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What do you think of the name Lushe (silent e) as my baby daughter's name? Plenty of people have the surname Lush so why not have it as a first name? I already have a daughter called Harlowe which caused uproar with the family but has been received well in nursery but I need something just as unusual for my new arrival due in January. This is my first post so please be nice to me...

I think it is stupid.

Is it just pronounced Lush? If so then I wouldnt use it, its a fairly well known word meaning a drunk (around here anyway!)

Don't like made up names, what about Lux?

Sorry but I hate it.

Awful IMO.

Doesn't it mean piss can ie drunkard?

She'll be teased as either a drunk or a bath bomb.

Sorry I think this is awful. Why do you need to have an unusual name?

A lush is a drunk - if you must have an unusual name don't pick one that means something bad to most people!

From the dictionary:

lush
noun
1. drunkard; alcoholic; sot.
2. intoxicating liquor.
verb (used without object)
3. to drink liquor.
verb (used with object)
4. to drink (liquor).

Not a good choice IMO!

I'm from the west country. Gert lush! It's a terrible name..

The "e" on the end would make me pronounce it "Loosh" not Lush. Once I'd been told it was pronounced "Lush" I'd wonder why a baby had a name that usually refers to drunks.

I wouldn't use it for the reasons above

However, if you want to use it, why add the extra 'e'?

Sorry, that was rude, I've just seen it's your first post. But she won't ever be able to travel west of Swindon without her name causing hysterics (should she ever want to, of course)

Thank you for your honesty everyone. According to the dictionary Lush is from the adjective 'Luxurious' and that is how I have always known it to mean lovely or Luxury. Where are you all from? Not sure whether this is just a uk site or world wide site? There is a well known shop called Lush in my town and why would they call it that if it meant piss head or drunkard?

Lux is a lovely name, I would consider it but hubby dismissed it straight away so may need some persuasion... thank you hugefurry.

I like unusual names as I come from a family with unusal names i.e my brother's names are Jansen, Jaeren and nobody has ever said a bad word about those names and they are both very popular. Just out of interest what do you think about their names?

Not good, sorry. I like Lushe even less than Lush but both are . Sorry.

Have it as a middle name and have Gert as the first name.

I came across a little girl called Lux at a m&t group recently. Not my cup of tea at all.

Your brothers names are absolutely fine. I am UK based.

here in Wales, everything is 'lush' , it seems the teenagers are using that dictionary definition, but for everything from ice cream to good weather.
'lush' as a female alcoholic is also well known,possibly from the USA.
I really wouldn't call a girl this.
how about 'Dagenham' or 'Romford' to go with Harlowe?

It's a slang term for a drunk,and a well known one at that.

Ooooh goodness no, sorry I think it sounds a bit trashy.

If not Lux, how about Lexi?

Truly? I try not to be too rude on here but it's an awful idea.

And yes, regardless of what you have or haven't heard of, "lush" is indeed an oldfashioned term for a female drunkard.

Lux = soap, or degrees of light.

Nothing wrong with your brothers' names, btw.

If you want a name like it but in the "standard but different" name bracket, then try Lucia.

Definition from American slang dictionary website

Don't like your brothers' names much either tbh. Sorry.

Sorry, in my.honest opinion, lush is a ridiculous name. There are lots of lovely unusual names.

(Also agree that with an e on the end it would sound as if she was called 'loosh').

How absolutely ridiculous. I like unusual names, but blimey...

Scout, Spike and now Lush. Baby Names has some "interesting" people on today.

It's a slang word, either meaning 'delicious' or meaning a drunk. It's usually said with a sneer on the face.

Either way it is really not a good name - in a totally different league to Jansen and Jaeren.

You wouldn't want it pronounced loosh either - louche is another word that you probably wouldn't want associated with your DD as it means disreputable, immoral, indecent.

Completely agree with LadyM.

I'm from Northern Ireland & only know it as female alcoholic (& always used in a derogatory way). Until Gavin & Stacy, I didn't know it was ever used positively.

That's why I came on here to ask and get an overall opionion. I think the drunk thing has originated in America because all the Oxford/Cambridge dictionaries are referring to Lush as meaning Lush 'greenery' or Lush Luxurious. Lexi is a name I love but it is becoming more and more popular by the minute and now after the baby in Eastenders being called Lexi it means that by the time she goes to school there is going to be about 3 Lexi's in her class!

