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Judge my girl names

140 replies

twistandshoutoutloud · 22/05/2020 21:04

This is a preliminary list of names that I like before even showing it to DP as I would also like some suggestions from everyone on here. These aren't the only names I like but just some of my favourites

Harper
Ocean
Lilac
Astor
Scout
Blaze
Greer
Indigo
Bali
Fallon
Holland
Tatum
Ace
Brighton
Lumen
Teal
Halston
Collins
Gage - Biggest guilty pleasure ever I don't even know why

Really open to suggestions and everyone's comments on them

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whatausername · 24/05/2020 16:43

I should clarify that it's more specific areas of Bali, like Denpasar, that can be Magaluf-esque but they are generally lumped together under the name of the island they're on (Bali).

whatausername · 24/05/2020 16:14

@SpaceSharkTea Bali is a place in Indonesia popular with gap year students and Australians who want to go somewhere "exotic", get drunk and get laid. It'd be like calling your child Magaluf.

Bertucci · 24/05/2020 13:51

They're all ridiculous, apart from Harper and the Beckhams have rendered that name naff as fuck.

Kokeshi123 · 24/05/2020 13:48

Harper is the only one that's not actively weird. I mean, it's not nice. But not as bad as the others.

They sounds like pet names, paint names or boys' names.

Sorry, OP!

Fanciedachange1 · 24/05/2020 13:45

I see one big flaw with these names.

Apart from Harper, which is a well known name, the others are too “out there”. You could call a child Lumen thinking that it’s so unique and then someone you know could love it and call their child the same.

Then suddenly you have gone from having a unique name that you love, to your child being one of the Lumens. Then it loses everything that you liked about it which is the fact that nobody else has it.

GinWithRosie · 24/05/2020 13:01

Are you not coming back OP? @twistandshoutoutloud

SpaceSharkTea · 24/05/2020 11:26

Harper - nice but nothing special
Ocean - guilty pleasure especially for a girl with blue eyes!
Lilac - don't hate/don't love
Astor - not a fan
Scout - love it!
Blaze - too boyish for me
Greer - Germaine Greer really puts me off
Indigo - love it!
Bali - never heard this, but I do like it
Fallon - bleurgh
Holland - love this!
Tatum - too boyish
Ace - too boyish
Brighton - I like this if it has some relevance and they won't be growing up in Brighton
Lumen - I prefer Luma
Teal - too boyish
Halston - bluergh
Collins - bleurgh
Gage - cute

MadamShazam · 24/05/2020 11:25

Are you kidding OP? Thats the worst list of girls names I have ever seen!

Pemba · 24/05/2020 11:21

I'd suggest going back to the drawing board, or if you are in fact serious get another family member to give you a list of actual names.

Pemba · 24/05/2020 11:19

In several years of following the baby names threads on Mumsnet this is the worst list I've ever seen. I assume you're joking?

Ace?? Collins??. Ace must be a joke, right? Ludicrous for a boy, positively cruel on a girl. Collins is clearly a surname meaning 'son of Colin' - how does that then become a girls name?

daisypond · 24/05/2020 09:05

Harper - downmarket /celeb wannabe
Ocean - no
Lilac -yes
Astor - Aster is good.
Scout - no.
Blaze - no.
Greer- no
Indigo - at a push
Bali - naff
Fallon - ok
Holland - no
Tatum - no
Ace -,no
Brighton - no
Lumen - no
Teal - at a push
Halston - no
Collins - no
Gage - No

newmum332 · 24/05/2020 08:55

Is this a joke? They’re all awful.
Harper is extremely overused. Indigo is the only other one I would consider to be an actual name. The rest to me seem like made up names.

Aclh13 · 24/05/2020 08:50

Harper✔️ but common
Ocean
Lilac✔️❔ could shorten to lily
Astor❔again OK.
Scout❔ its OK.
Blaze❌
Greer❌
Indigo✔️ could shorten to indie
Bali✔️
Fallon ❌
Holland❔ could shorten to hollie
Tatum❌
Ace❌
Brighton✔️
Lumen❌
Teal❌
Halston❌
Collins❔ don't love don't hate
Gage - Biggest guilty pleasure ever I don't even know why❔ indifferent don't love it but not awful its one of those names you'd probably get used too.

cptartapp · 24/05/2020 08:33

Lumen is also the sizing of a catheter which drains urine.
So funny. Tell us your others.

Twooter · 24/05/2020 08:18

Greer is not ok. It is not a name apart from a surname of Germaine ( and otherssobv.)
I can’t imagine calling a pet Greer, let alone a dd

babynamelover · 23/05/2020 11:10

Greer and Indigo are okay 😊. You have very different name taste to me but if we all liked the same ones it would be pretty boring.

whatausername · 23/05/2020 11:04

@Threeoleary 😂😂

BelievinForAMiracle · 23/05/2020 10:37

Harper is a lovely name. Harper Lee - writer of one of the best novels of all time.

GinWithRosie · 23/05/2020 10:17

Very....American? 🤷‍♀️

Twooter · 23/05/2020 10:10

Surely Dynasty is the word association from Fallon?

lucindalovescats · 23/05/2020 10:06

Lilac and indigo are nice.

Threeoleary · 23/05/2020 09:42

Reminds me of word association games

Harper - Lee Collins
Ocean - deep
Lilac - wine
Astor - races
Scout - tonto
Blaze - horse
Greer - Garson
Indigo - blue
Bali - Hai
Fallon - Archers
Holland - Dutch
Tatum - O’Neill
Ace - Ventura
Brighton - rock
Lumen - lightbulb
Teal - Duck
Halston- Jean
Collins- Dictionary
Gage - Green

HotSince82 · 23/05/2020 09:39

Lilac, Greer, Ocean and Indigo are quite nice.
Lilac is probably my favourite out of those.

cliffdiver · 23/05/2020 09:35

Harper would have been the best choice, had the Beckhams not used it.

sunflowersandtulips50 · 23/05/2020 09:33

Sounds like a list of dogs names....

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