Names

[the_fantastic_ms_fox]

I'm a bit hung up on a name. Not that there's a rush.

I'm experimenting with a new, distinctly female name because of how it fit with the following:

1 (history) - my parents could agree on it for a girl - it thus has the feeling of connection and undoing a past error
2 (spelling) - it's easy to spell (contrast: SanDi)
3 (pronunciation) - it's easy to pronounce (contrast: Casidh)
4 (euphony) -  sounds good with my last name - very short
5 (meaning) - it means "beloved" which is acceptable (contrast: "pelagria")
6 (gender) - it's neither androgynous nor ultra-girly (contrast: I'll skip the stories of the names of the transwomen who make up the core referents of point 2 above, but will mention that some have names are more hippie than the authours of bad books on Wicca - yes, this is possible)
7 (short-form) - It's sufficiently short to need no nickname
8 (feeling) - It feels right
9 (social class ) - Some of you way have noticed that I'm glow-in-the-dark-White and from an educated Anglo family (contrast: Zhivankya, Yuriko, Gilpreet, Billy-May, Britny)
10 (reference) - people recognize it as a name

Other names - some good, some... less good:

Cassidy - from "O'Caiside" (descendant of Caiside); "Cas" means a bent, curly or twisted lock - ingeniously clever, while "Cais" means love and esteem. AKA Cass. Similar to Cassandra (an appropriate name for a sci-fi authour; a shoot-yourself-in-the-foot name for a futurist or cultural leader).Sounds like a Cowgirl, also: Cassidy Yates from DS9

Deirdre - Irish princess - "Young Girl" or "Fear," also Deirdre Sky from Alpha Centauri

Greer - from Gregor, "Vigilant, watchful, watchman?"

Joanna - God is gracious

Muriel - "Bright sea?"

Sasha (Russian): One who defends, also: androgynous

Zelda/Salida - Happiness/Joy

 

Locations: Kelowna, America, Vancouver, Gehenna, Ophiuchi,

Nature: Autumn, Helada, Rain, Snow,

Virtues: Compassion, Courtesy, Kindness, Modesty, Vigilance ("Jill"), Irony, Sarcasm,

Historical Figures: Darwin,

Nice Things: Joy, Laughter, Puppy, Eugenics,

 

I dunno. Like I said: no rush.

Or I could just go by "Fox," but that has different connotations by sex. Eh....

 

Comments

[hundun.livejournal.com]

They eat curries in Scotland. They take the curry, boil it, then fry it into a tasteless gray lard.

[no-moon.livejournal.com]

Soviet Scotland is probably the only place that you *could* have come from.