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[Opinions] Re: Interesting names from babies born in Kentucky in 2021 [A & B]
Ava Eliane would have been pretty, but Aei'vah is atrocious. Same with Ariana Nicole, though I don't mind Aeireonna as much as Aei'vah.
I like Ocean and Rain, but I don't like how they're hyphonated.
I think Albathea is kinda pretty.
Anomalie is absolutely horrendous. I think they must have googled synonyms for unique and picked out anomaly without fully understanding its meaning.
Anubis Tui Lycanis is kinda showoff-y, but I don't hate it. Better ancient Greek/Egyptian names than Anomalie. Same with Arcturus Akyas, Atlas Arcanum, and Bastet Alexandria.
I would have preferred the spelling Arizona. Carolyn is fine, John must be a family name.
Atari is nice, Atari Inez could have worked, Sunnie Inez would be okay, but Atari Sunnie Inez doesn't have a great flow in my opinion.
Awesome sounds like a descriptor of Maurice.
Bienvenue Janvier is horrible. I personally wouldn't be comfortable naming my kids random words in a language that is not my native one. Maybe they do speak French? It's still very odd, and not really in a good way.
Bleu December. Though it's kinda attention-seeking, I think it's a little neat. I would prefer Blue to Bleu, because ik they're gonna say Bleu like Blue.
Bluanagelo. I like Angelo. I would take DiAngelo. I still like the -angelo part, but the blu is throwing me off. Also, Ace sounds stupid.
Axlin Ella Reign flows well. Axlin is silly, but I don't hate it. It kind of remonds me of a character called Ashlyn Ella from a TV show I watched when I was 8.
Most of the rest sound like millenial redneck American white trash names. I don't really like them, especially Brocton Scott, Brinyx (sounds like a brand of appliance), Bramlett Bayne, Baylum Matlock, Riot, Bryzlander and Bennington. Valerio and Sterling are nice, but the first names paired with them are not.

This message was edited 4/20/2025, 8:04 AM

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Bienvenue and Janvier are used as names in French. The issue with this combo is that Bienvenue is the feminine form and Bienvenu is masculine. Janvier is masculine and Janvière is feminine.

This message was edited 4/20/2025, 5:37 PM

That's quite interesting! I still think they are odd when together. I asked a Francophone aquaintance about them and she said she hadn't heard of them used as names. They seem to be archaic, so I would assume that's why.