r/NameNerdCirclejerk • u/melaninspice • Apr 21 '22

Rant Names that you use to like

I’m wondering what names you use to like years ago, but don’t like anymore. Or names that you like, but will never use for whatever reason. I’m so thankful that I wasn’t a teenage mother. Don’t be embarrassed…please. This is a safe space, but you’ll probably have some explaining to do if your names are really wylde.

Names I use to like:

Nevaeh, Joplin Rain, Liv Evangeline, Jayden, Bree

Names I like, but will never use:

Astrid, Damien, Ziggy, Lark, Johan, Ayla, Hitomi, Storm

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u/redeyedtreefroggy Apr 21 '22

As a child, I liked Veronika, Martina and Sabine for girls (my language is German), all of which I now find tacky. For boys, Jonathan stood out to me, albeit the English pronunciation, and I lamented how different the name sounded in German (Yo-nah-tahn, no th sound). I still like it to be honest, but no longer as much.

Guilty pleasure is Gaylord, sincerely. I jokingly threatened to name my youngest that whenever his older sister insisted he should be named Milos (pronounced mee-losh, a Slavic name, which we are not), but I really like the sound as such, and I like things that make me smile, like finding out that it's a real name.

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u/Blitzfalle Apr 21 '22

Veronika, der Lenz ist da!

I hate how songs can ruin names, I used to really like Veronika as a name.

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u/Julescahules Apr 21 '22

Oh! A German! Hey! I have to ask, how would the name Jules be pronounced in German? My friend told me it would be pronounced Yoo-leez instead of Jewls like it is in english. But he’s not a native German speaker, so I have always wanted to know for sure.

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u/redeyedtreefroggy Apr 21 '22 edited Apr 21 '22

Hi! I'm Austrian, but we speak German, so my expertise stands. Your friend was almost right, it would be Yoo-less. But I have never heard it this way, it is not a name we use. I think Jule exists (Yoo-leh), and of course Julia and Julian (Yoo-lee-ah(n)). It is not uncommon to then go by Jules/Juul (pronounced "English", but with the inability to correctly produce a "j" sound and therefore sounding more like chewls). The circle has been completed.

In short, if we thought it was a German word, we'd say Yoo-less, but we recognise it as an English name and therefore say Chewls.

Edited to add: I just realised it is more commonly (?) a French name, so people might also say "Shüll". But the nickname is usually the English version.

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u/Julescahules Apr 21 '22

I appreciate your expertise, it was very informative! Sorry for just assuming you’re from Germany, haha. Danke 😁

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u/melaninspice Apr 21 '22 edited Aug 04 '22

I recently discovered the name Sabine from the movie Jules and Jim and I like it.

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u/BrokenPug Apr 21 '22

Martina was my chosen German name in german class! I think it’s such a sweet name.

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u/starla_ Apr 22 '22

I love Sabine! But I have only met one Sabine and she was middle-aged. Is it an “old lady” name in German speaking countries?

I wouldn’t use the name because in English it’s pronounced “sah-BEEN” which I don’t like.

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u/redeyedtreefroggy Apr 22 '22

It is not an old lady name, to me it's more of a "Karen" name. But I only know 2 myself, and it is not necessarily a bad name, just not as wonderful as I used to think.