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This is the worst one for a while, Cherry means lapdancer/stripper and Scarlett, Lola and Jade means prostitutes.

scarlet woman?
lolita?
and the meaning of 'jade' in shakespeare?
sorry it is just word association, I did not intend any offence.

Prostitutes? Ew. I have a little niece called Scarlett.

That's certainly not what I think when I hear the name.

Little girls called Parris and Mercedes. Adorable girls, but I did wince inwardly.

Mercedes is a lovely name!!

The Downe family who had boy twins called Neil and Ben...

I heard a Kanye the other day

L'Ren.

I really like Kanye, don't see the problem it is not an unusual name that only 1 famous person in the world has.

I know a little Anakin too.

I have to say though, although you wince initially, whatever the name is it stops being daft once you get to know the child. Parris was such a sweet kid, I started to like it after a while.

Oppps sorry brandy

A work colleague called his DD Pebbles

Paris or Parris however you want to spell it is a very old classic name btw.

The only names on this thread that are awful is Chlamydia and the like. I don't really believe that someones actually called that though, sure it's a urban legend.

I used to know twins called Galen and Zalen.

I don't think that Scarlett, Lola and Jade mean 'prostitutes', actually.

Scarlett = 'scarlet, red'

Lola = 'strong woman' or 'sorrows'

Jade = 'a jewel'

Seems that some have both their judgey aaaaaand insulting pants on tonight ...

I like pebbles, #flintstones and my aunties cat.

fgs

scarlet woman
Roget's Thesaurus: scarlet womanTop
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noun

A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for payment: bawd, call girl, camp follower, courtesan, harlot, prostitute, streetwalker, strumpet, tart2, whore. Slang hooker, moll. Idioms: lady of easy virtue, lady of pleasure, lady of the night. See sex/asexual.


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jade/jād/
Noun:
A hard, typically green stone used for ornaments and implements and consisting of the minerals jadeite or nephrite.
A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.

not being 'judgey' or insulting, just stating an opinion based on solid etymology.

I would never see a kid called jade and make that connection when there are other nicer ones though.

These are kids like! It's not nice.

Molotov, In older times, Jade was certainly a derogatory term for a woman, used something along the lines of 'slapper' today.

just looked it up 'A woman regarded as disreputable or shrewish'

However, it doesn't conjure up that thought for me, but I can understand where people are coming from when it does.

Yes, but those are the connotations for a scarlet woman. Not the name Scarlett ... sorry, I just don't understand your point well, I do, but its heavy-handed

I would much prefer to name my dc Scarlett or Lolita then sarah for instance or olive or henrietta.

absolutely agree fanjo, it's really not a nice name.

Im not agreeing with you! I think your being weird, and over thinking.