Naming Your Doll!

 

            Greetings, Everyone!

 

                I thought this might be an interesting topic for discussion, so here it goes:

 

                                      Most times we name our dolls. Either for personal reasons or a name we just have stuck in our heads, it leaves a unique reminder of something in our pasts that we hold dear to us. It's always interesting, looking back and remembering the story behind the name. Do you name your dolls? If so , what do you name them after? Where do you get your inspiration?? (e.g. a movie, a look-alike, where you bought it, etc.) Or do you keep their "factory" name? (That gets pretty tricky when you have 10 different models of the same doll!!) Do you need advice naming your doll???? Maybe we can help out!

 

                                      I guess I'll start!

 

                                                   I never really began naming my dolls until I recieved my second Ellowyne. I named her Louisa, since I was in "The Sound Of Music" at the time. Whenever I mention her or make a reference to her, all the happy memories of being in the production come back to me! It's a "moment in time" sort of deal.  With my latest doll, the FDQ exclusive Grey, I am still brainstorming. She really reminds me of an English queen, with her pale skin and strong features. I recently watched "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" and she sort of reminds me of Queen Elizabeth! A very pale and beautiful creature, yet very strong emotionally despite her delicate figure. That's the idea I'm going with, so bear with me.

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Evelien on February 12, 2011 at 12:02

Cool discussion idea!

 

At the moment I only name the dolls that I've given new hair and a new outfit, a new personality so to speak :P. I name them whichever pops into my head that seems to fit them. I've named my first reroot Marina because she looks like a mermaid, the second is called Rose because it's a sweet name and she looks very sweet. The third isn't done yet. When I started working on her reroot I thought she looked like a Laura, but now I think she's a Jamie, lol. I'll name her when she's completely finished, but I'm pretty sure I'll stick with Jamie.


Groups AdminPermalink Reply by Lilly, Chevalier-Fox on February 16, 2011 at 16:23

I systematical rename my dolls at their arrival , I do not know them until I gave them a "personal"name

I have (until now) 30 member in my "gang" (most of them Tonner, mme Alexander, Mel Odom)

my "gang"is quite well structured, first name/family name/ birth date/nationality/job etc...

the name does not refer to any memories or attraction to celebrities, but rather to the personality of my new doll. I like divers ethnicity in the gang , so I buy the doll with the idea in mind and start looking for names (first and family names in web pages from her/his country) it happen some time tha the name I have chosen does not correspond to the doll, like if she/he does not like it :( so I go back to the web and look for another until we are both happy

as Marie is French , Fabio is Spanish, Sean O Farrell is Irish and Alizayanna is from Brazil

it is a lot easier for my (poor) memory to remember names that I gave myself

Permalink Reply by Porcelina on June 30, 2011 at 17:34

I have been giving names to my dolls since the beginning of collecting to avoid using name of a model (which can be long and awkward) or to avoid saying  "this one in blue dress".

I’ve never doubled the doll's names, so there is one unique for each doll. I usually pick it after  staring at the doll for hours wondering which would best suite her.

Usually when I sell dolls, new owners are using doll’s  names that I gave.


Groups AdminPermalink Reply by Lilly, Chevalier-Fox on June 30, 2011 at 18:41

see? we are kind of doing the same thing, it's like our dolls are actually giving a "sign"or something, to help us give them a name that suit them better right? I am not surprise your customer keep the name!

 



Porcelina said:

I have been giving names to my dolls since the beginning of collecting to avoid using name of a model (which can be long and awkward) or to avoid saying  "this one in blue dress".

I’ve never doubled the doll's names, so there is one unique for each doll. I usually pick it after  staring at the doll for hours wondering which would best suite her.

Usually when I sell dolls, new owners are using doll’s  names that I gave.


Groups AdminPermalink Reply by Ada Bogoevici on July 1, 2011 at 22:48
Never did this. Don't really know why... I just don't feel like giving them names. Does this mean I don't love them enough? :P
Permalink Reply by Catherine Hammond on July 2, 2011 at 5:23
I name every doll I own, and that is the name he or she keeps. Occasionally they don't stick but eventually one name does come forward. ^_^ Great Topic!!

Groups AdminPermalink Reply by Lilly, Chevalier-Fox on July 2, 2011 at 6:32

 I am quite sure you love  them plenty enough  Ada, but maybe in your head/heart their names suit them fine and correspond well to their reciprocate personality? :)



Ada Bogoevici said:

Never did this. Don't really know why... I just don't feel like giving them names. Does this mean I don't love them enough? :P

Groups AdminPermalink Reply by Ada Bogoevici on July 2, 2011 at 9:21
This is very funny, me not naimimg them, as usually I name everything. At one point I even named my computer. :)) George. :)) But when it comes to dolls....no. :(

Lilly, Chevalier-Fox said:

 I am quite sure you love  them plenty enough  Ada, but maybe in your head/heart their names suit them fine and correspond well to their reciprocate personality? :)



Ada Bogoevici said:

Never did this. Don't really know why... I just don't feel like giving them names. Does this mean I don't love them enough? :P

Groups AdminPermalink Reply by Lilly, Chevalier-Fox on July 2, 2011 at 14:19
Lol I do name everything too (My computer 's  Bigoo/ laptop 's Lapy, the car we had still goes under the name of Billy, and even,  when in Ivory coast we had a huge spider(the hairy kind)I named her Daphne. each  night I looked for her to be sure ...she was NOT under the net over our bed !!

Ada Bogoevici said:
This is very funny, me not naimimg them, as usually I name everything. At one point I even named my computer. :)) George. :)) But when it comes to dolls....no. :(

Lilly, Chevalier-Fox said:

 I am quite sure you love  them plenty enough  Ada, but maybe in your head/heart their names suit them fine and correspond well to their reciprocate personality? :)



Ada Bogoevici said:

Never did this. Don't really know why... I just don't feel like giving them names. Does this mean I don't love them enough? :P
Permalink Reply by Mary Beth Jennings on July 4, 2011 at 22:47
usually a name just pops into my head immediately, like Cami was immediately named Celeste even before I bought her. but I named my favorite doll, a first edition Poison Ivy, after the Late Andy Hallett, who played Lorne on Angel. He died that very month in which I bought the doll, of a congenital heart disease.
Permalink Reply by Nickolas Hananniah on July 6, 2011 at 23:24
I usually name my dolls after the person who gave them to me. Like Branka and Branko are named after my dolly friend Brani, who gave them to me :) Nienor Anar on the other hand comes from Tolkien's "Silmarilion" and I just like the way it sounds :) The truth is that most of times I like the "factory names" - Like my Top model Teresa - I just added Aqilla to it :) My newest doll - Artsy is now called Juno, since I bought her for my birthday, which is in June :P
Permalink Reply by xGlamFairyx on November 21, 2011 at 19:46

I'm going to have to start thinking about this soon, since there can't be 3 Veroniques under one roof. (Can you tell she's my favorite?)  I'm still getting to know them so their most suitable names haven't come to me yet, but blonde Luchia Z. is keeping her maiden name even if her brunette twin moves in later on. I've renamed one of the Barbies "Angel" because... well, you'll see. :-)        

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