View Message

You hear: Andreas Raphael
You say: Andreas is a nice name ...
You think: ... But I still prefer Andrew, were it not for overuse. Raphael sounds stuffy.

---

You hear: Leonard Allan
You say: Probably nothing, because if someone has a plain / very ordinary name, you don't generally comment at all.
You think: Leonard is not ready for a comeback. Far too dated - embarrassingly dated, so that he'd cringe introducing himself, rather than attractively dated.

---

You hear: Katarina Falk
You say: Katarina is a beautiful name.
You think: As above, although Caterina is my preferred form. Falk has a good meaning ... but the sound is just very unattractive.

---

You hear: Helen Amarante
You say: Amarante is very pretty!
You think: The same. It would've been too much as a first name though. Wasn't a good idea to pair it with Helen - Amarante just highlights Helen's dullness.

---

You hear: Morgana Elise
You say: Morgana is such a beautiful name.
You think: The same. Elise sounds like a filler, and the vowels run together in an awkward way (giving that jolty ah-eh sound).

---

You hear: Bridget Helen
You say: Probably nothing, because if someone has a plain / very ordinary name, you don't generally comment at all.
You think:

---

You hear: Alistair Philip
You say: Probably nothing, because if someone has a plain / very ordinary name, you don't generally comment at all.
You think: Aaargh! Not another Alistair to remember!!!!! (Where I live, it is not too overused at the moment, but consistently has been for a bout 60 years, and I must be acquainted with 30 or more.)

---

You hear: Samuel Kenneth
You say: Probably nothing, because if someone has a plain / very ordinary name, you don't generally comment at all.
You think: OK, but a bit dreary and grey.

---

I always think I sound overly critical in these say/think things! But I'm always looking for perfection in a name and can hardly ever find it :-(