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NeedMoreCoffeePlease · 03/04/2024 10:14

What comes to mind when you hear the following names? And would you say they’re popular or not too common?

Romeo
Casper
Obie
Rudi
Micah
Chester
Tobiah
Arie
Rafferty
Jonah
Arley
Milo
Ezra

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KirstenBlest · 03/04/2024 10:47

Romeo - not common but Roman is similar. A lot to live up to.
Casper - not unusual. Casper/Caspar/Kasper spelling
Obie - Wan Kenobi. Too unusual
Rudi - German, not common or unusual
Micah - Formica. not common or unusual
Chester - nice city to vistit. Too chesty as a name
Tobiah - Seems a bit unusual, and a bit like other than the David, Daniel, Samuel, type ones
Arie - Aries without an s? How do you say it - 'Arry or Airy?
Rafferty - surname as first name. Not my taste. not common or unusual
Jonah - and the whale. not common or unusual
Arley - You couldn't decide between Harley and Arlo. Too unusual
Milo - milky drink. trendy, not common or unusual
Ezra - trendy, not common or unusual

oldnorsesaga · 03/04/2024 10:51

NeedMoreCoffeePlease · 03/04/2024 10:14

What comes to mind when you hear the following names? And would you say they’re popular or not too common?

Romeo
Casper
Obie
Rudi
Micah
Chester
Tobiah
Arie
Rafferty
Jonah
Arley
Milo
Ezra

Romeo - and Juliet, Beckhams, Italians, balcony
Casper - ghost, jaspers, haunted house, Germans
Obie - oboa, nicknames, chavvy,
Rudi - Rudy, Germans, Trudy, red color, redheads
Micah - Russians, probably not pronounced like Russian nickname, Eurovision
Chester - chesnuts, both horrible memes about name Chester, the town
Tobiah - Toby, Bible
Arie - Aryan, Nazi, trendy Aria
Rafferty - sailors, surnames, Rafael
Jonah - the whale, the Bible, Jon and variations
Arley - Harley, the milk Arla, it's probably town somewhere, it's probably someone's surname, Aryan, Nazi, trendy Aria
Milo - it's possible Norman variation of names Mila and Milan, also think of Miles and hipsters
Ezra - the Bible, trendy and hipsters

Sunnnybunny72 · 03/04/2024 11:03

Romeo- try hard, Beckhams
Casper - in a similar vein to Hugo and Arlo
Obie - Star Wars
Rudi - even autocorrect changed it to rude
Micah - footballer
Chester - wet
Tobiah - made up. Toby is fine
Arie - made up
Rafferty - see Casper
Jonah - whale
Arley - Harley with a dropped H, chavvy
Milo see Casper
Ezra - see Casper

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