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Names relating to Rabbits..... any ideas?

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DailyFailAreTwats · 29/08/2018 17:40

Slightly odd one, but hoping you've might be able to help....

Bump has been known as Bunny since an early scan where she looked just like a (very cute) rabbit. Now we aren't going to call her Bunny.... but quite like the idea of a middle name that relates to rabbits/bunnies, but in a way that no one else need know. So not Flopsy or Cottontail...

Any ideas???

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HJL2506 · 29/08/2018 21:34

I have a rabbit called Pixie 😁

MikeUniformMike · 29/08/2018 20:56

Bernice or Bernadette are nice.
Call the baby Bunny.
I used to know a male Bunny but I think his real name was John or something.

Didactylos · 29/08/2018 20:53

Bunnica
Miffy
Podkin, Pook or Paz

GreenthoughtInAGreenShade · 29/08/2018 20:52

Slightly different, but Leveret is a name for a young hare and is quite distinguished-sounding if you’re into unusual names Smile

SmilingButClueless · 29/08/2018 20:49

Apparently Bunny is a nickname for either Barbara or Bernice, so you could use one of those

FairfaxAikman · 29/08/2018 20:45

No harm in having it as a lifelong nickname OP. My grandparents have friends called Bunny and Tiger. In fact I don't think I've ever heard Bunny's real name.

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DailyFailAreTwats · 29/08/2018 20:27

Awesome ideas - thank you!!! Lots to mull over. I wonder if she'll ever shake off the Bunny nickname within the family....?

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Quangot · 29/08/2018 20:05

You could hide some of the letters in a longer name so you know about it but others won't unless you tell them.

"rab" is in Arabella, Mirabelle

Or how about Bianca meaning "white" (as in the white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland), with Bunny as nickname?

And a few ideas from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listofffictionalrabbitssand_hares

Cecily
Aster
Lily
Ruby
Serena
Anais
Babs/Barbara
Judy
Kate
Lexi
Lola
Luna
Clover

AnyaMoondial · 29/08/2018 19:57

Hazel. Really want to reread watership down now. Favourite. Book. Ever.

MikeUniformMike · 29/08/2018 19:39

Not RTFT, but Bunny Guinness seems to be acceptable. Bunny isn't her BC name.

LaDaronne · 29/08/2018 19:08

HOW HAS NO-ONE SAID WARREN YET?

TenaciousP · 29/08/2018 19:00

Lettice?

Marcipex · 29/08/2018 18:59

Cicely Parsley

TallSlutNoPantiesthe2nd · 29/08/2018 18:57

Peta
Benjamina

Orangecake123 · 29/08/2018 18:55

Oooo I see that was posted 3 mins before me!!

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 29/08/2018 18:55

Peter Rabbit's mother was called Josephine, if you like that. Otherwise I can't really help as our girl bun is called Marmite!

Orangecake123 · 29/08/2018 18:54

Hazel from Watership down.

Veeveebee · 29/08/2018 18:54

Other ideas:

The Italian word for rabbit is Coniglio ==> Connie?

Peter Rabbit ==> Beatrix, Petra?

AliceRR · 29/08/2018 18:52

I just re-read your OP and realise you are looking for a middle name for your child, rather than just a cute name for your bump, so Nugget probably isn’t appropriate 😂

I like Beatrice or Bea

Veeveebee · 29/08/2018 18:51

Hazel, from Watership Down.

When I was younger I had three guinea pigs named Hazel, Fiver and Blackberry, after the rabbits from Watership Down.

OrdinarySnowflake · 29/08/2018 18:41

Bunny is a fabulous middle name! She doesn't need to tell anyone and so long as you give her a non-bonkers first name, it'll just be a fun talking point and should she ever stand for parliament, would be fun to hear read out.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 29/08/2018 18:32

Is there no way you'd consider Bunny.
Yes its cutesty and highly twee but No more so than Poppy Honey Daisy Dolly ect

BluthsFrozenBananas · 29/08/2018 18:29

Coney, an old English word for rabbit
Lapin, French for rabbit

FairfaxAikman · 29/08/2018 18:28

Freya or Ostara (Eostre) - goddesses with rabbit connections.

MacavityTheDentistsCat · 29/08/2018 18:27

Sorry - the name for Melanie (Miffy's friend) in the German translations of the books.

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