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Conference oass::babynames

Title:A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy)
Notice:BABYNAMES is now on-line and writable! Enjoy...
Moderator:OASS::BURDEN_D
Created:Tue Feb 13 1996
Last Modified:Fri May 30 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:996
Total number of notes:7139

422.0. "Need Comments/Suggestions!!!" by FSHQA2::CBOUCHARD () Wed Aug 09 1989 10:58

    I need some suggestions and comments!
    
    My sister is having a baby. Her last name is Drane. She has picked a
    girls name of:
    	
    		Brittany Oriana Drane
    
    What do you think of it?  (she's getting a lot of mixed opinions
    about it).
    
    If it is a boy, her husband insists on naming it after him.  His
    name is George. My sister is looking for a nice middle name because
    she plans on calling the baby by his middle name--to avoid confusion
    I guess.
    
    		George   ?   Drane
    
    Do you have any suggestions?
    Any advice you can offer will be greatly appreciated.
    
    
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422.1How about...CAPNET::BARKERWed Aug 09 1989 12:5813
    
    
    I like Phillip...  George Phillip Drane.
    or Allen...        George Allen Drane.
    or Mitchel...      George Mitchel Drane   (I like the nickname Mitch)
    
    Anyway,  I think it should be sort of long because Drane is so short. 
    It should have two syllables at least.
    
    What do you think?
    
    --Angela
     
422.2Brittany - not for meKOBAL::JOHNSONWed Aug 09 1989 13:304
    Re "Brittany" - did you know that's a breed of dog?  My brother-in-law
    has one.  They used to be called Brittany Spaniel, but are now just 
    Brittany.  That's all I can think of when I hear that name!  (I think
    it's kind of pretty but I wouldn't name my child that for that reason.)
422.3Brittany Leigh?WAV12::AROIANWed Aug 09 1989 13:4912
    I don't care for the sound of "Brittany Oriana" together.  I think
    something simpler as a middle name sound nice.
             
    Is she pronouncing Brittany with 2 (BRITT-ney) syllables or 3
    (BRIT-te-ney) syllables??
    
    How about:
    
    Brittany Leigh Drane?
    
    L.
    
422.4Thanks for the replies!FSHQA2::CBOUCHARDWed Aug 09 1989 15:1319
    Thanks for the responses!
    
    Re .1  
    
    	I like your suggestions.  I really like George Mitchel--I like
    	the nickname Mitch too, and I think it sounds classy.
    
    Re .2
    
    	I think she already knows that Brittany is a breed of dog, and
    	she still hasn't changed her mind.  Oh well!
    
    Re .3
    
    	She pronounces it in 3 syllables (Brit-ten-eey).  By the way,
    	I don't care for Oriana at all.
    
    
    Cin
422.5Brittany + Oriana = Too LongCLOVE::MACDONALD_KWed Aug 09 1989 15:1916
    re:-1
    
    I agree.  Brittany and Oriana together is a little too much.
    Maybe a one-syllable middle name would be a lot nicer like
    -1 (Laurel?) suggested.  Leigh is nice...  so is Ann or other
    simple names like that.
    
    - Kathryn
    
    P.S.  I also agree with a few replies back that George's middle
          name should be longer than one syllable.  I can't really
          say I'm too fond of the name George for a little boy - it's
          always sounded so much "older" to me and I've put it into
          same category as Henry, Malcolm, and a few others.  I just
          can't picture a cute, little baby named George, but then I
          guess he won't be a baby forever, right?
422.6I wanna go homeSTEREO::FAHELAmalthea, the Silver UnicornWed Aug 09 1989 16:175
    Re: boy:
    
    ANYTHING but George Michael!  ;^)  ;^)
    
    K.C.
422.7George MichaelWORDS::SIMPSONIglooMon Aug 14 1989 12:3412
    re: .6
    
    My husband thought George Michael would be nice, for the following
    reasons ONLY:
    
    	George--My father's name
    	Micheal--His cousin (best man, most likely Godfather)
    
    I don't like it for teasing purposes tho, and wouldn't subject my
    child to it.  I do like it for the above, however.
    
    -Michelle-
422.8Please, not BOD!CHCLAT::HAGENPlease send truffles!Mon Aug 14 1989 14:3810
>    		Brittany Oriana Drane

I like Brittany, but really dislike it with Oriana.  It's too much.  Also,
I don't think it's too cute to give a girl the initials BOD. Sheesh!

I like the Mitchell suggestion to go with George.  'Mitch' sounds strong. 

Just my $.02 worth.

- �ori