So today dd points out a girl from nursery at the supermarket today called Vanilla? I thought I picked her up wrong but no her dad called her it! Definitely one of the strangest names I have heard in a while. I know technically its a plant extract and some would argue its a plant name but really! I just think of vanilla flavoured food! Any other food type names out there?
BlueChampagne
Tue 05-Mar-13 14:22:54
Well, Peaches Geldof I suppose ...
mayanna123
Tue 05-Mar-13 14:24:56
Kyrptonite
Tue 05-Mar-13 14:25:22
DS' best friend is called Kale.
Ah well there are food names I have never though about! I quite like clementine!
BuntyPenfold
Tue 05-Mar-13 15:18:18
Vanilla is rather pretty.
I know an Angelica which is nice too.
How about Chelsea (bun)
Moominsarehippos
Tue 05-Mar-13 15:35:40
Had I named DS after my pregnancy cravings, he would now be called Hula Hoops.
Kyrptonite
Tue 05-Mar-13 16:04:03
I would have Coco Pop and Roast Chicken. Might look better with a hyphen though!
olivertheoctopus
Tue 05-Mar-13 20:00:54
Anya (potato)
Vanilla is just daft IMO.
Allalonenow
Tue 05-Mar-13 20:05:14
Apple Charlotte, nn Custard
bootsycollins
Tue 05-Mar-13 20:07:02
Vanilla is like naming your child mediocre 
Ktay
Tue 05-Mar-13 20:15:27
Have heard of Victoria Plum - and there is a writer called Plum Sykes
barleysugar
Tue 05-Mar-13 20:28:42
Are you sure it's not Fenella?
Theas18
Tue 05-Mar-13 20:32:34
Plum was the nickname of p g Wodehouse I believe.
Pepper -I know one.
Broccoli ,though I assume that's cubby broccolis actual surname
Cinnamon is pretty but nn cin is not!
Gazing on the tea table Danpak sounds like a loveable kind lad with Polish parents maybe-it's my lidl butter!
Though naming your daughter hot cross bun is so many shades of wrong!
Moominsarehippos
Tue 05-Mar-13 20:32:52
I was renamed 'Nigeria' by one of DSs little pals when he was in Reception. I gave up correcting her and got used to it.
No definitely vanilla I asked another mum from nursery maybe hearing it in a very broad Scottish accent makes it sound harsh! In highlander style gruff scots it's Vaaa-niilllahh lol it just doesn't suit a child at all IMO !
nilbyname
Tue 05-Mar-13 22:40:37
I know of a
Sage
Fennel
Quite like vanilla, what about paprika?
PelvicFloorClenchReminder
Tue 05-Mar-13 22:45:23
Ricotta would make a lovely name.
AllDirections
Tue 05-Mar-13 22:47:13
DD3's friend is called Papaya
MortifiedAdams
Tue 05-Mar-13 22:50:59
Lettice is apparently a real name.
I know a little girl named Cherry.
