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Velvet for a baby name?

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PlanetMJ · 10/09/2014 20:52

Hello, I am really loving the name Velvet for a girl. It has lots of lovely connotations for me from childhood being an avid fan of National and International Velvet and The Velveteen Rabbit.

I also love the Pixies song Velouria.

Am I missing something really obvious that will forever condemn future daughter to a life of cringe?

What do you think?

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Mylovelylovelyhorse · 11/09/2014 15:05

She will be a lesbian stripper serenity. Obvs

It does fall firmly into the 'choose a word, any word at all and it can be a name' category but I still quite like it.

Serenitysutton · 11/09/2014 14:41

Oh dear no.what will velvet do for a living? Doesn't pass the barrister/ builder test

User54565644578 · 11/09/2014 14:39

I know a Velvet who's about 18 months now. Apart from an initial thought of "that's a bit unusual" I didn't think much of it, apart from it's quite cool. Also unusual without being really out-there (it's an often used word, after all). The only thing odd for me is that her older brother has a very classic, Thomas-the-Tank style name so the two don't really 'match' Grin

NorksEnormous · 11/09/2014 14:37

I know a child called velvet, it's an awful name!! Please don't do it!

Wheresmypassport · 11/09/2014 14:37

To me it doesn't sound like a name and I couldn't imagine shouting it across a park to my child without feeling embarrassed or without having a fluffy dog come up to me instead

atticusclaw · 11/09/2014 14:33

I don't think any name associated with oral sex is good for a child/human

UriGeller · 11/09/2014 14:31

When I was a kid I was going to name my first born child Fuchsia Velvet. I still love it. Firstborn was a boy and so were the next two. I'd forgotten all about the name by the time I got my dd.

But, there is a processed cheese in US called Velveeta cheese. So I'd make sure your surname isn't something like it. Or Curtain.

ShoeWhore · 11/09/2014 14:26

I know a Velvet and she's lovely. Never heard anyone snigger about her name.

It's not my choice but if you like it OP then why not?

drudgetrudy · 11/09/2014 14:22

Tipping the velvet-a Victorian euphemism for vulva. I personally would avoid.

BetweenDogandWolf · 11/09/2014 13:36

I like it and suggested it to DH when I was pregnant with DD but he was totally against it.

DH also vetoed my middle name choice of Foxglove, which was met with derision when I mentioned it on here before, so maybe he had a point.

I'm sure I read a magazine with someone who had a baby called Velvet in when I was pregnant. DD is 7 now though and I don't know who it was.

Zara8 · 11/09/2014 13:13

Nice as a middle name I think

But it really does conjure up toilet roll or stripper connotations as a first name

Sorry OPBlush

MerryMarigold · 11/09/2014 13:09

Cromer, I want to have another baby now don't let dh hear that, and call it Callico. Fab name! Maybe I settle for a cat.

CromerSutra · 11/09/2014 13:07

My friend's grown up dd is called Callico, Cally for short. Lovely name I think. I like velvet as a middle name.

Daddypigsgusset · 11/09/2014 13:04

Is hideous hth

Vintagejazz · 11/09/2014 12:49

Sorry, but I just think it sounds daft.

TranmereRover · 11/09/2014 12:46

of course it's a proper name! I love it for the same reasons you do, but was shot down from using it by the "tipping the velvet" connotations which I hadn't known about.

NellysKnickers · 11/09/2014 12:43

It's lovely. I would use it but I know for a fact Dh would hate it but as we aren't having anymore it doesn't matter. Grin I really do think it's a beautiful name.

miffybun73 · 11/09/2014 12:37

Don't do it!

You could maybe get away with it as a middle name.

EasterlyWesterly · 11/09/2014 12:27

As a South Asian type I'd pronounce it Welwet :/

Northernexile · 11/09/2014 12:22

At first I thought Noooo! But the further down the thread I read, and the more I consider it as an actual name, the more I am liking it! I don't think DH will go for it for next DC though. Think I need to start my own thread!

TropicalHorse · 11/09/2014 12:13

I love it!

birdofthenorth · 11/09/2014 12:05

Hmm, quite like it, but it does remind me of Tipping the Velvet, lesbian novel of glory. How about Velvetine?

YakInAMac · 11/09/2014 07:46

The posh loo roll branding leapt straight into my mind.

I'm glad it's not the name I have to introduce myself as st work.

EhricLovesTheBhrothers · 11/09/2014 06:58

It's a stripper name. Seriously, lots of burlesque strippers call themselves velvet. Plus, tipping the velvet is olde slang for oral sex. Plus, it's not a name and sounds daft.

Delphiniumsblue · 11/09/2014 06:42

Don't do it to the poor little thing! Plenty of proper names to choose from.