Names ending in -garde

Fri Nov 16, 2012 6:37 pm

Remember little Ermengarde? ♥ Well, I found some more names that end in -gard that I love!

Girls:
Ehrengarde
Hildegarde
Irmingarde (the "original" spelling of Ermengarde. I still prefer Ermengarde, though.)
Wendelgarde

Boys:
Beauregarde
Leongarde
Reingarde


WDYT?

Fri Nov 16, 2012 6:48 pm

I guess I am not a fan of 'garde' names, because none of them jumped out to me.

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Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:42 pm

I guess I am not a fan of 'garde' names, because none of them jumped out to me.

lol. I'm not surprised, really. They all are pretty bold names that would probably be hard to pull off.

Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:45 pm

I think Ehrengarde and Hildegarde could be usable, since I can see them being shortened to softer names.

Ehren (Erin) for Ehrengarde and Hilde (Hilda) for Hildegarde.

Fri Nov 16, 2012 10:06 pm

Remember little Ermengarde? ♥ Well, I found some more names that end in -gard that I love!

Girls:
Ehrengarde
Hildegarde
Irmingarde (the "original" spelling of Ermengarde. I still prefer Ermengarde, though.)
Wendelgarde

Boys:
Beauregarde
Leongarde
Reingarde


WDYT?

I tried several times to reply to your Ermengarde post but for some reason was unable to. I LOVE the name Ermengarde. I don't think it's usable mainly due to the strong negative response it gets from most people. Otherwise, I love it and wish that sort of name were usable nowadays. Like you, I like many other medieval names that have a similar, rather hard sound to the ear nowadays. Hildegarde to me is so lovely. I'm loving your suggestion of Ehrengarde and also Leongarde, though I could see that for a woman, actually.

Here are some more for you:

girl
Adelgard or Edelgard
Ansgard

boy
Edgard

You might also consider names ending in gar or gert or gart or ger, since you like -garde names:

girl
Rhiangar

boy
Bogart
Jaegar
Edgar
Aelgar
Ansgar
Ingert
Rutger

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Fri Nov 16, 2012 10:24 pm

I tried several times to reply to your Ermengarde post but for some reason was unable to. I LOVE the name Ermengarde. I don't think it's usable mainly due to the strong negative response it gets from most people. Otherwise, I love it and wish that sort of name were usable nowadays. Like you, I like many other medieval names that have a similar, rather hard sound to the ear nowadays. Hildegarde to me is so lovely. I'm loving your suggestion of Ehrengarde and also Leongarde, though I could see that for a woman, actually.

Here are some more for you:

girl
Adelgard or Edelgard
Ansgard

boy
Edgard

You might also consider names ending in gar or gert or gart or ger, since you like -garde names:

girl
Rhiangar

boy
Bogart
Jaegar
Edgar
Aelgar
Ansgar
Ingert
Rutger

Aww! Yay! Another awesome name we agree on!

I saw Edgard when I was looking for my list of -garde names and I like it, but I don't like that it's so close to Edgar, which I see you also suggested. Edgar is one of those names I've never really been able to like even though I really want to. It reminds me of Edgar Allen Poe and for some reason that association turns me off.

As for Bogart, this is close to another name I thought of. After seeing Beauregard, I thought of Beaugard, which I also like. Your suggestion of Jaegar intrigues me. Right now, it's kinda iffy for me, but I think if I say it long enough, it'll grow on me.

Sat Nov 17, 2012 1:47 am

with Jaegar when I typed it I was thinking "jay gur", but I guess it's more like Yeager. It's still nice, I just liked it more as 'jay gur'.

I would think Edgar and Edgard are the same name, except for the d. I can understand not liking the association with Edgar Allen Poe. For me it just makes me think of a man born in that time period and I just like that quality about it, the way Lucinda makes me think of a woman of that time. So I just picture someone educated and dignified, tall, handsome, etc. I don't think too much of Poe. Though that's not such a negative thing for me. Shelley reminds me of Mary Shelley and though that associates it with horror and tragedy in much the same way, I like a lot of things about her, so it's not negative for me.

Anyhow. I'm most happy to see that I have a 'garde' friend here! We should do combos for these, cuz I'm not sure there's anyone else in this club.

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Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:37 am

with Jaegar when I typed it I was thinking "jay gur", but I guess it's more like Yeager. It's still nice, I just liked it more as 'jay gur'.

I would think Edgar and Edgard are the same name, except for the d. I can understand not liking the association with Edgar Allen Poe. For me it just makes me think of a man born in that time period and I just like that quality about it, the way Lucinda makes me think of a woman of that time. So I just picture someone educated and dignified, tall, handsome, etc. I don't think too much of Poe. Though that's not such a negative thing for me. Shelley reminds me of Mary Shelley and though that associates it with horror and tragedy in much the same way, I like a lot of things about her, so it's not negative for me.

Anyhow. I'm most happy to see that I have a 'garde' friend here! We should do combos for these, cuz I'm not sure there's anyone else in this club.

Ah. I'm with you on Jaeger. I liked it better as "jay-gur," but the "yay-gur" prn. is okay too. I had a professor in college named Jasper, but it was prn'd like Yasper. I loved it.

I don't know why I don't like the Poe association. I liked reading some of his works in school and I think he's a brilliant writer, but for some reason I just don't like the name Edgar because of him.

And I agree about coming up with combos! We're probably the only ones in this club so we might as well have fun with it.

Ehrengarde is becoming a close second to Ermengarde. I love how "usable" it feels since it has the potential nn of Ehren/Erin. Ermengarde really doesn't have nn potential, but I still like it more.

Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:23 am

I'm not a fan of most of girl's names, its a bit too much name for me personally, but I could possibly get on board with Hildegarde, maybe they could call her Hilda or Hilde. For the boys I actually like Beauregarde, the nn Beau is cute as well.

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Sat Nov 17, 2012 11:04 pm

Hildy is fine, I guess, but I actually like Hildegarde more than Hildy.

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Sun Nov 18, 2012 1:16 am

Hildy is fine, I guess, but I actually like Hildegarde more than Hildy.

I'm with you. I think Hilde/Hilda is better than Hildy, nn wise. Hildegarde is my favourite though.

Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:05 pm

Oh, I really wish I could say that I love these too! I want so badly to be able to express a shared love because I definitely admire your guts on this one

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