Names

[oboakk]

Kathryn:
> Partly. Even if you like the name if it belings to a character you 
hate/person you dislike there are going to be negative feelings 
associated with the name and so you're less likely to use it, either 
for a child or for a character in something. Unless you're writing a 
nasty character and feeling particularly vindictive. 



Very true.  Even though I like the name Tamsin, I probably could 
never name a child that because I could not stand having anyone call 
her Tammy, since I once knew a woman named Tammy who was absolutely 
horrid.

Adding to the unique names list:

I have known girls named:
Macon, LiaAnn, TusaRebecca (one word, named after her grandmothers 
Tusa and Rebecca), Shannessy, Arcadia

There aren't so many on my guys list:
Jace, Bayard...that's all I can think of right now

In another category...strange nicknames.  I knew a guy whose given 
name is Christopher, but everyone called him Tito.  I also knew an 
Elizabeth who was called Buffy.  Hmmm.


Abby
not what's on the birth certificate, but at least it's logical