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Eugene and Eugenie

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17caterpillars1mouse · 08/05/2023 19:16

What are your thoughts on the names Eugene and Eugenie? Obviously not for siblings

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VirginiaQ · 08/05/2023 20:14

Hate both. Makes me think of eugenics so not a a positive association and just sound ugly.

caringcarer · 08/05/2023 20:07

I don't mind either of them. Not common so you won't have 4 of them in one class. I have a common name 4 girls with.tje same name in my school class and two of us had the same middle name too. We were referred to by our 2 initials all through school.

DramaAlpaca · 08/05/2023 20:03

Horrid, both of them.

ThomasinaLivesHere · 08/05/2023 19:59

Don’t like either. Eugene does seem to be used for nerds in US shows so that’s how I see it. It’s not a nice sound.

LaVitesse2022 · 08/05/2023 19:58

I don't like them. They sound too much like eugenics 😬

ejbaxa · 08/05/2023 19:54

Eugene makes me think of the guy from american pie (very funny)
Eugenie makes me think of the princess

Neither are particularly common so I'd probably avoid them for that reason.

UsingChangeofName · 08/05/2023 19:52

Eugene makes me think of the 'nerd' from Grease. Eugenie makes me think of the princess. Not over keen on either tbh.

Same here.
I wouldn't lumber a child with either, tbh

WhisperingAutistic · 08/05/2023 19:51

I really don't like either of them, sorry

TeenDivided · 08/05/2023 19:42

Eugene makes me think of the 'nerd' from Grease. Eugenie makes me think of the princess. Not over keen on either tbh.

Pocketfullofdogtreats · 08/05/2023 19:39

Eugene is an old man name to me. Eugenie is lovely.

almostoverthehill · 08/05/2023 19:39

Nope

GoodChat · 08/05/2023 19:39

Eugenie is ok, Eugene makes me think of a nerd too

BitchImTheSecretIngredient · 08/05/2023 19:39

I think they're both ugly names

hiredandsqueak · 08/05/2023 19:38

Eugene makes me think of the geek in Grease.

Jk987 · 08/05/2023 19:22

Boy or girl? Eugenie for a girl makes me think of the princess royal Sonia very topical right now.

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