From up north, Lush means liking a drink at bit too much up here as well. I know its also the name of a brand of shops, but I still think that I wouldn't name a child of mine after some soap.

Sorry, its sounds a bit harsh but I think you'd regret it.

Love Harlowe though, really lovely.

Jansen is a bog standard Scandinavian surname. Jaeren is a place in Norway. They sound fine.

Lush doesn't sound nice (slush, flush, mush - not a good sound to my ears) and it means "drunk" to a lot of people.

It could say "BEST NAME IN THE WORLD" in the dictionary, but it wouldn't matter; that won't be what people are thinking.

tryingtonotfeckup - Thank you for your nice comments about Harlowe, it caused a massive fallout with my hubby's family but the only negative thing they could say about it was that there was a place in London called it. SO WHAT!

As for Lush or Lushe I would never have known that to some people it had a negative meaning so thank you for your feedback it has been very useful.

Regardless of its meaning, Lush just isn't a nice sound to my ears. I'm from the South East, and it makes quite a harsh noise in my accent. Like mush. Or hush. I automatically say it in a teacher voice.

Well I'm in the South East of the UK and Lush is slang for someone who drinks too much. It's perjorative.

Lush - a shop that sells toiletries and cosmetics. No idea why they called it that. Probably because in teenage slang Lush means desirable.

Dunno what dictionary you have I suggest you get a different one! Here's the urban dictionary entry:
Lush

Personally I like names for children as opposed to random words. There are thousands of beautiful and unusual names that a person could use before they need to resort to naming their child after a shop or an adjective or a series of randomly chosen letters.

sleepyhead - Not many people know that about the name Jaeren so very impressed you knew that! :0)

Marlowe?

my brother's names are Jansen, Jaeren and nobody has ever said a bad word about those names and they are both very popular

Well, they don't refer to an alcoholic so [shrug]

Not to my taste but at least they aren't a word that clearly mean something.

BTW, with the E at the end, I would assume it was Looshee and a "unique" version of Lucy.

There are many unusual names to choose from without being daft.

there was a place in London called it. SO WHAT!
it's not in London it's a dire dormitory town in Essex.
It really sounds odd as a name.
sorry.

Waspie - Please suggest some beautiful names that you don't find 3 or 4 kids with the same name in tesco's?

What you have to remember is kids are evil(they don't mean to be but they are). Giving your child and interesting name is fine for you but its them that have to go to school and face the ridicule.

I think this is a fake - the OP knows someone with that name and is taking the piss on here.

I hope so.

NellyJob - I apologise, from Essex not London and it's your opinion that it's a dire town. The family are used to it now and wouldn't see her as anything else so I'm very happy with her name.

The name Lush is being scrubbed right away though, you'll all be pleased to know.

Lushe? Said it in my head to rhyme with 'douche' not a good connotation.

And then you said it was really Lush? (I am with you in that I didn't know it meant drunk- and I have lived in the north and south east) but I do recognise it it in the Gavin and Stacey sense as well as the soap shop (which stinks...)

It isn't so much an usual name, as not a name. Sorry but think again unless you (and she) can live with the odd looks.

Oh and I think to call someone a lush cos they drink a lot is a pretty old term - sounds kinda twenties to me (bit F Scott Fitzgerald etc).

I work in Harlow, its dreadful as a girls name even with an "e"

X post, sorry OP. pleased to hear you've seen sense!

Here's some suggestions for you to go with Harlowe...

June
Margot
Juliette
Greta (my favourite)
Bethany
Carys
Audrey
Mary
Vivienne

I think Eloise (EL O EESE) sounds nice with Harlowe

Bruffin - thats a bit harsh. Given the OP has named her DD1 Harlowe, it would have been kinder o keep quiet.

OP I like Harlowe.

you're not still considering this, are you? it's really awful, lush is a drunk and louche is a bit slaggy. surely those two facts take it off the table?

oh good, x-post.

Cookie - Thank you for your comment, I do always try to think of what people will call my child at school, it is always a factor that goes into choosing a name. I had never heard of Lush meaning anything other than lovely so to hear some people associate it to meaning drunk means that it is definately off the list.

Lush is an abbreviation of luscious, hence the shop and 'she (or it) is right lush'. A lush is an alcoholic in British English. Bit old fashioned maybe but well known.

