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Amber what comes to mind?

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Boulderdash · 24/09/2012 16:38

What comes to mind when you think of Amber, is it lovely or too chavvy?

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BigFatLegsInWoolyTIghts · 24/09/2012 17:19

Forever Amber the novel. Or a child I knew as a kid.....I don't' think its chavvy.

TidyGOLDDancer · 24/09/2012 17:16

It's a dog name for me. I've known two of them!

It is pretty though.

worldcitizen · 24/09/2012 17:15

...and that was in the U.S...guess it's important to mention for more claritySmile

worldcitizen · 24/09/2012 17:15

...topless dancers or escorts...there might be some truth to this, BUT I have met quite a few Ambers who were all middle-class university students...pretty, longish hair, natural, sporty, and simply nice and friendly.
But I could imagine this name to be found across all sorts of social circles, which is not a bad thing in my book...

Redhillibilly · 24/09/2012 17:13

My very first thought is Amber Le Bon. despite this, I love it!

Arwhen · 24/09/2012 17:09

Hm ok, to me those semi-precious stone names always sound like topless dancers or escorts...

CaptainWentworth · 24/09/2012 17:08

We had a tortoiseshell cat called Amber (her brother was Jet). Lovely name though, and she was a lovely cat who reached the grand old age of 19!

PandaWatch · 24/09/2012 16:58

"DINOSAURS!"

Grin

This makes me want to use it even more!

LizLemon007 · 24/09/2012 16:55

lol at dinosaurs. I did think of amber, the stone, with a little million year old fly trapped in there containing the dna of a dinosaur.

LizLemon007 · 24/09/2012 16:54

I think it's beautiful. I considered it.

Startailoforangeandgold · 24/09/2012 16:54

A very handsome girl with striking long hair, normally plaited that therefore bleached into stripes when she let it down.

She one of the brownies I helped with and long hair was unusual in the mid '80s

Lovely name

HmmThinkingAboutIt · 24/09/2012 16:52

DINOSAURS!

But then I'm weird. I like the name though likes of precious and semi-precious stones are too popular for my taste atm.

heliotrope · 24/09/2012 16:50

My two boys both would have been Amber. It's high on list for dc3 if girl.... So obv I think lovely and not chavvy.

PandaWatch · 24/09/2012 16:50

Beautiful. It's top of our list for any future DDs! And we are not chavs :)

lisaro · 24/09/2012 16:48

It's a pet's name.

delilah88 · 24/09/2012 16:47

Hippy name - pretty though!

NickNacks · 24/09/2012 16:42

Lovely

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Boulderdash · 24/09/2012 16:40

What comes to mind when you think of the name Amber?

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