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Fauna used to be on my PNL, but I removed it from my "guilty pleasures" some time ago. I've just re-added it as a regular name. It doesn't get talked about often on this sub, but since Flora is a widely accepted name, I thought... well, why not Fauna? Can it be a real person's name?
Anyway, wdyt?
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Anyway, wdyt?
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I think it's just as good as Flora. It would be something different.
I love it.
I've actually met a Fawna, spelled that way. I think it's fine as a name.
I think so, but it would be very odd in a real life context. It sounds nice for a character, though.
Overall, I like the name a lot and I'd personally use it.
Overall, I like the name a lot and I'd personally use it.
I think that Fauna is a gorgeous and underused gem of a name!
I find the sound uncomfortable. Fauna, fawner, obsequious - no thanks.
I think it's got an un-namey aspect due to the phrase "flora and fauna." Since there, it means "animals." Not too flattering.
Also it might bring to mind images of fauns - which imo are associated with satyrs and vaguely with sexuality.
It might seem deliberately "fairy"ish / magical, kind of like being named Nympha.
Other than that it seems very qualified to be a name! And it'd probably be fine. Just not likely to be widely liked or popular.
Also it might bring to mind images of fauns - which imo are associated with satyrs and vaguely with sexuality.
It might seem deliberately "fairy"ish / magical, kind of like being named Nympha.
Other than that it seems very qualified to be a name! And it'd probably be fine. Just not likely to be widely liked or popular.
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I think it could definitely work as a name!
I like the look and sound of Fauna but I worry that it lacks substance as it's similar to Fawn.
Does anyone remember Oliver North's secretary Fawn Hall of the Iran-Contra affair? Not many parents seriously consider Fauna as an name. In contrast, Flora has been around since the 1700's. I remember Flora MacDonald from my British History course as the woman who helped Charles Edward Stuart escape from government troops after the Battle of Culloden.
Does anyone remember Oliver North's secretary Fawn Hall of the Iran-Contra affair? Not many parents seriously consider Fauna as an name. In contrast, Flora has been around since the 1700's. I remember Flora MacDonald from my British History course as the woman who helped Charles Edward Stuart escape from government troops after the Battle of Culloden.
It seems I'm shamefully not up on my American history, because I didn't recall his secretary at all (though I definitely know who Oliver North is). When I hear Fawn (as opposed to Fauna) as a name, I think of two movie characters:
1. (entirely off-screen) Fawn in Animal House who allegedly died in a kiln accident; and
2. Lafawnduh in Napoleon Dynamite
1. (entirely off-screen) Fawn in Animal House who allegedly died in a kiln accident; and
2. Lafawnduh in Napoleon Dynamite
I like Fauna as a name, but I wouldn't use it myself. I'd definitely use it on a character.
I think it's a little weird with the word, and Flora is more acceptable because it's more widely used and people are quite inclined to name their daughters after plants and flowers. Fauna's never been popular. It's not absolutely ridiculous, but I would still find it a little odd. I don't think it's too, too out there, though.
As for the name in itself, I don't mind it. Whenever I hear it, I do think of Flora and Fauna Hatcher from Double Fudge.
As for the name in itself, I don't mind it. Whenever I hear it, I do think of Flora and Fauna Hatcher from Double Fudge.