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Bimori

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cheeseforamouse · 16/05/2020 21:03

This is a girl's name, means fog in an indigenous language from Mexico (Tarahumara). I am really fond of it at the moment and want to run it through DH but want to come up with some middle names before that.

I am thinking I will probably have to stay on track with some popular middle names so as to balance it out.

Bimori Grace
Bimori Louise
Bimori Rose

Another option is Soona which means moon in another language from the country.

Am I too crazy for considering these names? Should I stick to more normal names to avoid future trouble to my DC? I go back and forth between names that have nothing to do with each other!

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YinMnBlue · 17/05/2020 18:28

Bimori is pretty, I agree.

ifigoup · 17/05/2020 17:04

Bimori is really pretty and I have no idea why people are being so weird about it.

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cheeseforamouse · 17/05/2020 17:00

*YinMnBlue
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Not really. There are plenty of names used everyday in Mexico that have a similar origin. I know at least one person with each of these and they are considered absolutely regular names even if one of them literally means "I love you"

Nayeli - I love you
Nicte/Xochitl - Flower
Citlali - Star
Ixchel - Goddess of the moon

I will admit I hadn't thought about the "sooner or later". That's definitely taking Soona off my list. I don't pronounce "sooner" like that but I don't have a British accent but I can see it now.

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YinMnBlue · 17/05/2020 16:45

So if you travel Mexico people will wonder why you have called your child ‘fog’ ? Here no one will pronounce it properly.

Soona will get endless ‘Soona or later’ jokes.

I can see why you like the names but you need to think about what she will contend with.

Satsuma2 · 17/05/2020 16:45

I like them both.

ShowOfHands · 17/05/2020 16:41

I think if you're living and raising dc in the UK, people will struggle with the pronunciation but they'd get used to it!

Bee is the sweetest nickname though!

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cheeseforamouse · 17/05/2020 16:37

It's Bee-more-ee with a stress on the last syllable even though I myself find it a little bit difficult to do that sound as I think stressing the Bi syllable comes more naturally somehow.

The name even has an accent so the official spelling of the name is Bimorí. However I think special symbols can be really difficult on paperwork so we decided to not use it. For those asking, yes, it is considered an actual name and we aren't just turning the word into a name and same goes for Soona.

After a few suggestions we are moving up Soona as we do agree it might have less pronunciation problems and spelling mistakes probably wouldn't be as terrible.

Still having second thoughts as we are thinking about our other future DC and how we'd match their name to this one.

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SnowdropFox · 17/05/2020 15:21

I like both and actually prefer Bimori the name but the meaning of the other! Once either have been pronounced a few times for people it shouldn't be any more difficult than a gaelic name or other international names.

NameChange84 · 17/05/2020 14:30

The OP has clarified the pronunciation.

BEE-MOR-EE

AragornsManlyStubble · 17/05/2020 14:28

I had pronunciation as Bim-or-ri, with stress on the Bim.

MrsJoshNavidi · 17/05/2020 10:12

How do you pronounce it?

By-mory, like Bi-sexual
Bih-mory like Billy
Bee-mory like Bidet

And is it BI-mori
Bi-MOR-i
Or bi-mor-I

Namechangewhy · 17/05/2020 10:00

Really dislike Bimori but Soona is gorgeous.
Of your middle names, I prefer Soona Louise and am less keen on Grace or Rose but I think that’s because I know SO many.

MikeUniformMike · 17/05/2020 09:46

I read it as BIMery pronunciation. It looks a bit like Binary.

I'd guess at a lifetime of mispronunciation and misspelling, so no.

Soona looks like it's a brand name for food or something.

Not keen sorry.

The middle names are just run-of the-mill middle names, and are all nicer as first names.
I'd swap them around. Pick the one that sounds nicest with the surname.

CeibaTree · 17/05/2020 09:37

Is the word used by Tarahumara speakers as a name? If not I do think it's a bit odd to use a random word from a language that is not your own as a name. Can you use it as a middle name instead?

tiredanddangerous · 17/05/2020 09:24

I don’t dislike it but I think pronunciation would be a problem. Bi is by not bee in the uk.

Malysh · 17/05/2020 09:21

The other thing is that it's a weird meaning for a name. 'Fog' is not really a nice thing to be named after.

I'm guessing the actual meaning is closer to "mist" than "fog" if it's indigenous. Mist can be quite poetic.

Elieza · 16/05/2020 22:16

I like the pronunciation better than the spelling of bimori!

bridgetreilly · 16/05/2020 22:08

It feels a bit weird to me. I'm trying to imagine a parallel, which I think would be me living overseas and, as an English person, choosing to give my child a Welsh name. It doesn't feel like I'm honouring anything about the child's actual heritage. But I don't know if that's the right parallel, and you might feel that it isn't.

The other thing is that it's a weird meaning for a name. 'Fog' is not really a nice thing to be named after.

StayAlert · 16/05/2020 22:07

Much prefer Soona to Bimori, it just sounds nicer and I think there's less chance of mis- pronouncing it.

whatausername · 16/05/2020 22:05

Ohh Bee-more-ee is a little nicer than how I was saying it (with an -a sound).

CrazylazyJane · 16/05/2020 22:04

I like Soona and I think it's lovely to honour your child's heritage. However, from someone who has a very unusual name, linked to my father's heritage, I find it frustrating that people always want to discuss my name's exact pronunciation and it's origins. Could you use it as a middle name?

whatausername · 16/05/2020 22:04

Asking because I don't know: would it seem odd to Mexicans to use a Tarahumara name if you aren't of the Tarahumara people? I get Tarahumara are Mexicans as well as being Tarahumara but, generally speaking, most indigenous peoples seem to suffer marginalisation or even discrimination across various countries all around the globe. If this is the cases with indigenous groups in Mexico such as the Tarahumara then I would take the names right off the table if you are not of that indigenous group.

Based on aesthetics, I like Soona better. Although I'd probably get used to Bimari after hearing it a few times. Our ears are just as much affected by our culture and where we grow up as our minds and perspectives are. We are accustomed more to some sounds/sound combinations than others. Initially Bimari sounds quite unattractive to me but, just like I suppose I'd get used to any Florence I knew, I'd get used to Bimari. (I still hate the name Florence though. Bimari I just don't find nice.)

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cheeseforamouse · 16/05/2020 22:00

cleanseTone
It's pronounced as bee-more-eeSmile

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cleanseTone · 16/05/2020 21:58

Is it pronounced like 'by-more-ee'? I like it and i actually think it's really lovely to give your baby a name that has cultural links to where you're from. It'll always be a talking point when she introduces herself. There are plenty of Eva/Emily/sophie/olivias out there.

Malysh · 16/05/2020 21:47

For what it's worth I like the sound of Soona. Not so much Bimori, sorry.

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