Lux relates to luxurious.

What's beautiful to me probably won't be to you The baby name book I bought had something like 7,000 names with their meanings and derivations. There are loads online now too. Basically I took the govt lists of popular names for the past 5 years and crossed all these out from the book and then went through the rest until I found some I liked and made a shortlist.

I have an unusual name and I hate it. I was teased at school for it and it's not a pleasant feeling. But at least it's an actual name, I guess I should be thankful for that.

What's wrong with there being other children with the same name? The teacher won't confuse them just because there are three Emilys.

What were your thoughts on my suggestions Jem?

Would it be kinder to let op make the same mistake again. Her choice was dreadful first time, and Lushe is even worse.
Anyone who knows Harlow knows that it is not the type of place you name your dd after.

i would have thought more people would associate it with Jean Harlowe or Nicole Ritchie's wee girl, tbh.

Sorry but this is not a fake so please can everyone take me seriously. I am new to posting so your comments about an OP are falling on deaf ears, aka I don;t know what an OP is.

You're the Op - Original Poster.

Bruffin - just because you are posting anonymously on the Internet, you are not excused from basic courtesy. The OP had already taken the overwhelming consensus on board! There was no need to be nasty!!!

OP means original poster or original post, jem.

It's Jean Harlow not "Harlowe"

What about Jewel?
or Leisha?

I'm from London and lush is a wino lady or a slang term for saying something is nice. Not a good name at all. Sorry

lol, thanks for your help there, bruffine.

Surely the poiint of posting on an anonymous board is that you get honest answers.

Glad you've junked lushe!

Unusual names...how about...

Fushia
Rowan
Seren (not unusual in Wales)

I haven't read the whole thing but haven't noticed people not taking you seriously .

I think most people here don't like the associations with Lush (it really is very derogatory), so it's great you've now ruled it out.

FWIW (for what it's worth), I really like the name Harlowe although doubt I'd have the nerve to use it

Good luck finding a name you love.

Carlow?
Marlowe?
Barlow?

The OP was not seeking your opinion on her Dd1s name Bruffin. You had no reason to bag it, clearly you are ok with that. Each to their own ...

IMoniker - Sorry I'm trying to keep up. Thank you so much for the suggestion of names but they all sound quite old fashioned so don't like Sorry, I am fussy ;0)

AitchTwo and onedev and anyone else that has told me what OP means thank u, they said about it being a fake so I thought OP light have been one of the admin/techy guys from the site.

Bruffin - You are being very harsh, I asked for people to be nice. Why do some people take pleasure out of being so nasty??!

I am not being nasty just honest.

Jem - no worries. Glad you've shelved Lushe - agree with the others about drunkard associations...

What about

Brooke
Alexis
Stella
Neve

Thumbwitch - I like Jewel, bet no one else will ;0)

Bruffin - I didn't realise I was posting anonymously, I do have a username so not sure why it wasn;t used.

Onedev - Thanks for your comments about Harlowe, she is quite popular so it was a good gamble.

Pineapple - I like Seren and Fuschia (also my favourite colour!)

What about Loveday?

What about January or Halle?

iMoniker - Like Brooke, have always liked it since Brooke from One Tree Hill but just don't like it's popularity. How many Brooke's do you know just out of interest.

jem08/OP, do you have a Scandinavian background? (I ask because of your brother's names)

If you are, maybe try a nice Scandie name. It will seem unusual, but not 'out there'.

None. Not one.

I know two Brooklyn's though

teothersend - Unusual but not sure about that one? Do you know someone with that name?

iMoniker - You're on my wavelength now, think you've sussed the kind of names I go for, January is nice. I also like Autumn.

Scand names

Bo
Britt
Freya

Yeah I like January - Janey for short

Amarys/Amaris

iMoniker - Brooke is definately going to be considered (I think hubby liked it too) as I don't know any either. I did meet a newborn in a hair dressers who had just been given the name so I thought the popularity had sinced increased.

badtime - Not Scandinavian background that I know of, my mum just likes unusual name and I do too. Jansen is acually a Turkish friend of my dad's that we named him after.

Silje, Saga, Moa, Ylva, Malin...

Piper?

Jennara

amck5700 - not keen on that one, got any others.

I'm in the South West and Lush has always meant lovely/delicious, hence the name of the shop. I still wouldn't choose it though!

