Am I risking it?

ted wrote:

What's your opinion about a baby girl's name 'Avanti'? I absolutely
love the name. It has a nice meaning in quite a few languages.

Upon a search on this ng I found out about the non-latex brand. I wish
I hadn't searched

Anyways, what's your take on this name? If I have a girl and I name
her Avanti, will my baby be forever teased?

Thanks.



Yes, she will. If it's a boy, will you call him Trojan?

Isn't Avanti also the name of a defunct auto?

gloria p

Sophie wrote:


Aurora just makes me think of a town near me. I have no opinion of that
town, I just know there is one with that name.


So are you near Rising Sun, Indiana, also? I'm just asking
because I noticed that Barbara's signature is:

Be well, Barbara
Mom to Sin (Vernon, 2), Misery (Aurora, 4), and the
Rising Son (Julian, 6)

"CC Bailey" wrote in message
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Sophie wrote:


Aurora just makes me think of a town near me. I have no opinion of that
town, I just know there is one with that name.


So are you near Rising Sun, Indiana, also? I'm just asking
because I noticed that Barbara's signature is:

Be well, Barbara
Mom to Sin (Vernon, 2), Misery (Aurora, 4), and the
Rising Son (Julian, 6)


Nope, North Carolina.

It's (or was rather) a Studebaker attempt at a sporty car. Some people
collect them.

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Sophie wrote:
"Sara" wrote in message
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ted wrote:


Anyways, what's your take on this name? If I have a girl and I name
her Avanti, will my baby be forever teased?

It's a car, isn't it? It could always be worse -- I knew a woman named
Buick.

--
Sara, accompanied by the baby barnacle


My first thought was - it sounds like a car. Sorry.



That's exactly what I thought.

Clisby

CC Bailey wrote:
Sophie wrote:
Aurora just makes me think of a town near me. I have no opinion
of that town, I just know there is one with that name.

So are you near Rising Sun, Indiana, also? I'm just asking
because I noticed that Barbara's signature is:

Be well, Barbara
Mom to Sin (Vernon, 2), Misery (Aurora, 4), and the
Rising Son (Julian, 6)

Teehee. My current nicks for my kids are a nod to the song _The House of the
Rising Sun_. They acquired them when we were on vacation last month. Vernon
was into everything (sin) and Aurora kept whining about things (Misery), and
then when I thought about it, I realized that Julian (who is currently
growing at a rather alarming rate--especially his feet) could be the Rising
Son. It was too funny to pass up!
--
Be well, Barbara
Mom to Sin (Vernon, 2), Misery (Aurora, 4), and the Rising Son (Julian, 6)

Aurora (in the bathroom with her dad)--"It looks like an elephant, Daddy."
Me (later)--"You should feel flattered."

All opinions expressed in this post are well-reasoned and insightful.
Needless to say, they are not those of my Internet Service Provider, its
other subscribers or lackeys. Anyone who says otherwise is itchin' for a
fight. -- with apologies to Michael Feldman

What, like an Avanti car? We've talked about using car names, jokingly,
like Aston Martin and Opel Astra and Austin Healey, but to be honest,
Avanti had not occurred to me until you mentioned it.
Although they are a fairly rare make. I did see a nice one at a classic
car show a few weeks ago, though.

FWIW, kids will find a way to tease your child no matter what you name
her. It's what they do

Name her what you like.

Best,
Rebecca

ted wrote:
What's your opinion about a baby girl's name 'Avanti'? I absolutely
love the name. It has a nice meaning in quite a few languages.

Upon a search on this ng I found out about the non-latex brand. I wish
I hadn't searched

Anyways, what's your take on this name? If I have a girl and I name
her Avanti, will my baby be forever teased?

Thanks.

On 18 May 2004 12:41:02 -0700, (ted) wrote:

What's your opinion about a baby girl's name 'Avanti'? I absolutely
love the name. It has a nice meaning in quite a few languages.

Upon a search on this ng I found out about the non-latex brand. I wish
I hadn't searched

Anyways, what's your take on this name? If I have a girl and I name
her Avanti, will my baby be forever teased?

I'd find out how popular the brand is. I've not heard
of it, and it could well be irrelevant by the time she is older.
It might not matter. OTOH, if you named her "Trojan" 18
years ago, she'd probably end up living a life of crime. ;-)
One possibility, if it makes you nervous, is to make her middle
name a bit more mainstream, so that option exists down the road.

When I did a search of Avanti, the condom name didn't
make the top 20. Bicycle was first, with car, powerboats,
appliances, and other things listed well above condoms.

As for me, I think it sounds nice, but who cares? Some
friends of mine got grief on the name of their first child, so they
withheld the name of the second until he was born. IMO, good
for them -- it's no one else's business anyway.

That's what we'd do next time, as several made negative
comments about our choice of a male name for our child. But we had a
girl, so it never came to be.



P. Tierney

ted wrote:


Anyways, what's your take on this name? If I have a girl and I name
her Avanti, will my baby be forever teased?

Thanks.

She would if she lived in New Zealand. Avanti is a popular bike(the town
bike?) and a popular brand of condom. Neither are the best conotations
for a little girl.

Andrea

Barbara says:

I guess the problem with Avanti, to my ear, is that it sounds to much
like the name of a product and not of a person.

I'm afraid that's what it sounds like to me too.

-- Alpha
mom to Eamon and Quinn

(ted) wrote in message . com...
What's your opinion about a baby girl's name 'Avanti'? I absolutely
love the name. It has a nice meaning in quite a few languages.

Upon a search on this ng I found out about the non-latex brand. I wish
I hadn't searched

Anyways, what's your take on this name? If I have a girl and I name
her Avanti, will my baby be forever teased?

There's a nice Italian restaurant here in Central NJ called Avanti's.
So, when I hear it, it sounds like a restaurant.

Cathy Weeks
Mommy to Kivi Alexis 12/01