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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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Dukketeater · 10/09/2014 21:44

Stupid

DancingDinosaur · 10/09/2014 21:44

It makes me think of 'tipping the velvet' too. I wouldn't do it.

Primadonnagirl · 10/09/2014 21:43

Poor little bugger

Pico2 · 10/09/2014 21:43

I rode a pony called Velvet once. It had a lovely velvety coat. Are you expecting a very hairy baby?

lunar1 · 10/09/2014 21:39

She will grow up to be a person, give your dd a proper name and get a pet to call velvet.

Bowlersarm · 10/09/2014 21:36

I can see why you think it should make a great name. But for me, for some reason it just doesn't.

Velvet loo rolls, vulva, Volvo.

I don't think I'd be brave enough.

magpiegin · 10/09/2014 21:36

Sounds like a stripper name to me.

sleepdodger · 10/09/2014 21:34

Girl at dc nursery called velvet
Tbh my first reaction was that it's a little try hard, which is a huge contradiction because I love the name pearl Blush

bringbackfonzi · 10/09/2014 21:30

Going against the grain here, I love Velvet. And it's definitely a name.

dancemom · 10/09/2014 21:30

I know of a Satin Shock

Breezy1985 · 10/09/2014 21:24

My first thought was triple velvet, the loo roll ad.

I wouldn't like to be called Velvet.

DrFunkesFamilyBandSolution · 10/09/2014 21:23

, i know a Velvet and even her mum admits it was a stupid thing to call her!
She goes by her middle name and has done since she was about 9-10

EverythingCounts · 10/09/2014 21:19

Don't like it, sorry.

ShadowStar · 10/09/2014 21:15

No.

I suppose if you were having it as a middle name, maybe, but not as a first name.

OneDayWhenIGrowUp · 10/09/2014 21:13

I'd probably nn Vee (or V) rather than Vel

Have to say ''tipping the velvet'' was what sprung to mind for me as well.

But I don't think its horrible and if you like it and it suits your family and your daughter, why not

sunnyrosegarden · 10/09/2014 21:13

Actually, there are a few on Facebook. Quite like it.

susiedaisy · 10/09/2014 21:12

Amelie velvet, that's a lovely name!Envy

MerryMarigold · 10/09/2014 21:10

I quite like it as middle name. I thought of the fabric. I think it would sound great with a 3 syllable first name with an 'l' in it as well eg. Amelie Velvet

susiedaisy · 10/09/2014 21:10

I know one women in her late forties called velvet.

sunnyrosegarden · 10/09/2014 21:10

Just googled to see if there were any Velvets around - there is a professional wrestler called Velvet Sky.

SirChenjin · 10/09/2014 21:09

It's a loo roll brand name - you can't call your DD Velvet!!

crje · 10/09/2014 21:09

Nooooo
Its awful

RJnomore · 10/09/2014 21:09

Velvet, as in tipping the...???

Bunbaker · 10/09/2014 21:08

It does sound like a bit of a "glamour model" name. Sorry.

My first thought was Velvet Underground, but I am old.

Nancy54 · 10/09/2014 21:08

I know someone called velvet!