Silent letters added on for nothing seems utterly pointless to me.

What other names do you like?

Cameron
Jaime

Kendra
Shaina
Sienna ... V common
Tegan

Emi

amck5700 - Piper is nice, reminds me of Charmed (if you ever watched it?)

Wantan orange - Thank u for your constructive criticism, the reason I added a pointless letter onto Harlowe is to make it more feminine and also to shut my hubby's family up about referring to Harlow in Essex. If I was from Essex then I probably wouldn't have called her that.

Nope never watched it - you seem to like names suitable for boys or girls so maybe have a look at more of those.

iMoniker - I used to like Sienna but you are right it has become very common and there's one that lives in the same town as me. Kendra is one of Hugh Hefner's ex playmates (i think) so I'll avoid that like the plague.

amck5700 - Good suggestion, I shall do.

Lol... Yes good idea

Let us know hat you decide on

What about Luna?

iMoniker - lol I will do, Brooke is my favourite so far.

Margery - Luna is niceactually, worries me whether she'll get called Luney i.e Luna needs to go in the Looney Bin!

sirboob i love the name Scout! DS would have been Scout, if he were a girl but Lush is not a nice name OP for the reasons already stated.

Lexi is lovely.

iMoniker and anyone else that wants to join in, what do you think of the name Teal?

Not my personal taste. I like more old fashioned names.

Its less likely to result in the strong negative reactions to Lushe though. Goes well itch Harlowe

With not itch?

I actually quite like Teal...but that may be due to being forced to sit through Cbeebies every morning (Abney and Teal)

Hmmm...what do you think of Abney OP?

Teal for a girl? Not sure. Better for a boy.

What about Asha?

Tethers - I knew a Loveday! she was a nurse in her 50s when I met her.

<disowns Pav from friends list >

iMoniker - Just realised what your post meant, I thought you thought the name I had suggested was 'itch' lol. Just thought I'd let you know that I know the teasing and bad words that would be said about itch and so I would never choose that lol! Not if my life depended on it lol!

eddieIzzard - Abney and Teal, my daughter loves it! Think that's where I got Teal from but also know it's a colour. Don;t like Abney.

Thumbwitch - Just out of interest, why Teal for a boy and not a girl?

piper always just says piper alpha (oil rig disaster) to me.

Sorry.

I'm from the Midlands and not heard of it as anything to do with drink or as a bad word. I love the shop Lush and it sums up what I know the word to mean. I think we all have things that connect to different names. I once said I'd never marry someone with the same name as my brother because they've all been horrible bullies to me, I've been married twice and both had the same name as my brother - first one really was a horrible bully! My husband's nan didn't like our eldest's name before she was born because it had been the name of her ginger bridesmaid (not sure what the ginger has to do with anything) but was dotty over her when she was born.

Jem, I don't think I could tell you! It just sounds more male than female to me.

No, it's terrible. Really quite terrible. Please don't.

What about Alexia nn Lexi? I think it goes nicely with DD1's name.

Would Teal have any nn? Tee?

Harlowe and Teal...yea, its growing on me

Would you have any middle names too?

Just had a look online, it's listed as a girl's name so why not? Or how about Tia?

confuddled - It must be a midlands thing because that's where I'm from and I had never heard Lush in a negative way at all either. Sounds similar family problems with names as we had, care to share your names and the bullies name?

I really like the previous suggestions of Rowan and January to go with Harlowe ( which I think is lovely, btw).

I also like Sunday, Felicity (Lissie for nn) and Araminta (Minty).

Lushe is bad. And I would pronounce it to rhyme with "Touche!", as in fencing/swordfighting Musketeer style.

Thumbwitch - Used to like Tia but, since Tia sharpe it has put me off. Quite like Thea (pronnounced Taya).

EddieIzzard - What do you mean about the nn? I did think about spelling it differently as Thial or with that special silent 'e' at the end? Not a fan of middle names, not for my children and also I like so few names that if I used a middle name I liked then that would be one off the list for my next child lol.

Jaffacake - Alexia, not too bad but Lexi is getting too popular and after the baby on Eastenders being called that it has really put me off.

lushe that's a playboy mansion name
one of hughies playmates
and why the silent e it's ghastly enough without misspelling it

Morethan crack - Sunday is nice, think I must like days of the week and months because I used to like Summer before it became so popular. Thank you for your nice comments on Harlowe, I think it is always going to receive a mixed review but may even become popular as it is something like number 12 in the states for baby girl choices.

