what names do you find attractive on the opposite gender?

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  • TheGoktor
    TheGoktor Posts: 1,138 Member
    loving Jake/Jacob as well. names like Rory, Ethan, Glenn

    any name that would suit a lumberjack :P

    unfortunately no one seems to like Nikki, it was unusual when i was born in the 80's but now every chav in sight is called it!

    My name was often shortened to Nikki when I was a child - apparently my mother saw a film called 'Nikki, the Wild Dog of the North' when she was pregnant with me, so decided that her child was going to be named after its canine star. While Nikki himself is gorgeous, the film is unspeakably dire! I prefer my proper name though, because I'm not generally a fan of shortened names, but mostly because I feel it suits me better! I've never though of Nikki as being chavvy though - just a bit tomboy-ish!
  • allroundthesun
    allroundthesun Posts: 290
    I like anything classic/traditional, e.g. Alexander, William, Thomas, Samuel, Benjamin, etc. (which would pretty much certainly end up being Alex, Will, Tom, Sam, Ben, etc. mind you) that's well known but not insanely over-used. The typical '80s names, Ryan, Kyle, Justin, Brandon, Tyler, Jason, etc. are unattractive to me, and while they're all short for nice names, Matt, Mike, Josh, and Chris are so, so, so over-used that unfortunately I find them unattractive because they've become so boring. I swear there were like five Matts in all of my classes growing up.

    I'm not sure how men feel about my name in and of itself, but it evidently offers a lot of opportunities for horrible, horrible pick-up attempts and they seem to make "good use" of that, ugh.

    Juliet is a beautiful and elegant name, IMO. I can't imagine how anyone could turn it into anything vulgar. Or have they just been lame Shakespearean references?!

    It's funny you should say that Jason is an '80s name - every Jason I have ever known (including my brother) was born in the '60s! I agree about Josh though - when I named my eldest son Joshua, it was really unusual but within a few years, they were everywhere! Fortunately, Elizabeth (my daughter's name) seems to have remained pretty timeless!

    Nah, nothing vulgar, just really lame, "Are you looking for a Romeo?" and quoting the better known lines from the play and that sort of crap.

    ETA: And I LOVE Elizabeth. So classic and pretty.
  • nibbynoo
    nibbynoo Posts: 250 Member
    its funny how the people you know can shape how you think of a name.
    I used to love the name Noel, then I dated one and he turned out to be a total creep and i cant stand it any more!

    Berenice is beautiful! i used to babysit a little french girl called it
  • TheGoktor
    TheGoktor Posts: 1,138 Member
    I have a friend who is a midwife, who - a few years ago - delivered a....Burberry! And just to reinforce the stereotype, she was born during her parents' half term school break (she was 14, he was 15).
    No way! :laugh:

    I was given an unusual name in an era before it was usual to do so - Berenice. My parents had a friend with the name and liked it. It took me forever to grow into it, so I probably wouldn't wish a similar fate on anyone else.

    For men, I like simple, masculine names like Adam, Gary, James or Luke. I have a particular soft spot for Bens :blushing:

    I also have a thing for very American sounding names, like Zach or Ethan but only for American men! Brandon's a fave.

    I used to live next-door-but-one to a Berenice - everyone called her Bernie!

    There were quite a few Egyptian queens called Berenice (I think the first one was married to Ptolemy I). It's actually a form of Veronica, and means 'bearer of victory', which I think will be highly appropriate when you reach your goal!
  • bonjour24
    bonjour24 Posts: 1,119 Member
    . In Freakonomics (by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner), there is an entire section devoted to names, and how what you name your child could potentially affect their future. Very interesting reading (as is the whole book, actually).
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    i've read this book- it's great.

    i like proper manly names that are short. like Ed. and Tom.
  • TheGoktor
    TheGoktor Posts: 1,138 Member
    Nah, nothing vulgar, just really lame, "Are you looking for a Romeo?" and quoting the better known lines from the play and that sort of crap.

    You mean you were not bowled over by how cultured and witty they were?! :wink:

    (I wouldn't be either!)
  • allroundthesun
    allroundthesun Posts: 290
    Nah, nothing vulgar, just really lame, "Are you looking for a Romeo?" and quoting the better known lines from the play and that sort of crap.

    You mean you were not bowled over by how cultured and witty they were?! :wink:

    (I wouldn't be either!)

    Somehow their clever bon mots just didn't have me swooning. Who would have thought?! :wink:
  • TheGoktor
    TheGoktor Posts: 1,138 Member

    Somehow their clever bon mots just didn't have me swooning. Who would have thought?! :wink:

    They'd probably think bon mots was something kinky!
  • allroundthesun
    allroundthesun Posts: 290

    Somehow their clever bon mots just didn't have me swooning. Who would have thought?! :wink:

    They'd probably think bon mots was something kinky!

    :laugh: Perhaps I'll use the phrase next time and see what sort of reaction it gets!
  • TheGoktor
    TheGoktor Posts: 1,138 Member
    :laugh: Perhaps I'll use the phrase next time and see what sort of reaction it gets!

    I think you should! :devil:
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    I used to live next-door-but-one to a Berenice - everyone called her Bernie!

    There were quite a few Egyptian queens called Berenice (I think the first one was married to Ptolemy I). It's actually a form of Veronica, and means 'bearer of victory', which I think will be highly appropriate when you reach your goal!
    I don't like being called Bernie, that tends to be short for Bernice. I love my extra e!

