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Amber?

38 replies

angeltreats · 26/06/2014 11:15

This is a bit pre-emptive as I'm only 18 weeks! DH and I like lots of boys names but there very few girls names we agree on, and as we're not finding out the gender we need to think of both. Unfortunately we have a difficult surname which means we can't use any name beginning with an S, and I am adamant that I want a name with only one spelling that will be dead easy to pronounce (having gone through life constantly spelling my name and people still getting it wrong).

Two we both like are Amber and Emma, with Amber probably the favourite - however I read somewhere that Amber was considered a bit chavvy. Apologies if this offends anyone but I don't want my child to be judged by his or her name.

Any thoughts? I don't know any real life Ambers.

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jeee · 26/06/2014 11:55

I like Amber and Emma - but if you call her Amber you can buy gorgeous jewelry to go with her name.

Pinkje · 26/06/2014 11:54

Both Emma and Amber are lovely; Emma likely to be shortened to Emms though.

squoosh · 26/06/2014 11:50

I like Amber and don't think it's 'chavvy' at all.

It's nice and hippy-ish. She'd be barefoot with flowers in her hair.

weatherall · 26/06/2014 11:50

I love amber.

It was on my list for dd.

I like that it's strong and has a consonant ending.

I think a tiny number of people will put it in the chavvy category, less so than jade but more so than scarlet.

deadwitchproject · 26/06/2014 11:47

Agree Amber Elizabeth sounds lovely.

ViviPru · 26/06/2014 11:43

Amber Elizabeth is lovely.

I like amber as it fulfills my name-holy-grail criteria of uncommon yet not weird. Good choice OP.

angeltreats · 26/06/2014 11:40

Thank you all :) I do think Amber goes better with our surname (don't want to say what it is as it's very unusual and will probably identify me). I like Elizabeth for a middle name which I think goes with both.

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runlikeagirl · 26/06/2014 11:38

My Amber is 2 and not at all chavvy :)

Although when she was a tiny baby a friend of my mother told me she knew a horse and a dog called Amber! Not very tactful!

TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams · 26/06/2014 11:38

I don't know any Ambers apart from Amber Valetta. It's an unusual name but I don't think it has particular connections to anyone considered to be "chavvy".

brunette123 · 26/06/2014 11:38

Congratulations!
Love Amber what a pretty name - prefer it to Emma - there seem to be alot of Emmas and not many Ambers.

MrsMarigold · 26/06/2014 11:36

I love Amber more than Emma but both are lovely. Congratulations and I hope it goes well.

MrsWinnibago · 26/06/2014 11:34

Should say the Amber I know is 6.

MrsWinnibago · 26/06/2014 11:34

I do and she's not "chavvy" she's the dd of a very middle class family. But I do prefer Emma. It's so classic and pretty.

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