And Gulliver's Travels with Gulliver. But if those are the only references that come to mind, the name is virtually unused, which is what I'm looking for.
But maybe they're a bit too unused, and I should be looking at something else. I like Gilbert and Walter, too, but they're missing that 3-syllable-sound that I like.
... too unused. Yeah, I'd go along with that. One of the reasons I am super careful about never, ever using my real name on any site where I speak openly is because I am apparently the only person with the combination of my unusual first name with my unusual (in this country) last name, according to Google. God forbid I make a powerful enemy somewhere, because all they would have to do to completely destroy my future employability is post publicly about me using my real name.
(That said, should I ever wind up with a daughter I have for nearly a decade thought I would like to name her Luna. Guess it's a good thing I don't actually plan to have kids?)
Gotta agree on the idea that they'd make great middle names. I'm thinking about how they'd inevitably be shortened and while they don't appear to come up wiht mean nicknames, they would be odd - Digg and Gull, or Gully . . .
I thought Gully would be a cute middle name. Like Scully, but cuter. But I'm not so sure about Digg. Is it maybe too close to Dick? Digs is okay, though.
I love the three-syllable sound to them. Like Sullivan and Oliver, but less common. Finlay gets called Finnegan a lot, and I just love it.
I like Gilligan, too, but it's maybe a bit too reminiscent of the tv show.
My sister said the same thing about Sullivan. But it's ranked as the 730th most popular boy's baby name in the US for 2007. Which isn't hugely popular, I admit, but considering that it just started making the top 1000 list in the 1990s for the first time in a hundred years, and is now higher than its peak of #873 in the 1890s kind of makes me think that it's about to become a trendy name.
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But maybe they're a bit too unused, and I should be looking at something else. I like Gilbert and Walter, too, but they're missing that 3-syllable-sound that I like.
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(That said, should I ever wind up with a daughter I have for nearly a decade thought I would like to name her Luna. Guess it's a good thing I don't actually plan to have kids?)
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I love the three-syllable sound to them. Like Sullivan and Oliver, but less common. Finlay gets called Finnegan a lot, and I just love it.
I like Gilligan, too, but it's maybe a bit too reminiscent of the tv show.
Maybe you're right about the middle-name thing.
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I know, I know. Neurotic, much?
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