[QUOTE=cookiemonster;1794340Bathsheba while you raise a valid point, your name is only what you make of it. If you would judge a woman with the name Kira as young and immature then that is certainly your loss.[/QUOTE]

CM: Given that the OP wasn't keen on the name Kira I thought I could provide an "out" I wasn't passing judgement on the name and certainly didn't say that I would judge a woman with the name Kira as "young and immature" I meant "older" woman when i said "mature". I left it up to her to decide by using the shrugging emoticon. Sorry if you found my comment judgemental... was just my own humble opinion on the name. People given unfavourable opinions on names all the time here in these threads. The names that I have chosen for my own children (mainly my DD) have been commented on as being old fashioned as the kind of name an old lady might have, not a baby But I took that as just that person's opinion and wasn't offended. You are right, you make what you do from a name. The most unlikely names can end up really suiting a person. For example I read the neame "Rebel" on a class list once when I was a teachers' assistant and thought... "hmmm" but after a few days I discovered the name really worked and actually had a nice ring to it.... likewise the name "Sixteen" (for a little girl)... once again I thought "odd" but once I got to know her it just seemed natural to call her that name. So I guess we agree on that point... perhaps not whether members should ever express a negative opinion on a name though hey?