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Loralei

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MilkNoSugarPlease · 20/01/2011 00:50

Friend wants to name her DD Loralei, and has asked my opinion on it (she wants a proper opinion...this could make or break it! :o)

I really do like it but all I can think is Gilmore Girls...BUT I got the complete boxset for xmas and have been watching them ALOT!

So don't know if thats just me having watched to much, or a general consensus

Any thoughts? and if you do think "Gilmore girls" does it matter?! It's not a hugely popular show is it?

She loves it, but I can't decide what to say :o

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MelinaM · 24/01/2011 20:31

I love it, and Gilmore Girls too! Lovely name, go for it I say! x

Rhubarbgarden · 24/01/2011 18:59

I can't decide if this is a lovely name, or too long and fussy.

MaElsie · 23/01/2011 15:12

I'd be more likely to think of the siren who sings so that passing sailors are dashed against the rocks in German legend.

I think it's a beautiful name. My main concern would be the reputation she'd have among guys if people at school found out about where the name comes from!

WaftyCrank · 22/01/2011 20:44

DS2 would have been Lorelei, shortened to Lori.

I've never seen Gilmore Girls, DP suggested it Grin

BustleInYourHedgerow · 21/01/2011 00:50

River monster. Hmm. I like it shortened to rory, lorelei too flowery. Also a GG fan from breastfeeding days!

BustleInYourHedgerow · 21/01/2011 00:49

River monster. Hmm. I like it shortened to rory, lorelei too flowery. Also a GG fan from breastfeeding days!

FingonTheValiant · 20/01/2011 19:08

It's sound nice, but she's a river monster who lures men to their deaths...

Greenwing · 20/01/2011 19:00

It is a dizzy, shallow, gold-digging dim wit, ie Lorelei Lee, Marilyn Munroe's famous character in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' - the one with the song 'Diamonds are a girl's best friend' in.
Pretty sounding for a little girl but not a great name for a teacher, doctor or solicitor or any grown woman who wants to be taken seriously IMO.

WynkenBlynkenandNod · 20/01/2011 18:00

It's a rock to me, have also gone past it lots and can't think of it as a name as a result.

PassionKiss · 20/01/2011 17:48

Trillian - Rory is a Gilmore Girls reference Grin

overthemill · 20/01/2011 17:46

btw, not hugely popular??????

TrillianAstra · 20/01/2011 17:44

Wouldn't you shorten to Lori?

overthemill · 20/01/2011 17:44

oh yes as long as she can shorten it to Rory!
Grin

PassionKiss · 20/01/2011 17:39

Now I want a Gilmore Girls boxset! It reminds me of when DD was tiny and I was chained to the sofa BF-ing, so much that I'd sometimes watch the same episode twice in a day!

I love the name too! Grin

TrillianAstra · 20/01/2011 17:39
duchesse · 20/01/2011 17:37

I think you'd like it Trillian. It's a very well-written cerebral american show.

TrillianAstra · 20/01/2011 17:36

I was going to suggest that Lorelei is a better spelling :)

Don't know anything about Gilmore Girls. Sounds a bit Tolkien-ish (eleves and shit, you know).

GetOrfMoiLand · 20/01/2011 17:35

Samoa

duchesse · 20/01/2011 17:35

psst! On ebay there is an Ozzie dvd seller who does the GG box sets in region 2 format for £20. He packages them as gifts so there's no import duty to pay.

NoMoreChocBiscuits · 20/01/2011 17:33

I instantly thought Gilmore Girls, but that's because they are my secret guilty mid-afternoon secret. So read this as I like it Grin

Envy at your box set BTW

GetOrfMoiLand · 20/01/2011 17:32

It sounds like an obscure type of lichen found on rocks in Somoa.

I have never heard of the Gilmore Girls either.

duchesse · 20/01/2011 17:32

I thought Gilmore Girls straight away, but only because we're obsessed with it (have all the series on dvd Blush). I do like it but wouldn't choose it myself.

AmazingBouncingFerret · 20/01/2011 17:28

Ohhh I love it. I was addicted to the show when pregnant with DS. Fancy watching some episodes now but my boxset is in storage. Grrr.

mathanxiety · 20/01/2011 17:25

Laurel, Lara and Leilani are also nice. I like Lorelei although it's old fashioned in Germany.

SilkStalkings · 20/01/2011 17:18

I rather like the sinister mermaid connection (and the Calamity Jane one!) Def pronounced Laurel-eye.