Thea is is pronounced THEE-ah. Taya

Might as well call her Tanya!

Sorry, 'nn' is nickname, I was wondering if you'd ever shorten Teal

do you know lush is slang for drunkard,sexually available?
as in she's a lush
if you like it so much use it for yourself,see the reaction...hi I'm lush

How about

Quinn

Brooke

Mackensie

Autumn

Reagan

Macy

Kinley

Savannah

Madison

Brianna

Scottish mummy - Is she called Candy Lush or something similar to that? Or is it just Lush? Anyway I think the view on Lush is very negative so I have decided to scrap it altogether.

Glad you've shelved Lushe. It's dire.

If you like unusual, androgynous names how about

Marley
Riley
Cedar
Cameo
Montana

More girly names

Tansy
Karina
Georgia

well good job you asked
lush is dreadful
and lushe is dreadful name misspelt

I'm so glad you asked on here before you went ahead and used the name Lushe

coldfuchsia - Quinn, yes I love but having a Quinn in Glee will boost it's popularity. Brooke and Autumn I do like yes, Kinley I'm umming and arring about, hmm not sure...

Does anyone like the name Skya or know any where you live?

Whatever you choose please at least spell it correctly.

I put my tuppence worth in and suggest Kezia.

I agree with cece

Skye yes, no to Skya

My last suggestion is Avery!

Op, I think you are flogging a dead horse trying to get this lot to like your names. You are talking about people who love a nice Mabel or Juno. They will never go for anything you might like.

If you like Skya, then go ahead. Dont let this lot make your doubt your choices.

(if you love Quinn, Ild go for it, btw, its a lovely name and I dont think it will become very popular, even with Glee)

Ooooh....How about Tuppence? It's a name I secretly like but wouldn't be brave enough to use.

I quite like Harlow...Didn't Nicole Richie call her DC somethign similar?

coldfuchsia - I don't necessarily want them to like my names. If they just don't like them then that's their choice but if they don't like them because it means something else in their part of the country then it's a really good thing I did ask for their opinion. Lush could have been named and been fine in the midlands, with everyone thinking ahh unusual but means lovely so very ice... Then we would have gone for a day out up north or down south and had people sniggering at the name, thinking she's going to have the pee ripped out of her when she gets to high school, how could the parents name her after a drunk?? I would feel awful.

I really do appreciate all the reviews from everyone, no matter how honest they are.

How about Skylar, if you like Skya?

No to Tuppence - it is what my mum used to call my lady bits. LOL

cece I did just think to myself "but wouldn't that be shortened to Tup....isn't that another name for oral sex???" Or is that tip...tipping the velvet...

<confuses self>

But then it could be Penny as a nn, which I think is also pretty

TwllBach - Yes she did and I copied her a few months later, otherwise my daughter Harlowe (as she is now known) would not have had a name ever. It is bad enough getting your hubby to agree to a name, let alone the rest of the family. It only seems to have taken off in America though.

I also like Harlowe. Also think its a bit off to comment on the OPs eldest ch

Aerobreaking - Thank you, it was a gamble that seems to have paid off. About 50% like the name Harlowe and about 50% hate it lol. And most the ones that hate it are near Harlow, Essex.

I also like Harlowe. Also think its a bit off to comment on the OPs eldest child, that she wasn't asking about. You seem to like nature names OP. How about
Merrin
Topaz
Neva
Ainslie
Lana
Ria
Silva
Briony/Briar

<sticks oar in again>

Merrin is lovely - I think I have also seen it spelt MerrYn.

Harlowe and Merryn - they look pretty together!

Oh I live Quinn. If I have another DD she will be Quinn (it's v unlikely though unless DH's vasectomy fails)!

I also love Felix for a girl. What about Niamh? (spelt the more unusual and original and beautiful way).

*live = love.

Or how about Sennen? ( it's a pretty Cornish town and a lovely name).

Piper's very American but I love it. I know one with a completely crazy middle name and she's such a cool kid that she totally rocks her name.

How about:

Dixie
Bluebell
Amethyst
Chilli
Khia
Sorrel

Sennen looks like "semen".

Wednesday
Winter
Star
Calico

yy to Winter.

