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Help me decide

We had decided on Brooke for our little girl. Last night Greg mentioned and I had thought of this at one point what about Brooklynn. He likes Brooke and is fine but just Brooke seems to blunt no really shorting ect. So I come to you all and ask

Brooke or Brooklynn. MN Kathleen

(Feel free to be honest about Brooklynn if you don't like it. It will NOT hurt my feelings if you tell me it sucks. It will help us decide. With Brooke I don't care if you like it or notStick out tongue)

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  • No. Brooke is a great little girls name and a great grownup name. Brooklynn follows the trendy smashing to names together thing. I love just Brooke :-) Go with your gut.
  • This is kinda what I was thinking.
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    I love just Brooke, and I think it's classic.  My godparents' daughter is Brooke, and we always called her Brookey growing up, so you do naturally soften the blunt ending anyway.
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  • I'm with everyone else. I love just Brooke. Plus I have a thing about same syllables/names ending the same...both "n". I think Brooke Kathleen is beautiful. 

    Jeremy wants son (if we have one) to have his initials and his middle name "Alan" which would be fine except I'm in love with the name Jason and I don't like how it sounds together. Both same/harsh endings and all.  But I'm weird like that. :)

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  • I like Brooke better overall, but think Brooklynn flows better if you've already decided on Kathleen as the middle name.
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  • I like both Brooke and Brooklyn (although I feel that Brooklyn is one of the "trendy" names). Brooklyn Kathleen is a very long combination, but I kind of like it better than Brooke Kathleen.

    hmm....I am on the fence. 

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    I like Brooke better overall, but think Brooklynn flows better if you've already decided on Kathleen as the middle name.

    I agree.  But I also agree that Brooke is a little more "classic" than Brooklynn.  I'm on the fence too.........

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  • I think Brooke is a beautiful name. Brooklynn sounds pretty as well, but Brooke seems more classic and beautiful.

    My vote: Brooke 

  • I am going to respectfully disagree with the people who like "Brooklynn Kathleen" together. The "N" sound at the end is too repetitive for me. It makes almost an awkward stop between the names. I think Brooke Kathleen sounds beautiful.
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  • Thanks for all the input ladies! I actually totally agree with everything you all said. So we will probably just stick with Brooke. I also agree Brooke seems more classic. I don't know if I can picture a middle Brookelynn and  Brookelynn Kathleen with our LN which is long  seems like a mouth full. Kathleen is a 100% it was my moms name so it is in honor of her.

     

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  • I am not a fan of Brooklyn, NMS. And I think Brookelyn Kathleen sounds too long...I have no idea what your last name is either but can you imagine what an old lady named Brooklyn looks like? I can't.
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    I am not a fan of Brooklyn, NMS. And I think Brookelyn Kathleen sounds too long...I have no idea what your last name is either but can you imagine what an old lady named Brooklyn looks like? I can't.

    This is kind of what i was thinking.Its cute for a baby through maybe college. This is what I HATE about cute trendy type names really cute for baby through teenager/college age but once you hit adulthood not so cute anymore.

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    imageleolyns:
    I am not a fan of Brooklyn, NMS. And I think Brookelyn Kathleen sounds too long...I have no idea what your last name is either but can you imagine what an old lady named Brooklyn looks like? I can't.

    This is kind of what i was thinking.Its cute for a baby through maybe college. This is what I HATE about cute trendy type names really cute for baby through teenager/college age but once you hit adulthood not so cute anymore.

    Lol, that's so true!  Also, being a lawyer, I have to review court orders all the time, and lately I keep fixating on the names of the judges, and whether it sounds weird, like Judge Tiffany So-and-So.  Ick!

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  • i LOVE Brooklyn, everyone will prob call her Brooke for short anyways. kinda getting a 2 for 1
  • I'm 100% with smiley on this one! Brooklynn and just call her Brooke. Make sure you can yell her name out of a wondow and it sounds good. If her name carries through the wind, youve got a keeper!* wink*
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  • I love Brooke Kathleen. I think it's classic and lovely and a wonderful tribute to your mom.
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