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Help[Opinions] Loxley
Heard this name online today. It's not my style but I'm kind of intrigued by the sound of it and the way it's pronounced. I can't really think of any other names that have Lox in it and it makes me think of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. WDYT?
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I’m not a fan of this name. I could warm up to it, but I don’t care for it. The x-ley is just…nah.
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Can only make the Robin Hood connection...just can't make the jump to given name.
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It sounds very invented. It might be better than Huxley because it's easier to say. I just don't like x and -ley being so close to each other, like in Bexley.
This message was edited 9/2/2022, 10:00 AM
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Sounds like the name of the next global pandemic.
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Oh no 😅
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Reminds me mostly of Bexley, and of locksmith. I don't really like it.
It makes me think of Locklyn (which is sort of an American take on Lachlan for girls) and Kinsley smushed, to get a trendy X.
There's a town in Alabama named Loxley.
It's as usable as any quasi-random surname name.
What I notice most right now, is the pileup of consonants before -ley (or with boys, it's usually -ton).
I feel like this type of sound just sorta replaces the AY in -aiden / -ayley / -ayton.
ntl ksl gsl stl nsl rkl nst ngt, etc - in the middle of a name ending in ley or ton.
Bentley, Brantley, Huxley, Kingsley, Westley. Kinsley, Ainsley, Kensley, Bexley, Ensley, Berkley, Tinsley.
Kingston, Langston, Princeton, Kashton, Ashton, Winston, Remington.
Braxton, Axton, Maxton, Brixton, Paxton, Daxton.
All in the top 1k 2021
The consonant-blob feels to me like it's a big lump of lead in the middle of a name, to give it a little bit of gravity or impact, making you enunciate a bunch of very short sounds together. I mean, I feel like that's the appeal, even though it's not super appealing to me and a lump of lead doesn't sound nice. It could be a lump of gold. Whatever, it's a feeling of density.
or like beatboxing haha
It makes me think of Locklyn (which is sort of an American take on Lachlan for girls) and Kinsley smushed, to get a trendy X.
There's a town in Alabama named Loxley.
It's as usable as any quasi-random surname name.
What I notice most right now, is the pileup of consonants before -ley (or with boys, it's usually -ton).
I feel like this type of sound just sorta replaces the AY in -aiden / -ayley / -ayton.
ntl ksl gsl stl nsl rkl nst ngt, etc - in the middle of a name ending in ley or ton.
Bentley, Brantley, Huxley, Kingsley, Westley. Kinsley, Ainsley, Kensley, Bexley, Ensley, Berkley, Tinsley.
Kingston, Langston, Princeton, Kashton, Ashton, Winston, Remington.
Braxton, Axton, Maxton, Brixton, Paxton, Daxton.
All in the top 1k 2021
The consonant-blob feels to me like it's a big lump of lead in the middle of a name, to give it a little bit of gravity or impact, making you enunciate a bunch of very short sounds together. I mean, I feel like that's the appeal, even though it's not super appealing to me and a lump of lead doesn't sound nice. It could be a lump of gold. Whatever, it's a feeling of density.
or like beatboxing haha
This message was edited 9/1/2022, 11:14 AM
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I like it, it’s a gp of mine.
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Reminds me of lox.
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Reminds me of "Robin Hood: Men In Tights".
It's...interesting. I don't care for it, but Lox is kind of a cool NN.
It's...interesting. I don't care for it, but Lox is kind of a cool NN.
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It's one of those faux-surnames like Brixlyn and Braxley and McKaylynn.
Also makes me think of bagles and cream cheese.
Also makes me think of bagles and cream cheese.
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Apparently it is actually a surname from what I see online, which is interesting I suppose
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Well now I have to go buy a bagel and cream cheese for lunch because you said that
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There this powdery, or rather, a very coarse grind of powder, called Everything Bagle, someone just gave us a jar of it to try. It's really good, I've been putting it on tomato and mayo sandwiches. It's got chives, sesame and poppy seeds, garlic, onion and I don't know what all else.
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Not my style either, but great meaning “woodland clearing”. My only misgiving is Robin of Loxley, AKA Robin Hood, though I guess it’s a cool association.
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I can't believe I forgot about that, that's a good point. I actually kind of like the association of Robin Hood. Kinda fun and jaunty
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