Actually scummymummy's list is lovely.

Love Piper & Merryn - both v pretty & go with Harlowe.

No to Lush.

Maybe you might like:

Harlowe & Haven
Harlowe & Vivien
Harlowe & Tallulah
Harlowe & Aubrey
Harlowe & Journey
Harlowe & Briella
Harlowe & Ellery
Harlowe & Parker
Harlowe & Tawny
Harlowe & Cherry
Harlowe & Lavender
Harlowe & Leta
Harlowe & Lilac
Harlowe & Annisto
Harlowe & Callista
Harlowe & Jada
Harlowe & Everly/Everleigh
Harlowe & Arden
Harlowe & Garnet
Harlowe & Honor
Harlowe & Willa
Harlowe & Reverie
Harlowe & Waverly
Harlowe & Wren
Harlowe & Alana
Harlowe & Coral
Harlowe & Avery
Harlowe & Hollis
Harlowe & Fable

I like Lushe

Or Body Shop.

I think it's ridiculous.

if you like lush,introduce yourself informally lush
hi I'm lush,everyone just call me lush
see the reaction

I would spend rather more time choosing a name you and your DH like, and rather less time worrying if anyone else in the world has the same name. Just because it's unusual now doesn't mean it will stay so; if some celeb calls their child Harlowe they'll be ten a penny in Tesco's before you know it. Which, as it happens, doesn't matter a jot; after all, you're presumably not going to change a name should it become popular? So I wouldn't worry about it in the first place.

What about Hadley?

Ernest Hemingway's first wife's name, I really like it but DH does not.

Or Silver, I love Silver but it won't go with our surname.

Love the name Piper. Goes great with Harlowe.

FWIW, where I live Lush means great/gorgeous/amazing as in 'Omg he is well lush!'. Still wouldn't use it though!

Parker is nice

Can I ask why you are so desperate for your childs name not to be popular? What difference does it make if she knows another Hannah/Chloe/Evie?

My eldest is called Jack. Unbeknownst to DH and I, in the year he was born, it was spending it's ELEVENTH year as the number one boys name in the UK! I wouldn't have changed my mind if I'd known that. We know lots of Jack's, but it doesn't take away from ours IYSWIM.

Parker makes me think nosey Parker
like Hadley though

Lushe? Horrible. And cruel.

I love my name and have never met another Lushe, apart from all those harpies at the mumsnet meetup I attended. Go for it!

bet they were all horrified really, Lushe

Stansteade
Stortforde
Romforde

Hope you don't live in (or ever go to) Bristol.

Everything there is *cue Westcountry accent*: "GURT LUSH!"

Translation: "really nice"

I have never had any problemes in Bristole.

Lushe - How old r u roughly? Just age range if u prefer? How exactly is your name pronnounced?

I love Quinn!

What about Sabrina? Its on my list even though I don't think I will be allowed to use it if I have a girl.

jem - don't fall for it!! Lushe is a namechanger for fun.

I only know one Quinn, and he's a boy.

I would say Elizabeth, Louise, Emma, Kate, Rebecca, Sarah.

Why give your dd a mad name? If she can have a normal name? Why be unique.

Thumbwitch - never heard Quinn for a boy but actually think it suits both.

Jesse - Sorry dislike them all, I know horrible girls with each of those names and it just puts me off. I like unique and always have done, just how i am.

Jem, I had to laugh earlier, I posted on my status what I was eating (very rare for me to do it but it's something I can't normally have when I have kids around but they've all gone to the ILs so I was making most of it) and someone came back with "sounds lush" and I thought yep, that's the right use!

Name that was always a bully was Mark. The current Mark is lovely though

this is a wind up though isn't it?
nobody calls their daughters Harlow and Lush?

oh sorry harlowe and lushe

Lucia?

Don't assume that if you make a name up your child will be unique. Our old childminder gave all three of her children interesting names with odd spellings but when they got to school they all found that they shared a name with someone else!

I've lived in 5 different areas in the UK, my brother lives in another.

When I lived in Oxford it was used as slang for something being nice. In every other place it has just had the meaning of drunk, usually a drunk woman and occasionally the local slag.

Having Lush cosmetics does not alter this. Please don't.

Lana? It's got the old Hollywood feel of Harlowe (I know Jean was without an 'e', but still... and I like Harlowe. Nice name.)

