Surname ruining my choice??

[cookb788]

My husband and I love the name Poppy but our second name is cook, which automatically makes me think poppycock! Does it sound stupid or it just me?? :s

[HollyGoHeavily]

Poppy is very pretty, but not with your surname. i thought poppycock too. There must be other names you like!

[MrsTomHardy]

I wouldn't use it tbh

[cookb788]

Sophia is another one we like as well as olivia, Erin, ailsa, laurel, Alice, Harlow and loads more just nothing has stuck yet!!

[Anonymumous]

Don't call her Harlow Cook for goodness sake - it makes her sound like an Essex dinner lady!

[cookb788]

You're right keep thinking about the name by itself!!

[persephoneplum]

Don't do it! My husband's surname ruins about ten of my favourites. Bloody impossible.

[shockers]

Ailsa Cook is nice.

[TillyTommyTootToot]

Polly Cook??

[BikeRunSki]

I love Ailsa. Please use it on my behalf, I couldn't convince DH, and it is a bit too similar to.my name (Alice).

[farmersdaugther]

Emily Cook?

[MiniEggsinJanuary]

What a about a double barrelled first name so Poppy-Alice or some such? Think modern Pollyanna! Unusual but not poppycock!

[DessieLou]

Hmm, poppycock is not good! How about Pippa Cook? Ailsa Cook is gorgeous, that gets my vote. :-)

[Murtette]

I'm not sure about any names beginning with an A as then she'll be A. Cook or Cook A. (which sounds a bit too much like cooker for my liking). Personally, I also think names beginning with I, E or Y are ruled out unless you don't mind the nn "cookie"... which she may end up with anyway given the surname but you may not want to guarantee it which you will with Cook Y. or Cook E. or Cook I.

[HoratiaWinwood]

I like Alice but agree that a "vocabulary" surname can't have certain initials. I like Sophie from your list too.

Flora?

[JustBabyNMe]

i have the same issue with 'Hill' I liked Amber, Raene (pro. Rain) and holly...

BUT

Holly Hill
Amber Hill
Raene Hill

All sound like places...

Polly goes nice with cook!
I also think that Natalie, Jorja, Lucia/Lucy/Lucinda... they sound nice with cook!

[moominsville]

I feel your pain. We have a very difficult surname to put a name with - EVERY name sounds daft with it!

To me, Poppy Cook does sound like Poppycock - sorry! Polly Cook is better.

How about Harriet, Lucy, Rosa, Freya, Eliza?

[NiceOneCenturion]

Ailsa and Alice Cook both sound lovely, and I think the initial thing isn't such a big deal really. I think Cook is such a straightforward name a lot of things will go nicely with it actually, it would balance out longer names very well.

What about Penelope? You could nickname Penny.

I have to say though, I think Flora, whilst a nice name would also be a mistake with the margarine association in this instance!

[sparkle12mar08]

Poppycock is the first thing that springs to mind, yes.

[Trills]

What's your maiden name? All switch to that instead.

[mum47]

Pollyanna Cook sounds fab, with Polly for short - it sounds like the sort of name I would have longed for as a young girl!

The advantage to your surname is you can have names ending in -y, eg Emily, Lucy. If we had had a dd I so wanted Esme, but our surname is Scottish, ends -ie, pronounced -ee so any first name ending in y sounds too uppy-downy iykwim.