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Sorrel

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AlwaysFuckingTired94 · 22/04/2019 16:27

What do you think? For a girl
Middle name suggestions welcome

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BoomZahramay · 22/04/2019 17:39

Laurel?

grincheux · 22/04/2019 17:36

I know a couple of 30-something Sorrells but personally think it's an ugly noise, not a nice name.

SleepWarrior · 22/04/2019 16:59

Probably because of the close sounds to words like sorrow, sorry, although I'm not muddling the words up per se.

GabrielleNelson · 22/04/2019 16:52

Sorrel is nothing like Soreen, which is the malt loaf. Soreen sounds like a name from Game of Thrones but Sorrel doesn't.

SleepWarrior, are you thinking of sorrow? I can see how you might, I suppose.

DoraNora · 22/04/2019 16:50

Sounds like a name for a Sylvanjan Family. Which is my favourite genre of name, so I love it Grin

SleepWarrior · 22/04/2019 16:49

It's sort of pretty, but I think it also has a sad, melancholy air to it that would rule it out for me.

10PercentMoreBanana · 22/04/2019 16:48

Lots of names are also attached to products - don't let that put you off.

Sorrell is lovely. You might also like:

Saffron
Clove(r)
Anise
Juniper
Melissa
Nigella
Olida

...all herbs or spices.

AdelaideK · 22/04/2019 16:48

I like it.

BlueMerchant · 22/04/2019 16:47

Don't like it. Malt loaf n plant.

EgremontRusset · 22/04/2019 16:45

Gorgeous. But careful of pronunciation in your area. Round here it would be Sorruw.

BelulahBlanca · 22/04/2019 16:45

I used to work with a really snooty one who talked to me like I was something she wiped off her shoe, so a no from me.

GabrielleNelson · 22/04/2019 16:44

Sorrel is a lovely name. It reminds me of Curtain Up by Noel Streatfield. I like names from flowers and other plants. Hazel, Rowan, May, Rose, Lily, Rosemary, Viola, Violet, Tansy, Daisy, Marguerite - all lovely.

Re associations with shoe brand, which is SOREL, not Sorrel - I just can't see this as an issue at all. I wouldn't make the connection.

SilverGoldBronze · 22/04/2019 16:43

I love it! I wanted to call DD1 Sorrel but (ex)DH vetoed it. Still wish I’d argued harder TBH!

TildaTurnip · 22/04/2019 16:43

I cannot say ‘r’ sounds easily so this would be Sowwel for me.

Aside from that, if it gets shortened, it’s not nice.

Crocodilesoup · 22/04/2019 16:42

There’s a sorrel in a Noel Coward play. And a children’s novel - Ballet Shoes? Lovely.

dreichuplands · 22/04/2019 16:40

I knew a horse with that name but it isn't unpleasant.

ltk · 22/04/2019 16:40

I don't like eating sorrel - it's a bitter, sour taste- so it puts me off the name. I really like Rosemary as a name, and natural names in general. Explore flowers and trees perhaps? Or River, Rain, Skye, etc? Or sweeter herbs?

BuckingFrolics · 22/04/2019 16:39

I think it's also a horse colour.

But it's a lovely name!

Expressedways · 22/04/2019 16:37

Just no. I just packed away my Sorrel snow boots for spring and I could not be more glad to see the back of them! They’re not just popular a popular brand in the states- there’s a store in Val d’Isere (French ski resort) and Kate Middleton has a pair.

Connieston · 22/04/2019 16:36

It's great. Like Rowan, Hazel and Willow. Nature names are lovely!

BackseatKnitter · 22/04/2019 16:36

I think it’s very pretty, don’t think it necessarily needs a middle name either.

Bayleyf · 22/04/2019 16:35

I know a lovely mid 30s Sorrel. I've always thought it was a great name.

Shockedandsickened · 22/04/2019 16:33

It's nice.

BillywigSting · 22/04/2019 16:32

It's a food not a name

Then I suppose if basil and rosemary are OK then sorrel is too if you like it

pinkgloves · 22/04/2019 16:31

Its the name of a shoe brand in the States. Good shoes though.

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