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Help[Opinions] Re: Oak
in reply to a message by foxgloves
I love it.... I don't know if I'd want it be my name though. I really don't. It's like on the border between usable and unusable. If I met one I'd be super excited though. And as a middle name it's perfect.
I think Oakley is nice as well but if you used it you would like you were just following the trends rather than expressing your fervent love of trees. I babysat a little boy named Birch once... his parents were hippie-ish.
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I think Oakley is nice as well but if you used it you would like you were just following the trends rather than expressing your fervent love of trees. I babysat a little boy named Birch once... his parents were hippie-ish.
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i would love Birch if it didn't sound like...yknow. there's an etsy jewelry store i love called birch please! so that just reinforces it.
Oakley sounds too..silly? to me. i'm pretty picky about surnames as first names anyway. also yeah if i was an oak tree and someone said they named their baby after me, and the name was Oakley, i'd be pissed.
EDIT: I JUST REMMEBER WHO TYLER OAKLEY IS..FYI I HATE HIM...OH GOSH NO..
Oakley sounds too..silly? to me. i'm pretty picky about surnames as first names anyway. also yeah if i was an oak tree and someone said they named their baby after me, and the name was Oakley, i'd be pissed.
EDIT: I JUST REMMEBER WHO TYLER OAKLEY IS..FYI I HATE HIM...OH GOSH NO..
This message was edited 10/20/2017, 3:00 PM
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god I forgot all about Tyler Oakley too. yeah that knocks the name down a few pegs for me.
I actually like a decent amount of trendy surname names (Oakley, Hadley) but I know they will become mega-dated in the future and I look at the way people talk about mega-dated names now and I'm like... nah. Not doing that to a real child.
I actually like a decent amount of trendy surname names (Oakley, Hadley) but I know they will become mega-dated in the future and I look at the way people talk about mega-dated names now and I'm like... nah. Not doing that to a real child.
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oh i thought you were referring specifically to him in the bit about Oakley being trendy. i haven't heard Oakley used otherwise tbh.
and yea same about surnames. won't stick. beyond that, it just sounds off to me? especially since in the country i currently live, surnames are always said before first names, unless it's foreign. not that it'd create a complication- again, doesn't apply to foreign names- but for me, it's been weird to flip back and forth, so it makes surname name stand out more as odd. they also tend to feel more..impersonal, if it's a very recognizable surname. the ones i do like are more common as first names, like Wesley and Harper.
and yea same about surnames. won't stick. beyond that, it just sounds off to me? especially since in the country i currently live, surnames are always said before first names, unless it's foreign. not that it'd create a complication- again, doesn't apply to foreign names- but for me, it's been weird to flip back and forth, so it makes surname name stand out more as odd. they also tend to feel more..impersonal, if it's a very recognizable surname. the ones i do like are more common as first names, like Wesley and Harper.
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