Name Sighting

[Stormtroopooper]

Ok, I'm PWing, but I forgot about this!

I saw a name today and was wondering what the general consensus is regarding it:

Bryony

It was on a late twenties British girl.

Love it? Hate it?

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

Eh,very nms. I know it's legit and all, but it just seems so damn cutesy. Also, it brings to mind the Atonement character, and I don't think that's a good association.

[mjreilly]

I don't really like it, but I tend to really dislike Bri- names. The "bree" sound is so unappealing to me.

[chelscole]

I really dislike it.

[seahorse85]

I'm not a fan.

[normadix]

I don't like it, if I didn't know there was history behind it I would think it was made up.

[clearlycrystal]

Jan 16, 2015 8:02:22 GMT -5 normadix said:

I don't like it, if I didn't know there was history behind it I would think it was made up.

This.

[kellybenelly83]

nms at all. It just feels weird to even say. am I reading Bree-ony or Bri-ony ? I dont like it when names make me think hard about how to pronounce them,

[ugotstarbucked]

I know it's a legit name, but it looks like Brony to me...you know, the men who are into My Little Pony?

[kenzlb]

I neither love nor hate it. I do agree that with today's trends, if you didn't know it was legit, it could easily be perceived as made up.

[Stormtroopooper]

I felt the same way when I saw it. I was like "is this for reals a legit name?" So I looked it up. I still don't know where I am on it. It intrigues me.

Also, I never saw/read Atonement so I didn't get that association.

[conradraging]

I really dislike it.

[billyhorrible]

I don't personally like it, but I don't love a lot of the Br names. I put it in the same category as Bronwen - similar background, similar Br start, similar feel for me.

[orangepickle]

I get tongue tied trying to say it out loud

[bromios]

Dislike.

[winkyface]

I knew a Canadian with this name (from Nova Scotia) at first I hated it, I thought it was a really terrible name. Now I kind of like it with the caveat that it's really only for someone who has the actual heritage to pull it off. I worry some people woudl choose it just because it has a Y in it and it's different. That is the WRONG reason to choose it!

[bearfootz]

Jan 16, 2015 14:38:47 GMT -5 orangepickle said:

I get tongue tied trying to say it out loud

this

[TheEleventhHour]

It isn't horrible, just NMS. I also feel that it looks trendy with the Ys even though it is a legit spelling of a legit name.

[somethingvague]

Jan 16, 2015 8:35:55 GMT -5 clearlycrystal said:

Jan 16, 2015 8:02:22 GMT -5 normadix said:

I don't like it, if I didn't know there was history behind it I would think it was made up.

This.

Yep.

[bigrock74]

I get tongue tied, too. I keep thinking "rhymes with Irony".

[spring78]

I grew up with a Bryony... I do not remember a time before I knew her, so the name is not at all strange to me. The first Y is pronounced with a long I, second Y is an E sound. Kind of like Brian with a like a long E sound added to the end but with the stress on the first syllable, if that makes sense. The Bryony I knew would be well into her 30s by now.

[Deleted]

I actually really like Bryony. It got vetoed by FI (for hypothetical child) because BIL is Brian and the sound is too similar. I ultimately surrendered because I hated having two Ys in my name and could not do that to my child. 
I tried to ignore the Atonement reference, because she is quite horrible. But the Brony similarity, well now I just can't unsee that.