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What do you think of the name Willard (male)? I'm starting to warm up to it.

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Reminds me of Crispin Glover in the movie of the same title, and therefor the only association I have with it is creepy creepy. Something in its sound is unflattering to me, too. Maybe it's the "lurd" kind sound at the end.
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Willard is cute on a child and distinguished sounding on an adult, I like it!
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Eh, it doesn't do much for me, I'm afraid. I read somewhere that Will Smith's first name is Willard. Now *he* can pull a name like that off!
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It's OK. I prefer Wilfred, though. I've always thought it had a lot of character to it.
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For me, it's associated heavily with two images--Willard Scott, weatherman from the Today Show. And the character from the movie "Willard" (a remake was done a couple of years ago with the wonderful but creepy Crispin Glover) about a weird guy who controls rats. :-/ It's also likely to be shortened to Will, which is EXTREMELY popular right now as a nn for William.
~Heather~
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Too dated sounding for my taste. Also, for some reason the "lard" in the name sticks out to me, but that's probably just me.~*|Bethany|*~
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It's not just you. The lard thing bugs me too. But I also think Willard Scott, the old bald weather guy on the Today Show. But he has a very nice personality, or it so it seems :o)
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I really like it. It sounds old-fashioned to me, but it has a creepy side--the movie with the rats improved it in my mind. :) Any name I can picture on the delicious Crispin Glover, I tend to like.On a related note, I also like Wilfred, for the poet Wilfred Owen--but I seem to be pretty alone on that mark.Array

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I just posted that I loved the name Wilfred before seeing your post. :-) Yay.
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I didn't see your post before posting....(m)I also love Crispin Glover, but you tend to love the "creepy" aspect more than I do. :b ~Heather~
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