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Help[Opinions] Jorma
Recently I've seen a new reporter on the USA cable TV network The Weather Channel named Jorma Duran. His full name is Jorma Brandon Duran. This site says that Jorma is a Finnish form of Jeremiah. Mr. Duran is rather photogenic, as shown by this picture from the website of the local TV station in Florida he worked for before he got his job at TWC:
http://www.nbc-2.com/AboutUs/Bios/jormaduran.shtml
I'm wondering if expectant parents who see this guy on TWC might not just think that Jorma is a great "different but not too different" twist on Joshua and Jordon. What do you think of this name? Do you think it has potential to become a regularly used name in the USA, especially if Mr. Duran moves on up to an even more visible venue at a bigger network?
http://www.nbc-2.com/AboutUs/Bios/jormaduran.shtml
I'm wondering if expectant parents who see this guy on TWC might not just think that Jorma is a great "different but not too different" twist on Joshua and Jordon. What do you think of this name? Do you think it has potential to become a regularly used name in the USA, especially if Mr. Duran moves on up to an even more visible venue at a bigger network?
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It's an OK name. I'm Finnish myself, so I know several Jormas. The only things that bother me about this name are a) it's a bit outdated right now, since all the Jormas I know/know of are middle-aged or older, and b) Jorma is the Finnish equivalent of the name Dick, meaning that it's a perfectly normal and usable name, but will make kids and immature adults giggle :-) But nevertheless, it's a nice name.
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I have a friend/co-worker named Jorma, who is Finnish, living in Canada. He's the only one I know. He's around 50 now. I think it's a great name.
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"Potential to become a regularly used name," yeah - assuming -
- he has steady visibility for a number of years
- he's as photogenic on video as he is in still photos, appears tall, and has a sexy voice
- Norma, Erma, Wilma and other -ma names stay really quiet for girls
- you don't mean "commonly used" or even top 500
I think it's definitely not very appealing to mainstream taste. Because the similarity to Norma, Dharma etc is as noticeable to me as the similarity to Jordan & Joshua. And because I think its ethnicity is not obvious at all (Osama?). But sure, I could see a handful of "bohemian" namers picking up on it, and later a few more parents who are young now - after a long lagtime. It could have about as much appeal, I think, for a boy as Jamie does. It has the same sort of gently boyish warmth, I think, that Joshua or Jordan does - but it lacks the Christian connotations that I think buttress those names' suitability on boys, for some people.
I googled it and found Jorma Kaukonen too. Who I'm kind of surprised I've never even heard of. Then again, if his name wasn't "ripe" for recognition it might just have been really forgettable to folks like me.
- mirfak
- he has steady visibility for a number of years
- he's as photogenic on video as he is in still photos, appears tall, and has a sexy voice
- Norma, Erma, Wilma and other -ma names stay really quiet for girls
- you don't mean "commonly used" or even top 500
I think it's definitely not very appealing to mainstream taste. Because the similarity to Norma, Dharma etc is as noticeable to me as the similarity to Jordan & Joshua. And because I think its ethnicity is not obvious at all (Osama?). But sure, I could see a handful of "bohemian" namers picking up on it, and later a few more parents who are young now - after a long lagtime. It could have about as much appeal, I think, for a boy as Jamie does. It has the same sort of gently boyish warmth, I think, that Joshua or Jordan does - but it lacks the Christian connotations that I think buttress those names' suitability on boys, for some people.
I googled it and found Jorma Kaukonen too. Who I'm kind of surprised I've never even heard of. Then again, if his name wasn't "ripe" for recognition it might just have been really forgettable to folks like me.
- mirfak
This message was edited 5/1/2006, 7:29 PM
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I encountered the name when I was in Finland and I rather like it. However, I don't see it becoming popular in the US, mainly because people would mispronounce it.
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I think I've "seen him around."
That is, I watch The Weather Channel so often (I love meteorology) that he looks familiar, but I can't believe I've ever noticed his name before.
I think knowing Jorma's background helps me like the name more; it definitely has that Scandinavian sound that I rather like. I don't really think it will become too widespread, though, or at least not any time soon. As Miranda said, it ending in "-a" will probably put a lot of parents off. :-/
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That is, I watch The Weather Channel so often (I love meteorology) that he looks familiar, but I can't believe I've ever noticed his name before.
I think knowing Jorma's background helps me like the name more; it definitely has that Scandinavian sound that I rather like. I don't really think it will become too widespread, though, or at least not any time soon. As Miranda said, it ending in "-a" will probably put a lot of parents off. :-/
You starve and near exhaust me.
Everything I've done, I've done for you.
I move the stars for no one."
"Within You"
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My friend's dad is Jorm but I have never heard of Jorma.
Ya I think of a girl when I hear Jorma.
Viva La Backlavah! (Dag's flag)
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Dag: No way! I can be more Euro than You-oh!
Norb (In Euro accent) I doubt it. I eemagine your peetifal Amer-icuhn attempt to be Europ-ee-aahn and, I am schad vounce again.
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Ya I think of a girl when I hear Jorma.
Viva La Backlavah! (Dag's flag)
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Dag: No way! I can be more Euro than You-oh!
Norb (In Euro accent) I doubt it. I eemagine your peetifal Amer-icuhn attempt to be Europ-ee-aahn and, I am schad vounce again.
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"Ew, it's too girly 4 a boy cuz it ends in -a!"
That's what I think a lot of parents in North America will think when contemplating this for a boy.
Myself, I think that's a silly, stupid argument, mostly because Joshua ends in -a, yet nobody thinks of that name as "girly". But on the other hand Jorma's a bit too unfamiliar to me for me to really like it right now, though I think it could grow on me.
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That's what I think a lot of parents in North America will think when contemplating this for a boy.
Myself, I think that's a silly, stupid argument, mostly because Joshua ends in -a, yet nobody thinks of that name as "girly". But on the other hand Jorma's a bit too unfamiliar to me for me to really like it right now, though I think it could grow on me.
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