met a girl today named Avalon

nestinginjapan · November 2009

and I've never heard the name before, but I kind of like it! I'm expecting a lot of "NMS" replies, but I'm a fan of unique names. What do you think?

mrs_tacos · November 2009

I actually really like it! It's on our list of possible MN's.

renafaith · November 2009

possibility...but it's the name of a pretty popular car. Guess it'd be the same thing as a Mercedes or something like that.

katietclintt · November 2009

I have heard this name before and have always really liked it. I think it's a beatiful name. But I also am a fan of unique names.

halfnhalf · November 2009

I think it's pretty. Feminine but not frilly, different but not weird.

Some people from the East Coast may think of Avalon, New Jersey, which is a nice, quiet, upscale beach town at the southern end of the Jersey Shore. It's a good connection to have

nestinginjapan · November 2009

renafaith:
possibility...but it's the name of a pretty popular car. Guess it'd be the same thing as a Mercedes or something like that.

you're right. didn't think of that not quite as obvious as mercedes though!

mrs_tacos · November 2009

nestinginjapan:
renafaith:
possibility...but it's the name of a pretty popular car. Guess it'd be the same thing as a Mercedes or something like that.
you're right. didn't think of that ? not quite as obvious as mercedes though!

Huh, that never even crossed my mind. I thought of King Arthur.

mrs_tacos · November 2009

nestinginjapan:
renafaith:
possibility...but it's the name of a pretty popular car. Guess it'd be the same thing as a Mercedes or something like that.
you're right. didn't think of that ? not quite as obvious as mercedes though!

Huh, that never even crossed my mind. I thought of King Arthur.

katietclintt · November 2009

amandarene112:
nestinginjapan:

renafaith:
possibility...but it's the name of a pretty popular car. Guess it'd be the same thing as a Mercedes or something like that.

you're right. didn't think of that not quite as obvious as mercedes though!

Huh, that never even crossed my mind. I thought of King Arthur.

It didn't cross my mind either until after I went back and read the comments. I was trying to remember but I keep thinking there was a Disney tv show series a while back like early to mid 90's that was named that after the girl main character...I may be thinking of something else thats close to it.

GulfCoaster · November 2009

nestinginjapan:

renafaith:
possibility...but it's the name of a pretty popular car. Guess it'd be the same thing as a Mercedes or something like that.

you're right. didn't think of that not quite as obvious as mercedes though!

I think it's pretty, but you might want to consider the car association. That wasn't the first thing that came to my mind -- I thought of King Arthur -- but it might be the first thing that others think of.

I actually tend to cut parents some slack with the name Mercedes, although I know not everyone does. Mercedes has a long history as a name (the car was actually named after a girl with this name) and comes from a title for the Virgin Mary, Maria de las Mercedes -- Mary of Mercies. It's often rendered in English as Our Lady of Mercy. So, if the parents pronounce the name Mehr-say-des, I assume that they meant to name their daughter after the Virgin Mary rather than the car company. (There are better ways to name your daughter after the Virgin Mary, but hey, maybe they have a particular attachment to that title for her.)

Harms80 · November 2009

I kinda like it. Still in the trendy A names genre but not quite the Avery/Addison routine. Hmmm.

babydragonsister · November 2009

Nice, but I like Avonlea better.

TUGOsQueen · November 2009

i can only think of the car and Mists of Avalon.

Also, make me think of Avonlea as in Anne of Green Gables. Not sure wh it came to mind.

Avalon I think would be better for a middle name. it also means "Island of Apples" which i'm into meanings of names... so it would never work for me.

future_mrs.lambdin · November 2009

I like this name. DH and I considered it. And I would love the nn Avie. I think that is adorable.

JinglesChic · November 2009

nestinginjapan:
renafaith:
possibility...but it's the name of a pretty popular car. Guess it'd be the same thing as a Mercedes or something like that.
you're right. didn't think of that not quite as obvious as mercedes though!

The car is the first thing I think of but it's also the name of a Christian music group.

Mercedes is actually a traditional Spanish name that refers to the Virgin Mary (Santa Maria de las Mercedes or Our Lady of Mercy). My great grandmother was named that.

mandyandmike2009 · November 2009

Doesn't Toyota make a car called an Avalon?

JinglesChic · November 2009

Oh, and to the point of the post, yes it's a car, but I like it. And I don't usually like really unique names. It won't be a car 20, 30, or 50 years from now.

MoFree · November 2009

renafaith:
possibility...but it's the name of a pretty popular car. Guess it'd b e the same thing as a Mercedes or something like that.

Mercedes is a Spanish name that was used long, long before the car was introduced to America. It's pronounced Mer-ce-des, not Mer-say,deez, like the car.

Avalon seems like one of those trendy names that will make you wonder "What the he11 were they thinking" in a few years.

l_elizabeth · November 2009

Love it! I like "Avie" as a nn as well, or even Ava (but I tend to steer clear of overly popular names).

jennasita · November 2009

Avalon represents Heaven in the Arthurian Legends...

renafaith · November 2009

GulfCoaster:
nestinginjapan:

renafaith:
possibility...but it's the name of a pretty popular car. Guess it'd be the same thing as a Mercedes or something like that.

you're right. didn't think of that not quite as obvious as mercedes though!

I think it's pretty, but you might want to consider the car association. That wasn't the first thing that came to my mind -- I thought of King Arthur -- but it might be the first thing that others think of.

I actually tend to cut parents some slack with the name Mercedes, although I know not everyone does. Mercedes has a long history as a name (the car was actually named after a girl with this name) and comes from a title for the Virgin Mary, Maria de las Mercedes -- Mary of Mercies. It's often rendered in English as Our Lady of Mercy. So, if the parents pronounce the name Mehr-say-des, I assume that they meant to name their daughter after the Virgin Mary rather than the car company. (There are better ways to name your daughter after the Virgin Mary, but hey, maybe they have a particular attachment to that title for her.)

Just to clarify, I wasn't saying I had anything against Mercedes. I was just making the connection. The car is the first thing I thought of because a lot of people drive them where I'm from.

FutureMrs.Steen · November 2009

First though- Toyota sedan. NMS.

shkdo0701 · November 2009

I think it's gorgeous!!!

goatwife · November 2009

That was the first name my bf suggested and I still like it

so it gets my thumbs up!

jolis_petits_bijoux · November 2009

NMS... it's the name of a florist shop in my hometown.

mgrulke · November 2009

its ok does it mean anything

Rachelilly23 · November 2009

I think it's pretty.

naflmj · November 2009

reminds me of a nightclub that used to be around here.

lisa5201 · November 2009

I love it and think of Arthurian Legend. Beautiful, beautiful name

nicasm · November 2009

DH and I just moved that one to our top 3 yesterday. Really like it!

bunnybean · November 2009

Just awful. Please don't name your child after a Toyota.

I really can't stand these fake names.

jiffy-pop · November 2009

There is a christian vocal group called Avalon. Google them. They are really good. How are you pronouncing it? They pronounce it {AV(a-apple)-uh-lawn}