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Help[Opinions] Novalee (m)
in reply to a message by Perrine
The 2000 film 'Where the Heart Is' stars Natalie Portman as a character called Novalee Nation. That's when I first heard the name. The movie isn't great but it did okay at the box office and 11-year-old me really liked the movie at the time and I still kind of love the movie in a real guilty pleasure kind of way. I wonder if part of the rise of Novalee and Nova could be the teens and tweens around when that movie came out and then who have watched it whenever it's on TV (which is not a rare occurrence) using it on their kids now. Not necessarily after the character but they liked the sound and that movie brought it to their attention.
ETA: The character actually isn't a bad character to name your daughter after. Her name was chosen by her "redneck" and also manipulative and awful mother, however the character of Novalee is most of the things I would hope a daughter of mine grows to be. She's resilient, resourceful, hardworking, nonjudgmental, loving, and honest. So while I don't think anyone would actually name their kid after the character, it did give the name some publicity and then it definitely wasn't associated with a negative character, and that probably increases the positive feelings towards the name.
ETA: The character actually isn't a bad character to name your daughter after. Her name was chosen by her "redneck" and also manipulative and awful mother, however the character of Novalee is most of the things I would hope a daughter of mine grows to be. She's resilient, resourceful, hardworking, nonjudgmental, loving, and honest. So while I don't think anyone would actually name their kid after the character, it did give the name some publicity and then it definitely wasn't associated with a negative character, and that probably increases the positive feelings towards the name.
This message was edited 5/13/2018, 4:35 PM
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