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Plum’s sister!

263 replies

HazeyJaney · 17/11/2019 19:23

Help please! We chose a very unusual name for our first daughter (Plum Elizabeth) and now we’re stuck on what to name her sister. Our current list feels a bit pedestrian in comparison, does it matter?

We like:

Alice
Flora
Gaia
Cecily
Beatrix
Sylvie
Merryn
Iris (actually, I’ve always loved Isis, but it’s obviously unusable now)

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Soubriquet · 19/11/2019 12:49

Plum Elizabeth..

Apple Charlotte

Bellasblankexpression · 19/11/2019 12:39

Xanthe
Perdita
Raine
Gwendolyn
Ember

raeray · 19/11/2019 11:51

I used to look after a little plum years ago and her sister was Daphne 😊

daisypond · 19/11/2019 11:48

She uses her Chinese name that means plum. She doesn’t call herself the anglicised “plum”.

HUZZAH212 · 19/11/2019 11:36

@daisypond but is it really a common Chinese name? I know your neighbour is 'called that', but that's not actually her birth given name is it? It's just an ''Anglicised name' that she's chosen to use. There's sometimes been quite a complexity to some older Chinese nationals choosing a 'British moniker' to adopt if they become expats, and it's nothing even close to a literal word translation. Not so much these days, but we've got friends who relocated to the UK 20+yrs ago with what could be considered 'interesting' English names they adopted. Like I said it's complicated.

TatianaLarina · 19/11/2019 10:54

Exactly.

daisypond · 19/11/2019 08:49

Tatiana’s post is not racist. I live in a multicultural area and there are all sorts of names. Plum would not stand out at all. As I said, my neighbour is called Plum, in its Chinese form, and it is a common name. How about Prunella? Is that OK? Revered British actress Prunella Scales? That means plum too. How about Cherry or Olive or Clementine - fruits? Or Honey or Saffron or Rosemary- other foods? Or Rowan or Willow or Hazel -other trees?

GuppytheCat · 19/11/2019 08:32

There’s a Plum in DD‘s year (teenage, so not the same one unless you have a very big age gap). Must ask if she has any sisters.

Vinopoly · 19/11/2019 08:24

Marigold
Ostara

Moominfan · 19/11/2019 08:17

Plum is cute and memorable

Your right there

slinkysaluki · 19/11/2019 08:14

I always thought Plum was a nick name for Victoria, we call my cousin Plum for short

FenellaMaxwell · 19/11/2019 08:08

When I was young, plum was slang for testicle - hoping that’s not the case anymore?! 🤷‍♀️

How about Margot?

WelliAmNot · 19/11/2019 07:48

@TatianaLarina Sounding a bit racist there, love.

emojisarentwords · 19/11/2019 07:39

Uncomfortable statement I don't know, but it's very telling for sure. Sounds like people will be encouraging names like table and chair next - anything so it doesn't sound 'forrin' God forbid.
To the poster who made that comment - those names will be usual run of the mill names in the communities where the people with them originate. Plum is not a usual name in any community which is the point people are trying to make.

You would assume that's pretty self explanatory but clearly not when we appear to be surrounded by one dimensional thinkers to put it politely.

BigSandyBalls2015 · 19/11/2019 07:35

If plum grows up to be a cool kid then all is well,she can style it out .... however if she ends up a bit geeky, awkward or overweight then I feel for her

groovergirl · 19/11/2019 07:30

Painsnail, I love Aster!