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Put me off this name!

115 replies

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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donquixotedelamancha · 24/07/2018 23:59

Put me off this name! Challenge accepted :-)

Honey- It's not 'a bit stripper' it is very, very stripper. Every single person who meets your daughter is going to have a horrible preconception about what she is like. She will grow to fucking hate you.

Marnie- Worse, much worse. Some people will politely pretend that Honey is a reasonable name. No-one will do that with Marnie. Marnie will grow up too emotionally crippled to hate you- she'll be grateful you talk to her. Unless you are naming a dog, in which case it's fine.

Esme- Oh FFS. Go with Honey.

MinaPaws · 24/07/2018 23:42

I'll put you off it. I hate it as a given name. It's as if you ar epigeon holing a daughter to be 'sweet'. As though that's the highest aspiration you have for her. And it's a general term of endearment, so it will never feel like a name in its own right. Would you call a boy Sweetheart or Babe or Darling? If you'd give him a name with more inbuilt respect, give that to your daughter too.
It's a pretty word but it's a pet name.

Joeybee · 24/07/2018 23:40

The thing with Honey is that it sounds like a pets name. It is super cutesy. Remember this is a name you are giving to a person, she has to live with this. The name Honey doesn't conjure up a strong person, but a cutesy little girl. She'll get comments about her name, and some people would probably not take her seriously because of it.
Honey is cute, but as a nickname or even middle name. Don't use it for a first name just because it's a guilty pleasure for you.

ThinkingCat · 24/07/2018 23:38

Is Honey a name? Without wishing to upset anyone who is actually named Honey, it make me think of Darling in Blackadder.

ie it sounds like a term of endearment.

Male boss to female member of staff "(any sentence at all), Honey"

WhenTheSharkBites · 24/07/2018 23:35

How would you feel as an adult introducing yourself in a professional situation as Honey?

MikeUniformMike · 24/07/2018 23:34

It's not too bad as a mn.

MikeUniformMike · 24/07/2018 23:33

I think the Oliver DD is Poppy Honey.

SwedishEdith · 24/07/2018 23:32

Imagine condemning someone to a lifetime of Hun?

AnElderlyLadyOfMediumHeight · 24/07/2018 23:32

No, don't call her Honey. Really don't. How about Melissa? Or Dulcie (which I think means sweet) - although three names with -ie sounds at the end, presuming that's how you pronounce Esme, may be a bit much.

AstonMartini · 24/07/2018 23:31

Should add that I wanted to call our third Boodle. This was equally insane. We gave her a proper (albeit uncommon) name, and I am not sorry.

TimesNewRoman · 24/07/2018 23:31

Don't do it hun

Bumble1830 · 24/07/2018 23:31

Honeybis a nice name, not sure I would want to be called it though. I love the name Bonnie, Minnie is nice too

AstonMartini · 24/07/2018 23:30

Isn't one of Jamie Oliver's children called Honey? This would in itself be enough to deter any sane person. Your other girls' names are lovely, though.

Dermymc · 24/07/2018 23:28

I teach one who is anything but sweet.

It doesn't go with your other names either.

Leeds2 · 24/07/2018 23:28

I cannot imagine an adult called Honey. Call her something else officially, and use Honey as a nickname?

starryeyed19 · 24/07/2018 23:28

Oh, Lord, no. It's kind of a stripper name, isn't it?

MikeUniformMike · 24/07/2018 23:27

I think it's a bit too sweet. It's more a term of endearment than a name.

InionEile · 24/07/2018 23:26

Honey Boo-Boo? That should surely be enough to put you off!
Reality TV show ‘star’ Honey Boo Boo

Momma22 · 24/07/2018 23:20

I would have loved to use the name Honey for my little girl, it's so cute! Unfortunately our cat is called Honey so its was a definite no no for us. Lol

HeartStrings · 24/07/2018 23:19

Sorry OP I'm not going to put you off. I'm gonna day go for it. Such a lovely name

Cyberworrier · 24/07/2018 23:19

Marnie sorry

Cyberworrier · 24/07/2018 23:18

Esme and Marmie are great names! I think Honor goes well with them actually, all quite 50s/60s ish

LiberteEgaliteChardonnay · 24/07/2018 23:18

I much prefer Esme or Marnie. Especially Marnie.

Verbena87 · 24/07/2018 23:18

It sounds like a nickname. There are lots of names meaning honey here

www.indiachildnames.com/mobile/meaning.aspx?meaning=Honey

Chelseajunior · 24/07/2018 23:18

I like it too Smile