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Vesper

87 replies

Winterfield · 31/03/2018 12:26

... for a girl?

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pepperpot99 · 31/03/2018 21:19

Vespers is the name of one of the Christian services in a monastery. Calling your dd 'Vespers' would therefore be ridiculous.

Neolara · 31/03/2018 21:16

Dreadful

JennyHolzersGhost · 31/03/2018 21:13

You do get the tacky sexual connotations of naming a girl after a bike, don’t you OP?

Chocolateyescakeyes · 31/03/2018 21:13

Unusual, but that’s better than having the same popular name as another 10 girls at her school.

PunkrockerGirl59 · 31/03/2018 21:06

Grim.
Why on earth would you saddle your child with a name she'll spend the rest of her life having to explain/spell?
If you feel the need to be so 'out there' change your own name and deal with it, not the poor baby.

MrsHarker · 31/03/2018 20:56

I love it

RockafellerSkank · 31/03/2018 19:52

Love it.

Nandocushion · 31/03/2018 19:46

Varsha?

Twinkie1 · 31/03/2018 19:45

DD shared her party with another girl who invited her cousin, Vesper, there were lots of raised eyebrows and mentions of mopeds.

linz0308 · 31/03/2018 19:44

no

Onceuponatimethen · 31/03/2018 19:43

If you want a glam cool name what about something like Vita or Viva?

Beeziekn33ze · 31/03/2018 19:29

Esther?

cushioncovers · 31/03/2018 19:28

It's a moped not a name sorry op

MammieBear · 31/03/2018 19:23

Lovely unusual name that stands out and you wouldn't forget them with a name like that the meaning is equally pleasing as well.

SenoritaViva · 31/03/2018 19:16

I clicked on the link to talk about my scooter that I loved. I don't dislike the name per se but all the links (scooters/wasps/bond) make me dislike it. Plus to me is in the category of trying a bit too hard (sorry!). Can think of worse though!

What about Hester? Similar sounding and means 'star'.

MeltingSnowflake · 31/03/2018 19:11

I liked it in the Bond film but I think it wouldn't fly IRL - I think as she got older she might get a lot of teasing about being a bike, etc. etc. due to the Vespa moped connotations.

Niskasrevenge · 31/03/2018 19:07

Valda, Vanda, Velda, or Velma do it for you?

(I loved the name "Valda" as a girl because of that character in the Mandy comic who could live forever thanks to her "crystal of life". Then, unfortunately, I had a next-door neighbour called Valda who persecuted her downstairs neighbour by holding her shower to the floor so that it would soak through to her flat and stamping loudly above her for hours at a time in the evenings... Sadly, - but happily for us, neighbours - she was eventually sectioned. It put me off the name!)

TheHobbitMum · 31/03/2018 19:04

Just no

Onceuponatimethen · 31/03/2018 18:59

Makes me think glam Bond girl, baddie/ catty/waspy

Names like this are a bit tricky if you don’t fit them. If like me you look like a librarian who enjoys the archers. I would not make a good Vesper!!!

FairiesVsPixies · 31/03/2018 18:58

Reminds me of Vespre sanitary towels that were sold in the 90’s I would rethink OP
Me too Grin

DullAndOld · 31/03/2018 18:53

it's awful, it sounds like a motorbike or a church service.

LucyGayheart · 31/03/2018 18:50

Latin for ‘evening’. My association is mostly with the evening liturgy, but I imagine for most people it will be the Bond girl, as played by Eva Green in Casino Royale.

BettyBooJustDoinTheDoo · 31/03/2018 18:50

Reminds me of Vespre sanitary towels that were sold in the 90’s I would rethink OP

Carrotcakeorchocolatemuffin · 31/03/2018 18:50

PotteringAlong I also know one who is 3!

LotsToThinkOf · 31/03/2018 18:46

Why would you do that to your child?? Confused