Whatever you pick, here's the top tip: DO NOT TELL YOUR FAMILY UNTIL AFTER THE BABY IS BORN AND NAMED. This is for you and DH alone to decide. Everyone else will simply criticise because they can. Once it's a done deal, they'll all have to suck it up!

Someone up thread has already suggested Fuchsia which is nice and very unusual: hard to spell tho! Lots of folks will misspell it as Fuschia (for years I thought that was how it was spelled... )

How about
Tierney (more old Hollywood to go with Harlowe - Gene Tierney), and both Jean/Gene too. Weird.
Paige
Mia (again Hollywood, but I think it's popular)
Sydney
Pearl
Leigh (again Hollywood, Vivienne Leigh)
Stella
Cleo
Paloma
Ainsley
Larkin

Love the name Harlowe.

Like Skya too

Brooke I have known a few, so not that uncommon.

Here's some unusal names I don't here

Isis
Io
Calypso
Callisto/callista
Sparrow (isn't this what nicole called here other DC)
Linnet
Capri
Silver
Cassidy

I read Lushe as loo- shay.

I really can't stand the word lush.

No! I just thought drunk straight away. It's really not nice. What about Marley?

You might want to drop Brooke - it was the 50th most popular girl's name in 2011, with 1216 girls called this. It isn't 'unusual' in the way that you would like it to be.

Why not look at the ONS statistics - you can find some seriously unusual names on there if you scroll all the way down Table 6!

www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-266770

I know a Brooke, but he's an elderly gentleman.

Isn't there some joke about Harlow - Margot Asquith being adressed by Jean Harlow as Margott said 'the T is silent, as in harlow / harlot' or something? Are you having us in just a bit, OP?

You can't possibly call a child Lushe. If it doesn't mean drunk it means 'highly gorgeous and desirable'. Not a thing you want a young teen to be dealing with, esp if she ends up going thorugh a spotty phase.

Jane is nice, or Mary, and both very unusual these days.

I like Harlowe. Glad you're not using Lush as it is a bllody AWFUL word used all the time "ohmgod that's so LUUUUSH' in terrible west country accents where I live.

If you like Skya and unusual names what about Schuyler (dutch pronounced skyler).

Fuchsia is also lovely.

But yes people will spell Fuchsia wrong all the time, I think it is one of those words

I don't actually mind Harlow as a name - and I live in the town next door to it!! (though it is a bleak bleak town)

Lushe is an awful name

My parents both think it's hilarious to deliberately pronounce Fuschia "Fucksia".

They're a right pair of comedians (but it makes my point)

Fuck. Fuchsia. Haha! (spelling)

Yes, I think there are definitely a few drawbacks to Fuchsia.

Terrible.

chiefowl has definitely the best list,I live in Harlow and it's the most depressing concrete grey dump of a place.
Great though if you want a selection of poundshops,pawnbrokers and phone shops

What about Harwich, that would go well with Harlowe.

Oh wait, it should have an unnecessary e on the end. Harwiche

Nicole Richie's daughters full name is Harlow Winter Kate and her son is Sparrow James Midnight according to Wikipedia.

Depending on when your little girl is due, could you use something to do with the seasons e.g. Summer, Autumn, Winter, or months, e.g January,March, April, May, June - these are all real names that I've heard or read in magazines, I thin there's an actress called January Jones?

Bless you OP. You have taken the ribbing very well (and have changed your mind about Lushe as well, which is a good thing )

I went to school with a girl called Tuesday (apropos of fuck all, really).

OP you were having a little joke about Lushe weren't you?

Weren't you? <worried>

I can only think Jem has never set foot in Bristol, Gloucester or Swindon.

I know someone called Tuesday. Always wondered why her brother was called Simon, seemed like an odd combination for parents to choose. Turned out she was christened Sarah.

smelly soap bomb

Blair
Bryce
Briar
Sawyer
Avery
Kinsley
Hunter
Peyton
Riley
Paisley

It means a drunk here in Essex too.

Bwahahaha to 'Harwiche'

Spike is my cat's name if that helps...?

Spike is cool.

Ds 6 wants to be called it. He'll have to stick with Gabriel though

What about Merrily, I know the cutest little girl called Merrily.

Merrily is dreadful, it reminds me of the psychopath in Dirty Harry who hijacks the school bus and makes all the kids sing...
row row row your boat merrily down the stream,
merrily merrily merrily....
etc

Merrily is ridiculous.

