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Crystal

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FindingTheRightName · 27/04/2016 12:15

Opinions? I really love this name, but is it silly? I love the NN Cryssie too!

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Oysterbabe · 01/05/2016 14:25

Definitely a stripper vibe.

froggyjump · 01/05/2016 14:08

I know a Chrystal, and she is absolutely lovely, so the name has positive connotations to me. I wouldn't choose it for my own child, as it is not the kind of name I like (list if my DC's had been DD's was Kate, Zoe, Ruth) but I wouldn't think badly of any parents who chose it, any more than I would think badly of them for choosing anything else that is not my style (Annabelle, Victoria, Evie etc etc)

LadyAntonella · 01/05/2016 08:38

Balls wrong thread sorry Blush

LadyAntonella · 01/05/2016 08:30

Oh and Crystal isn't terrible. It kind of reminds me of Fairy Princesses / Barbie / My Little Pony (don't know why really and it's probably only me, but that's why I don't love it personally).

LadyAntonella · 01/05/2016 08:26

*...the army of women in here who choose hard-to-pronounce-and-spell Irish names"

Hmm what army is this then? Confused. Sorry you find Irish names hard to pronounce and spell but, really, what has that got to do with anything? Crystal isn't hard to spell or pronounce... Has someone said that? Confused

BeckyWithTheMediocreHair · 30/04/2016 19:53

Neon you said 'funny how christabel is ok but crystal isn't.'

The whole business of choosing names is to do with connotations, which will vary for everyone. When posters ask on here if people like a name, respondents will base their judgement at least partly on the connotations that the name holds for them.

I, personally, like the name Christabel. For me, it connotes Christabel Pankhurst and the poem by Coleridge. Crystal is not my cup of tea. I don't especially like the 'stripper' references which are rife on this thread as I think they're reductive but it's clearly a fairly widely-held connotation. If OP decided against Crystal, then she might like a similar alternative, hence my suggestions.

neonrainbow · 30/04/2016 19:40

Well done A4 Grin

Although im not sure what suffrage has to do with baby names... Maybe someone could enlighten me? Are female names only acceptable if a suffragette was called it too?

sulalovesbing · 30/04/2016 16:19

Horrid.

Cheap sounding

pilates · 30/04/2016 15:22

Sorry, I don't like it

MarthaCliff · 30/04/2016 15:19

I quite like it and I didn't think 'stripper'. I probably wouldn't choose it though because of crystal meth.

Christelle isn't pretty.

A4Document · 30/04/2016 15:18

Smile Cake

CrystalMcPistol · 30/04/2016 15:17

Love it A4 Grin

BeckyWithTheMediocreHair · 30/04/2016 15:14

A4

Touché. Well played Grin

A4Document · 30/04/2016 15:04

From Wikipedia: Crystal Eastman Smile

"Crystal Catherine Eastman (June 25, 1881 – July 8, 1928) was an American lawyer, antimilitarist, feminist, socialist, and journalist. She is best remembered as a leader in the fight for women's suffrage, as a co-founder and co-editor with her brother Max Eastman of the radical arts and politics magazine The Liberator, co-founder of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and co-founder in 1920 of the American Civil Liberties Union. In 2000 she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York."

BeckyWithTheMediocreHair · 30/04/2016 14:40

Neon find me an important member of the women's suffrage movement named Crystal and we'll talk.

MiddleClassProblem · 30/04/2016 14:31

Crystal Gayle! Listening to people sleeping. Retro.

neonrainbow · 30/04/2016 14:26

Funny how christabel is ok but crystal isnt.

I like crystal and would rather have a crystal than yet another charlotte or sophie.

Ludways · 30/04/2016 14:19

Crystal Gayle, anyone? Showing my age?

PestoSwimissimos · 30/04/2016 14:14

Crystal = holiday company

RiverTam · 30/04/2016 14:11

Dynasty for me though I know that spelt with a 'k'. I find it quite a harsh-looking word.

A4Document · 30/04/2016 14:09

The baby names section is somewhere that people usually want honest opinions. A lot of people might have a negative opinion of a name, but would never say so in real life. So it can be good to know what people may be thinking, but wouldn't tell you.

Whathaveilost · 30/04/2016 13:59

Some people on baby name pages are just so rude and in considerate.
I know not everyone likes every name but some of the comments are just nasty.

All this about 'stripper' names! I know quite a few little girls as well as older people called crystal and you wouldn't mistake them for a stripper! One of the SENchildren I support is a Crystal and I don't think' Stripper!!'

Jeez!

murphyslaws · 30/04/2016 13:50

Sorry but no. Think it sounds trashy. So sorry

StarkyTheDirewolf · 30/04/2016 13:44

I do actually know two strippers called Crystal. But then I also know strippers called Charlotte, Georgia, Rosie, Grace, Isabelle, names associated with lovely young ladies. If you like it, use it. Grin

albertcampionscat · 30/04/2016 10:01

Christabel is awesome.

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