Opinions on Avalon?

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Opinions on the name Avalon for a girl? Do you think people would mispronounce it?
Middle name would be Stella, Jo or Grace.

Looks like a cream to clear up a nasty rash. I think it would be spelt and said wrong often.

Avalon sounds like a fanny cream.

Sorry I'm not keen. I had 1 immediate thought - savlon the antibac cream.

what about Vagisil? or Anusol?

I'm not keen on Avalon sorry

How would YOU pronounce it?

Roxy Music springs to mind first of all. Great record. But then it just sounds like a topical cream. So no. Don't do it.

It's quite unusual, I like it - I pronounced it as

(H)Ave - ah - lawn

Excuse the phonetics! Is that right?

Would you shorten it - or be OK with that happening?

It's a very strong name so not sure if it might be better as a middle name... I love it with Stella!

It's more of a place name imo, but if you are from the Glastonbury area it would work. Boy or girl? There are other names connected to the Arthurian legend that could work better, Morgan, Morgana, Morgaine, Arthur, Uther, Talis, Gawain, Percival, to name just a few.

Just realised you said girl. So many strong and beautiful female names from the Arthurian legend if you have a google.

I would pronounce it Av-ah-lon, like the place in Glastonbury aforementioned. I don’t mind it as a name actually

Isle of. Where Arthur and Guinevere are.

I think it sounds really weird as a name for a person, tbh. Stella is a gorgeous name. Go for that instead.

Very
Brian ferry

It's the name of a street near me!

Roxy Music springs to mind first of all. Great record.

^This. Aside from that it sounds like a place name. Not a name you would give a child

I'm surprised people hate the name so much. My only worry was it being maybe too mystical due to the King Arthur connection or too beachy (I live in Sydney, where there is an area called Avalon Beach).

I pronounce it pretty much somewhere between A-vuh-lon and A-va-lon (A like in cat). I love strong names which is probably why I like Avalon so much. DD1 has a strong name also. Struggling to find ones I really love, thought I had found it when I thought of Avalon but back to the drawing board considering how much everyone hates it I guess.

It's the name of a talent / TV company. It doesn't sound like the name of a person. Sorry

It's the name of a talent / TV company. It doesn't sound like the name of a person. Sorry

If you're not in the UK it may work better. I live near Glastonbury. There are lots of bungalows with the name, a school, a charity and several businesses.

I love it - would think of the song or legend. Didn't even consider it sounding like Savlon until I read it here! I wouldn't worry about that too much.

I know of an Avalon (female) in the UK. Quite like it!

Don’t really see how it could be mispronounced, especially if it’s an area near you.
Sounds like some people haven’t heard it before, which surprises me.

No associations with antiseptic here....
Go for it op

I think it's the 'on' part that makes it sound odd as a name for a person. Brings Savlon (aniseptic cream) and Avon (cosmetics) to mind.

Have of course heard of Avalon the mystical place. Never as a name for a person. Morgan is a strong name.

As a name, sounds similar to Evelyn, which is lovely.

How would anyone mispronounce it? Ava-lon? Ava is a nicer name.

How about Aurora? Has similar 'positive, mystical, nature' properties.

I'm trying to think of words ending in -lon e.g. pylon, nylon, Revlon and all are things or brand names. Bit like -tron. 'The Ava-tron' 'The Ava-lon'. Tron is a robot, lon a synthetic household product.

@lottiegarbanzo Marion is a name with an on on the end. No one thinks that isn’t a name. It’s Av-ah-lon, to rhyme with have-a-lon, not Ayva-lon like Ava