I know a Merryn, that's nice.

Bonadea everlong DS2 is going to be Spike I think it's one of those names you either love or hate.

That's cool badge

Saskia
Violet
Ruby
Edie
Janna
Grainne (pronounce gronya)
Robyn
Sky
Scarlette

If you like names with silent 'e's at the end, how about one that has one in its proper spelling? I really like Blaise and Blythe. They'd both be lovely with Harlowe.

OP,I don't want to have to add to the chorus of disapproval, but please don't call your daughter Lushe.

Ah, now that I've read back properly I see you have changed your mind about Lushe. Good on you Jem for taking everyone's comments in such good spirits. I only have a couple of suggestions to add to those already mooted by others, for unusual names, on the basis that you seem to like strong, bold names rather than "pretty pretty" girly names:

- Domino
- Harper (yes, yes, I know, the Beckham baby)
- Fleur (y has a feminine meaning but not that feminine a sound)
- Narelle
- Gaia
- Isolde.

I think Harlowe is a really nice name I know a little Harlow who lives near me, but not any others

I think January, Winter, Autumn, Harper, Jewel and Haven all go with Harlowe.

I also think at some point you have to tell your family to shut up about the name. She isn't their baby, so they don't get a say

Kizzy
Rhea (Ree-a)
Blossom
Yana (Yar-na)
Sadie
Delphine

I love Winter but I'd be worried people would think you're copying Nicole Richie

Call her maisonette. A homely name.
Or OMG, that's unusual.
Unusual! That's an unusual name.
Lux? Is that a soap? And sorry but lush even with an e as in Bucket, still has a hint of chav.
As for your brothers names, it's a bit late to ask now.
Hello everyone.

I would always suggest going into a supermarket and practise shouting the name out loud whilst a friend watches others reactions. Some of these names might go well in the Coldplay household, but in the real world.
There is a really good Seinfeld episode where they are trying to name a child, 'Soda' etc.

I knew a little girl called Keva (pronounced Cavah) always thought it was lovely.

Oh go on. Do it.

Ffs. This is a zombie.

I've already been on this thread months ago <tuts and moans>

Lol at 'hello everyone' on the zombie resurrector's post.

Hello right back atcha. What on earth caused you to post on this awld thread?

Harlowe and ....
Riley
Mara
Leah
Jasmine
Florence
Sienna

Oh flip-I've been had again [kicks self up bum]

I think the poster Lushe is winding you up!

Baby due this month. I don't think adding to it is that ridiculous.

It has to be Clarissa, surely?

<literary>

Not keen, personally.

Willow
Lena
Marnie

Struggling as I like old fashioned names !!

I think you have to do the prime minister test though- could there be a pm Lushe ( I know Barrack has scuppered this test though!!)

Nyree

its not a name i would choose. i used to teach a little girl called Bliss? what do u think of that? again not for me but she was a gorgeous little thing.

It's a horrendous name! Don't do it! I'm from Northern Ireland and over here we also use the term 'lush' to refer to someone who likes a drink!!

Hi everyone, just thought I would update u all, our baby girl was born on New Year's Eve, weighing 7lb 1oz and we named her Lilah (pronounced Lie-lah), she is beautiful and I think her name is beautiful too. I'm sure there will be a few of u who do not like it but I just thought I would let u all know that we didn't choose Lushe and never will. Thanks for all your help in the end.

Mummy Wilkes

Xxx

lovely! Congratulations

A NYE baby how exciting, Lilah is sweet I am sure your DD is beautiful and hope she and her big sister are doing well.

With connatations of the place to get presents when you have no ideas
Alcoholic
What Stacey says all the time on Gavin and Stacey

I'm going with no

<Deep sigh of relief>

Lilah is a lovely name

Do you pronounce it Louche? Not good! Sounds bit like douche too.

Congrats OP and thanks for the update, Lilah much nicer.

Lux or lex is great...

I really like Harlowe too btw

nomoreplease keep up! !

Congratulations OP and Lilah is gorgeous

I like Lilah - congrats!

Lovely name.

Congrats! A lovely name!

Lush does indeed mean a drunkard! Here in Spain Luz (pronounced Looth) is a popular name. It means 'light' and I think it's lovely....

Lilah is a lovely name