    One Berenice was the sister of Cleopatra 7th (the famous one) and queen before her. I can point out my name on the Rosetta Stone :smile:
  • TheGoktor
    TheGoktor Posts: 1,138 Member
    I can point out my name on the Rosetta Stone :smile:

    That's so cool! :bigsmile:
  • Karleyyy
    Karleyyy Posts: 857
    I am reading a book series and the three main guys are Ryne and Kane...I kinda liked that. But Kellan is also really hot.
  • Ms_Natalie
    Ms_Natalie Posts: 1,030 Member
    Very good question - probably a bit of both, and the circumstances in which they grow up, plus the personality of the person/people naming them, IYSWIM. My youngest is called Ziggy - I had no idea when he was born that he would ever play guitar, but he does, and what's more, he teaches it to people with learning difficulties. Moreover, he's never had a lesson in life!

    That's awesome! I work with developmentally disabled adults and know the healing power of music and art. Without the pressure of rules to follow some of the most beautiful minds are bloomed.

    I named my daughter Seren Alexandria. It has a duel meaning short for Serendipity, which she has been since the moment I found out she was a girl, and it is also Welsh for star. It will be very interesting to see how, if at all, her name influences her. My birth given name is Raven and I think that by the way people react to me based on their own preconcieved notions and ideas had a roll to play in who I am today. Names can cause a bit of an environmental shift in a young person's life if they are out of the norm.

    Yay...beautiful welsh name "Seren!"

    From a welsh lass! xx
  • nikkinikki113
    nikkinikki113 Posts: 279 Member
    Brady:love::love: :love: :smokin:
  • catcrazy
    catcrazy Posts: 1,740 Member
    I can't say i find any names attractive but there are a few names that would put me off in the first place (shallow I know) I won't put them out there tho because I really don't want to offend anyone who has been given these names...I'll give one...Neville. I've only actually known a couple and they were both very nice blokes but geeky as you can get. The one was a computer nerd in the 70's before computer nerds had even been invented!
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  • SweetLe
    SweetLe Posts: 157 Member
    I've always loved the name Chad, Brad or Josh


    Lucky me...I'm dating a Chad now :love:
  • RoadDog
    RoadDog Posts: 2,946 Member
    Kristie -- Like that a lot.

    Maria -- Like that one too.

    Patricia -- First love was Patricia. Used to walk a mile out of my way every day to walk past her house in the 5th grade. Never stopped. Never talked to her. In 7th grade, at an afterschool sock hop, she asked me to dance in the gym. Somehow I managed to answer. Nodded, drooled or something. Some kind of non-verbal-affirmation. Never spoke to her again, but fell in love for life. However it is that awkward, red headed freckle faced nerds fall in love.
  • tambink
    tambink Posts: 349
    I love the names David and Keith and justin and chad, zach, jeremy. I really love the name David (that is my wonderful hubby) and the name Keith that is my son.:tongue:
  • Ashley_Panda
    Ashley_Panda Posts: 1,404 Member
    I've always like guys whose names start with J.
    I'm married to a Jeremy.
    Our little boy is Jasper.
  • mikeyml
    mikeyml Posts: 568 Member
    For some reason I've always been drawn to:

    Jenna (my wife's name) / Jennifer / Jen - (but not Jenny lol)
    Kelly
    Ashly
    Dawn
    Victoria (or Tori for short)
  • xXxKayleighxXx
    xXxKayleighxXx Posts: 103
    I tend to prefer shorter names. My boyfriend is Tom (short for Thomas)

    I do feel a lil bit sorry for kids with different names though. My name is Kayleigh and until i was 12 nobody had heard of it or could spell it :P
  • allroundthesun
    allroundthesun Posts: 290
    I tend to prefer shorter names. My boyfriend is Tom (short for Thomas)

    I do feel a lil bit sorry for kids with different names though. My name is Kayleigh and until i was 12 nobody had heard of it or could spell it :P

    Yeah, it's annoying. Thankfully my first and middle names are super easy for everyone to pronounce/spell, but my last name is Czech and isn't pronounced phonetically at all (it has a silent "o" and an "a" that's pronounced like an "e", LOL) so of course no one knows how to say or spell it and even though I don't blame them at all because I wouldn't know either if it wasn't my name, it gets soooo annoying sometimes. I will def. take how hard it will be for people to know how to pronounce and spell a name when I name my hypothetical kid(s) in the future.
  • That_Girl
    That_Girl Posts: 1,324 Member
    My husband's name-- Henry :love:
  • allroundthesun
    allroundthesun Posts: 290
    I tend to prefer shorter names. My boyfriend is Tom (short for Thomas)

    I do feel a lil bit sorry for kids with different names though. My name is Kayleigh and until i was 12 nobody had heard of it or could spell it :P

    Though also, you might have met some not so smart people, LOL. I mean, Kay and Leigh are pretty normal names that are easy to pronounce, so saying them together shouldn't be that hard! It's "KAY-lee", first syllable rhymes with "day", right? I think some people just don't think very hard. :laugh:
  • allroundthesun
    allroundthesun Posts: 290
    My husband's name-- Henry :love:

    Your husband's name is awesome, I love the name Henry! I used it for my kitty since I don't have kids yet, haha.
  • allroundthesun
    allroundthesun Posts: 290
    I've always like guys whose names start with J.
    I'm married to a Jeremy.
    Our little boy is Jasper.

    Jasper is awesome! WTG on picking a great name!
  • kooshajan
    kooshajan Posts: 174 Member
    I like my fiances name Gareth. A very unique welsh name (after one of King Arthurs knights.) Aside from that I like Marcus, Noah, Daniel, Gabriel, Logan, Seth, Lucas, Jacob, Owen and Ethan. Mind you if my second child is a boy we will be naming him Marcus.
  • kimber607
    kimber607 Posts: 7,128 Member
    I've never met one (an adult), but how could a Gavin NOT be attractive...LOL
    That's all I can think of...
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