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Meerkat - Yes, that's what I mean. If you name your girl (I hope) Qismat, that will be reminiscent of your Persian heritage. Kismet is Turkish, not Persian.

By the way, how would you pronounce Qismat?

Never heard of it. But would think it was male.

lockets mine was in north Devon,bought her from Northam Burrows near Bideford.

Love it! Nobody's said 'Kismet, Hardy!' yet though.

A frog. Always reminds me of Kermit.

I owned mine probably in about 1980, she was also a bit of a cow, she specialised in stopping dead.

lockets Mine was grey too ! proper dappled grey. I owned her in 1984? ish... She was a right little bitch of a pony :-(

* sane way, ie not sounding not sane, which possibly I am not succeeding in

Cote, it is Qismat in Farsi (my family are from Iran) so yes I suppose it is only Persian if the original spelling is retained - still love the word though!

Remus I will duly look into parrot ownership based on your feeling. If it's the only same way I can use the name I may just have to!

Mine was a little grey, very Thelwell ish.

I also had a pony called Kismet.

Kismet means destiny.

I would personally never call a child Kismet but each to their own

For some reason, I feel it would be a fantastic name for a parrot.

It's a pretty word but not a name IMO.

I love the sound of the name. I had a pony called Kismet when I was younger.

Persian origins? Kismet is a Turkish word (see dictionary.com, merriam-webster.com etc). And it's definitely a girl's name. Sorry

"No."

Your bluntness made me smile Pancake!

I thought it was quite nice for a boy and because of its Persian roots goes with my other DC's name really well. Even thought from this perspective it sounded quite <whispers> classic but I can see I may be mistaken/mad/stupid.

Good thing I'm not pregnant yet really, the hormones would take me to a new level of name craziness!

I'd assume it was a cat to be honest, sorry.

I would assume male but mainly because a friend was DJ kismet when I was you her

We had an Indian take away near us called the kismet.

It is actually an "old woman" name. Obviously not a friendly one to Anglophone ears, though

It's Kismet.

No.

I would assume their parents were a bit stupid - sorry but I would. Boy or girl - I would say that any parent considering it wouldn't care if it was a boys' name or a girls' name anyway and would just use it as a one size fits all 'cause, "we're so groovy - check us with our out there name."

I would assume restaurant. It's the name of a restaurant in Edinburgh that is famous for it's a killer curry eating competitions. Last one ended up with people hospitalised!

I would say female owing to the fact that she is a character in the superman comics

not that I have inherited comic book geek from my dad, honest!

I'd have said male.