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Please give me your gut reaction too… Alima

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Picklemom · 31/03/2014 18:00

Interested in anyone's first reaction to that name.

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Thebluedog · 31/03/2014 18:01

Sounds made up

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AnythingNotEverything · 31/03/2014 18:03

It makes me think of food. I think alimentary means "to do with food".

It's not a name IMHO.

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expatinscotland · 31/03/2014 18:04

Made up.

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atthestrokeoftwelve · 31/03/2014 18:05

Never heard it before= is it Indian?

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Mrswellyboot · 31/03/2014 18:06

I would prefer Alma

It's lovely. I haven't heard of Alima

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picnicbasketcase · 31/03/2014 18:06

What's that thing over there with a stripy tail? A lemur!

My first thought. ^

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Sparklysilversequins · 31/03/2014 18:08

No. Stop making up names OP! Wink

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kmini · 31/03/2014 18:09

I know a lovely french woman called Alima. Very pretty I think

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Blueberrybaby · 31/03/2014 18:10

Nice but I prefer Alina.

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Fragglewump · 31/03/2014 18:12

Alma? Alamo - car rental? A Lima? Not great.

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Nevertell · 31/03/2014 18:13

Arabic?

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Mefisto · 31/03/2014 18:16

I know an Alima and she has an Arabic surname. I'm not overwhelmed with it as a name TBH. Makes me think of alimentary canal.

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MERLYPUSS · 31/03/2014 18:22

alimony was my first thought

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KateF · 31/03/2014 18:28

I don't think it's made up. I know a 13 year old Alima whose parents are from Mauritius. She does get the lemur joke sometimes though Smile

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AbraStone · 31/03/2014 18:28

Ailment.

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RedNosedClone · 31/03/2014 18:38

Do you mean Halima?

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mrssmith79 · 31/03/2014 18:46

Nearly as bad as Daelyn.

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PiratePanda · 31/03/2014 18:46

It's Arabic, and I think it's beautiful.

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DiamondsAndRust · 31/03/2014 18:49

Sounds like a prescription drug to my ears. Alina would be nicer (and somehow less medicinal!)

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MrsTilapia · 31/03/2014 18:50

I know someone called Alima and she's beautiful! She's not Indian or Arabic, looks like Leona Lewis and went to a Catholic school. I think it sounds like a strong and confident name, but that could be because of the association with the person I know.

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CointreauVersial · 31/03/2014 18:51

A Lemur.

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TeamEdward · 31/03/2014 18:54

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shakinstevenslovechild · 31/03/2014 18:56

My first reaction was to sing the lime and the coconut song Confused sorry.

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Martorana · 31/03/2014 18:57

Soulds like a slimming pill.

(Now to check what other people think!)

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MagicalHamSandwich · 31/03/2014 18:59

A muslim religious scholar ... I'm reasonably certain that's what it actually means. Possibly not that great if she happens to turn out agnostic. Or simply not very academic.

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