Kush

[PillowsSpeak]

Opinions on the name?

[Byefelisha]

It means nice cannabis in my area (London) Example;
"Mans got some Kush there"

[PointlessUsername]

Not keen on it myself.

[SansasEscape]

Like weed?

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

I think of the mountain range (Hindu Kush).

Or what farmers say to get cows to move (although I'd write that with a c).

[Manumission]

Only association I'm getting is 'Hindu Kush'.

Is it a family name?

[mumgointhroughtorture]

Reminds me of Eastenders

[Thejubremonyatthelibrary]

Mt first thought was weed too

[FabFiveFreddie]

Sounds like it's short for something, maybe an Indian name?

Also sounds a bit cute, like "cushti". Ok for a baby, not a grown man.

[RockinHippy]

Really ?

Makes me think Only Fools & Horses

Kushty

Unless I am really missing something, please don't saddle your poor DC with that

[PillowsSpeak]

We are Indian. I didn't know about the bad connections, sorry.

[Sativa]

It's quite a sweet name & if you like it don't worry about other people.

[QuestionableMouse]

My first thought was drugs, sorry.

[PotatoBread]

Cushla is an Irish girls name. I think if I heard Kush I would assume it was a nn or shortened version of that.

[BummyMummy77]

Nice Indian name.

[BastardBernie]

It is a lovely Indian name but it is also a strain of weed
I don't think that you should use it if in the UK or US for this reason, such a shame!

[UnicornPee]

Nickname for a vagina

[BastardBernie]

I thought that was gash why do I know this

[Mum2twoUnder4]

No

[LuchiMangsho]

Ah it's a lovely Indian name. But maybe won't work as well in the U.K. You will also end up constantly having to explain that it is Koosh not Cush in its pronunciation.

[HeyhoSwashbuckleandgo]

I have a colleague called Kushboo- i think it's lovely and could avoid the weed connotations if it was the longer version?

[HeyhoSwashbuckleandgo]

But she's a girl- sorry if baby is a boy

[PaperdollCartoon]

It sounds nice as name but it is slang for a kind of cannabis, so perhaps doesn't work so well if you live in the U.K.

[Coey2016]

I like it. Would think it was a shortening of something though, that's not a bad thing, just would be my first thought.

[sycamore54321]

Cushla isn't really an Irish name though, more 'stage Irish' used by Americans with some distant heritage. The Irish word is cuisle and literally means pulse or heartbeat and so if often used as a term of endearment "mo chuisle", my pulse, in the same way you might say 'my love' or something in English. I've never met or heard of anyone actually using it as a name, I have seen it lots on baby name sites of unreliable quality. In any case, the first syllable is pronounced closer to a "coo" sound than the "kuh" sound is expect to get from Kush.

If Kush is a genuine Indian name and you have heritage reasons to use it, I'd go ahead and anticipate explaining its origin and meaning quite a lot (what does it mean?) If it's just a sound you like without any particular significance, I'd be inclined to say it doesn't sound compelling enough in English to be a stand-alone name. It seems a bit insubstantial and made-up without knowing any history to it.

Personally I also don't like soft "sh" sounds in names so that could colour my opinion.

[user1476656305]

it sounds lovely but just reminds me of a variety of weed and 'cushty' from Only Fools and Horses