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Rate these names?

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pollywolfff · 27/05/2019 21:56

What do you all think of these names? These aren't my names but my sisters top 3. She asked me to post as she doesn't have an account on here but wanted others opinions as I'm 'too biased'.

For a girl:
Alaska
Effie
Phoenix (nix/nixie)

For a boy:
Artemis
Jasper
Leo

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dreichuplands · 27/05/2019 22:18

Artemis was a goddess not a god so I would use that as a girls name. I think it is nicer than the listed girls names.
Jasper and Leo are both decent boys names.

chuckyeggtimestwo · 27/05/2019 22:17

Alaska - baked alaska, may get shortened to “lassie”!
Phoenix - chavvy, sorry
Effie - not bad but yes she will probably be nicknamed “eff off”!

Leo - ok
Jasper - not bad but a bit of a dogs name
Artemis - a girls name and will have piss taken im afraid

chipsandgin · 27/05/2019 22:17

(btw to echo a pp - Artemis is a well known goddess, you really can’t call a boy that! It would be like calling a girl Thor or Zeus!)

floraloctopus · 27/05/2019 22:15

Don't use Jasper if there is a history of red hair in the family.

chipsandgin · 27/05/2019 22:14

Artemis is a girls name & Phoenix a boys name though?

Maybe she’s thinking of Atticus for a boy? Other than that the girls names are awful (but quite like Artemis for a girl) & the boys names are great - I know a few Leo’s, a couple of Jaspers & a Phoenix (all boys!) & they are all lovely!

NameChangedNoImagination · 27/05/2019 22:11

I like Effie and Jasper. I feel Effie should be short for something so it's not too cutesy as an adult. Stephanie?

Timide · 27/05/2019 22:08

No
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No

No
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Lovely

AdaColeman · 27/05/2019 22:08

Artemis was a Greek goddess, the sister of Apollo.

BentBaastard · 27/05/2019 22:06

My grandma was called Effie so I love it but in this day and age, I wonder if she would be called Effing at school. 🙄🙄🙄

Not keen on the other names.

DramaAlpaca · 27/05/2019 22:05

I dislike all the girls' names, sorry.

I like Leo & Jasper.

Artemis is a female name, after the goddess. I quite like that, Artie for short.

meow1989 · 27/05/2019 22:04

I quite like Effie but it reminds me of Skins.
Phoenix is ok.
Alaska doesn't sound like a name for a person to me

I like Jasper, Leo quite popular and not a fan of Artemis.

floraloctopus · 27/05/2019 22:04

Phoenix is for boys, Artemis is more for girls I think.
No to Alaska.
Jasper and Leo are OK.
No to Effie - I think Effie wasn't a great book character but I can't remember which book now. A children's book. Also Effie - Effing!

TheLoneWolfDies · 27/05/2019 22:04

I like Effie and Leo, not a fan of the rest

tinyradish · 27/05/2019 22:03

I love Phoenix for a boy too :)

Hippopotas · 27/05/2019 22:02

I like Jasper and Leo. Hate all the girls names and Artemis is a girls name to me too.

Ravingstarfish · 27/05/2019 22:00

Baked Alaska, sorry. Don’t like any of the girls names. Jasper was the name of my dog, Leo the lion. I quite like Artemis though, but it does make me think of the books

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