Nevada for a boy...

[Thoughtfulduck]

I met a little baby boy today called Nevada. I just wondered what everyone's opinion of it was?

[scatterthenuns]

Tennessee Williams was a nickname,

List of now first names that started off as Nicknames:

www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/24/vintage-girl-baby-names-n_n_7135706.html

Not hard is it? Names evolve.

[LibrariesGaveUsP0wer]

Yes, lots of names started out as nicknames. And while they aren't to my taste, I can't get massively worked up about names like Tennessee and London. I'm not keen, but I'm not keen on established ones like Paris and India either.

But Nevada? People will still primarily think of the state. Which is famous for what? Prostitution, gambling and nuclear testing? I think I'd pick another state!!

[smartyclogs]

Maybe he has Amsterdam and Soho as brothers!

[DeepBlueLake]

I am generally a fan of US state / town names but even I have to draw a line at Nevada, not a state with very good connotations. Sounds like more of a girls name anyway

[CordeliaFrost]

I have an American cousin whose birth name is Nevada. She's 27 now. She is no longer known as Nevada though, she reverted to her middle name in her teens, and I can't say I blame her.

[LibrariesGaveUsP0wer]

I think of Nevada too, though I agree that prostitution and gambling are higher profile Nevada test site

[tellmeofthetime]

Awful.
Just like the Denver I know with his sister Aspen.

[jorahmormont]

I love place names, particularly US places (I'm named after several locations in America ) but Nevada is too far even for me. I like Aspen, Albany, Dakota, Phoenix, Brooklyn, Georgia and others... Nevada and Tennessee are just a little bit too place-y for my tastes.

[HeartsTrumpDiamonds]

Nope I can't be doing with Nevada either.

[KoalaDownUnder]

It's awful.

I know sisters called Rio and Capri. Just sayin'.

[Nataleejah]

Poor boy with such a name.
Made me think of a simpsons character Alaska Nebraska

[FunkyPeacock]

I don't like it but I've heard much worse!

[Only1scoop]

Awful

Remember a road trip through Nevada ....many mini brothels....very remote ones

I was fascinated

[AnonymousBird]

It's better than Harlow.

I know one of those!

[BastardGoDarkly]

I know a family of phoenix (boy) Dakota (girl) and levity (girl)

[MamaLazarou]

I like Nevada, am a big fan of American place names as names: Georgia, Dakota, Atlanta, all lovely.

[minimalist000001]

Nev is cute

[HopefulAnxiety]

Bree Florence was a place first (though obv Firenze in Italian). Florence Nightingale and her sister Parthenope (really!) were named after their parents toured Italy.

I quite like American place names as names. Don't mind Nevada.

[yeOldeTrout]

Snowy is fine.

[reuset]

Parthenope was her middle name. She was Frances.

Snowy is fine If you're an animal, or a mountain peak perhaps.

[Pinklily1]

Its hideous. Sounds common and made up (as a name) to me

[IoraRua]

Too much like a stripper name for my tastes. Appropriate state to choose if you are a stripper though!