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I found inspiration for choosing baby names by looking in my fridge.

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FaxMactor · 14/01/2013 11:35

Chardonnay, Champagne and Stella jumped out at me right away though they may be a little European for some.

Olive is a good old fashioned sounding name that we don't hear much these days, well not since On The Buses finished.

The cooling fruit gave us a number of really trendy names, Peaches, Mango, Apples etc but these aren't to everybody's tastes.

The one I eventually chose for my daughter was Danone, a nice healthy sounding name and funnily enough we fed her with plenty of yoghurt during her formative years.
It's a real shame she's now a bit on the fat side but your shape can't always reflect your name, though my teenage son Pizza probably wouldn't have agreed.

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Bonsoir · 14/01/2013 17:31

Am also wondering about Maracuja (f) and Blinis (m).

aftermay · 14/01/2013 17:22

Shallot could be my own spelling for that rather outdated Charlotte.

aftermay · 14/01/2013 17:21

Pesto would indeed suit the current trend of names ending in O, alongside Rollo, Arlo, Otto, Cosmo. Good and original thinking.

SirEdmundFrillary · 14/01/2013 17:20

Schmear for my boy. You might say it's unisex but it's not!

Bonsoir · 14/01/2013 17:13

Am liking Pesto for a boy, Tarama for a girl.

atthewelles · 14/01/2013 17:10

We had originally decided to name our dd Crouton. But when she was born she looked much more like a Dumpling so we went with that. She's seventeen now and has really lived up to her name - I just couldn't imagine her being called anything else. She just is a Dumpling.

FloatyBeatie · 14/01/2013 17:07

My Uncle Ben gave all his children rice names. There was Tilda and Basmati -- and Long Grain and Short Grain whom no one can believe are actually twins.

His wife wanted to call one of her children Pearl Barley but Uncle Ben wouldn't hear of it as "it's not really rice."

suepermum · 14/01/2013 17:04

My ds Tom ato and dd Sal ad, they are so happy our surname is Dressing.

BatmanLovesNoelFielding · 14/01/2013 17:04

Looking in my fridge, I could only name the twins Sam and Ella.

Zavi · 14/01/2013 16:59

DP and I really wanted to give our PFB something just a little bit different.

And in any case we couldn't find any fridge names that seemed to suit her iyswim.

We looked outside of the fridge for inspiration and eventually settled on 2 names: rice (has such a lovely Eastern feel to it) and root-veg (so earthy, so sweet).

We eventually settled on Rice as she seemed to just grow into this name and it really does suit her. All my friends say her name seems to just fit her too so its not just us!

I'm a bit miffed that my best friend's sister is also going to call her daughter Rice but my DP tells me not to be so silly and possessive over "our" name. I know I shouldn't be but I can't help it.

I just wanted it to be special to her iyswim! Sigh.

atthewelles · 14/01/2013 16:56

MY DSis has a Ginger Ale already and Root Beer is considered a bit chavvy over here in Ireland. We were thinking of Lemonade. It was very popular when I was at school but seems to have slipped down the list in favour of Seven-Up and Redbull so it would be nice to revive it.

CaseyShraeger · 14/01/2013 16:37

He'd get comments about "lashings of Ginger-Beer" at school, atthewelles. What about Ginger-Ale or Root-Beer? They have a similar feel to them but wouldn't open him up to as much teasing potential.

orangepudding · 14/01/2013 16:27

I obviously like old fanshioned names then, bump is either going to be Stork (DD) or Spam(DS).

SPsFanjoIsAsComfyAsAOnesie · 14/01/2013 16:22

I'm fed up of having to correct people on Little Sausage Rolls name. They say it so commonly

atthewelles · 14/01/2013 16:22

Bread is a bit dated Orangepudding. Hovis has a more classic feel about it. I also love Brioche but we're not French so I wouldn't use it.

What do you all think of Ginger-Beer for a boy? I think it has that nice vintage, Enid Blyton feel to it.

MrsDeVere · 14/01/2013 16:19

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orangepudding · 14/01/2013 16:19

I called my son Bread, people think it's old fashioned and I should have gone for Pain-Rustique. Quite frankly that name will sound dated soon and people will want to use Bread again.

CaseyShraeger · 14/01/2013 16:16

Now I'm feeling hungry and broody. That can't be good.

KenDoddsDadsDog · 14/01/2013 16:16

Um-Bongo for me. With added hyphen as it's unyooosual.

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nilbyname · 14/01/2013 16:11

we went a bit far east with our names

Miso (oldest boy)
Teryaki (Yaki for short, boy)
and our little darling Ume Boshi (little girl)

Sleepysand · 14/01/2013 16:10

Babybel is actually quite a nice name

Patak has a sort of exotic feel for a boy

atthewelles · 14/01/2013 16:05

Hi MrsDeVere How are little Fruit-Shoot and Gregg?

monsterchild · 14/01/2013 16:04

my kids are Arugula and Allium. We thought Garlic was a bit, well, common.

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