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Put me off this name!

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Pleasedontdrawonyoursister · 24/07/2018 23:01

Imminently due with baby 3, which we think is a girl (didn’t ask at scan, but I saw the lines and certainly no other bits floating around down there!). I love the name Honey, which I wasn’t brave enough to use the last 2 times but this time round I just can’t think of anything else I want to use. My OH is not keen at all, but he hasn’t put forward any suggestions. Help!

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THEsonofaBITCH · 25/07/2018 08:14

"Honoria" and shortened to Honey (means woman of honour)?

ScrubTheDecks · 25/07/2018 08:04

Honey is 100% Stripper, or Labrador. And what every cheesy American calls their partner. Really naff and she will hate you for it.

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Pleasedontdrawonyoursister · 25/07/2018 08:04

Dulcie is nice, I’ll run it past the husband! I also like Pixie but I know that really is a guilty pleasure so won’t be going for that Wink

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SwimSwim · 25/07/2018 08:03

I can imagine it could cause her problems trying to get a professional job in years to come. With unusual names come stereotypes and when all someone is seeing is a C.V. that's all they have.. wrong but it happens.

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Pleasedontdrawonyoursister · 25/07/2018 07:57

Blush thank you ladies/gents and especially those discussing my existing children’s names Grin - I totally get that names are a personal thing so it’s fine some aren’t keen. I did meet a Cinderella once and thought it was a bit mean so maybe people will feel the same about meeting a Honey... I’ll cross it off the (very short... nothing else... list)

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Frankwindsor · 25/07/2018 07:54

I'm with the poster who suggested Dulcie, instead of Honey. Honey is, as others say, a stripper's name.

IsTheRainEverComingBack · 25/07/2018 07:41

I think it’s unfair to give names like that to babies who will one day be grown adult women. Yes it’s cute for a baby or a little girl, but a 30 year old? 50 year old? Can you imagine trying to do a professional job and be taken seriously with a name like that? It’s just mean.

butlerswharf · 25/07/2018 07:35

Sex worker name

donquixotedelamancha · 25/07/2018 07:32

donqui Esme and Marnie are OP's children.

Doh. Well, OP seems like she's got a good sense of humour.

NastyCats · 25/07/2018 07:27

I knew a girl called Honey. She is 11 now and will be off to secondary school. She is petit, blonde and pretty like her mum so it's ok except I wonder whether people will make assumptions about her intelligence and capabilities based on her name.

I once came into contact with a girl named Fawn. She had the physique of a rugby player, which is fine, but didn't suit her name.

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 25/07/2018 07:18

It goes well with your other DC's names OP. I like it.

HJL2506 · 25/07/2018 07:06

One of my cats is called Honey and she is a little terror!!

hels71 · 25/07/2018 06:38

I have a friend called Honey. As soon as she left home she went by her middle name ...

EllenJanethickerknickers · 25/07/2018 00:23

OP, I know a lovely girl aged about 14 called Honey. She is clever and kind and I like her a lot, despite the dislike I had for her name. It screams porn star. There are a wide variety of unusual names I come across working in a school but few as bad as Honey. There is an instant prejudice that I have had to get over to take the girl seriously. She's lucky that she's such a star!

This reflects badly on me, I know, but you did ask.

MrsEricBana · 25/07/2018 00:21

I know this isn't what you asked but my all time favourite girl's name (that I didn't know of when I named dd, sadly) is Alba and I think Esme, Marnie and Alba sounds fab! (And avoids another -ee sounding name).

hellololly · 25/07/2018 00:19

Melissa is surely due a revival and means Honey in the original Greek tales.

Ohyesiam · 25/07/2018 00:18

Sweet as a child’s name. Imagine going for a job interview though.

MikeUniformMike · 25/07/2018 00:14

donqui Esme and Marnie are OP's children. Both are already named. I'm not mad keen on the names but they are names and they are acceptable.
The new welsh name Cariad makes me want to vomit. It is hideous. The word has lots of meanings (girlfriend/boyfriend/love/sweetheart/darling/charity) none suitable as a first name. OK Charity is a known first name, but Charity doesn't have lots of meanings. With a surname that could be a man's name e.g. Martin, Cariad Martin looks like Martin's Girlfriend.

Anyone who remembers the 1970s will think "Tell them about the honey, Mummy".

Somerville · 25/07/2018 00:11

Esme and Marnie are cute. Save Honey for a pet and give your DD3 a non-edible name. Hollie? Hebe? Heidi?

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 25/07/2018 00:10

I just can't get past the way Billy Mitchell
pronounces it "Unny.

Tartyflette · 25/07/2018 00:07

Agh. Cross post.

BikeRunSki · 25/07/2018 00:06

donquixote Esme and Marnie are the baby’s living, actual sisters. Actual people.

I also had a hamster called Honey. She bit me, my find swelled up, I fell down the stairs going to show my mum, and it’s been a bit bent ever since. 35 years ago! She was horrible that Honey.

Tartyflette · 25/07/2018 00:06

Errmm -- Honey Boo Boo? kid from U.S. reality show .
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Comes_Honey_Boo_Boo

dinosaurkisses · 25/07/2018 00:05

I may have interpreted OP’s precious post wrong, but I think Esme and Marnie are the names of her other two dc, so we might be a bit late with the critiques Grin

MercianQueen · 24/07/2018 23:59

I've spent a decent percentage of my adult professional life gently dissuading my fellow male professionals from referring to me as "honey" or other similar put downs. How I would have done that if Honey, Love, Petal or worse were actually my name is beyond me. Seriously, just don't.