could be unisex, but I guess it really can be. I prefer it as a guy name. On a woman, it gives me an impression like too much patchouli, like Robin or Cedar or Rowan does. Not exactly mannish, but sorta hairy-hippie. That's fine btw, but it's nms in names. lol
Tarn Thomas
Tarn Liber
... I'll edit if I think of any good ones.
Anyway I like the name. I always liked Taran from Lloyd Alexander's books, which I say as "TAH-run," but Tarn is easier to say and less fictiony. It never occurred to me that Tarn could be unisex, but I guess it really can be. I prefer it as a guy name. On a woman, it gives me an impression like too much patchouli, like Robin or Cedar or Rowan does. Not exactly mannish, but sorta hairy-hippie. That's fine btw, but it's nms in names. lol
Tarn Thomas
Tarn Liber
... I'll edit if I think of any good ones.
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Yes!
It does make me think of Lloyd Alexander's Taran, which was a favorite of mine as a kid (both the books and the name). I think that's part of why I like it.
Both of those combos are nice. Tarn also makes me think of "tern," so it's been feeling more ocean-y to me... but I'm going to try and think of it all mountain man. I think I can enjoy it much more that way.
It does make me think of Lloyd Alexander's Taran, which was a favorite of mine as a kid (both the books and the name). I think that's part of why I like it.
Both of those combos are nice. Tarn also makes me think of "tern," so it's been feeling more ocean-y to me... but I'm going to try and think of it all mountain man. I think I can enjoy it much more that way.
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I think of dental plaque, so no.
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what in the tarnation is with that?
It's gross. On a male or a female. Just plain goshtarn ugly.
It's gross. On a male or a female. Just plain goshtarn ugly.
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lol
hee puns
hee puns
This message was edited 2/1/2014, 4:00 AM
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