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Amity

40 replies

ladycarlotta · 28/07/2020 16:04

I have a real soft spot for virtue-type names but I feel like this treads a nice line between the really popular normalised ones (Felicity, Verity, Constance, Faith etc) and full-on Puritan (Relief, Comfort, Experience...)

It's not that out-there is it?

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IWantToBeNynaeve · 29/07/2020 10:29

I think its a lovely name but yeah unfortunately the first thing I think of is the horror film.

RustyLeesBogBrush · 29/07/2020 10:28

Jaws for me too but I am in my 40s.

The thing is OP, you can have a kid with a beautiful name and people still joke. My daughter’s friend Faith says she gets people singing George Michael’s Faith to her all the time.

MollyAtTheFolly · 29/07/2020 10:23

I taught a lovely Amity. I didn't once think of Jaws or Amityville Horror. My first thought was that it was my first Amity I've ever taught (gets to be a rarity the longer you're in teaching!), my second was the Latin origin.

Hippofrog · 29/07/2020 10:20

Sounds like an insurance policy

WendyHoused · 29/07/2020 10:19

In Canada it’s was also a charity. You take your old clothes to the Amity bin by the supermarket.

So, old clothes bin, Jaws island, horror house.
That’s a Nope from me.

JaneJeffer · 29/07/2020 10:14

Yes Jaws.

What about Charity? Or is that too Dingle?

Puffalicious · 29/07/2020 09:42

Sorry, I think it's ridiculous.

AHF1975 · 29/07/2020 09:39

Jaws for me. But I'm old

ButterflyRuns · 28/07/2020 23:13

Must admit I thought of Amityville Horror too

Myneighboursnorlax · 28/07/2020 23:11

Another vote for Amityville horror, sorry!

Tempusfudgeit · 28/07/2020 23:10

Der der. Der der. Dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun der-ler-ler! Sorry!

Fettuccinecarbonara · 28/07/2020 22:02

I’ve never heard of this name. But I’d pronounce it like a cockney homity pie.

user1493494961 · 28/07/2020 22:00

Jaws, it's not a name for a child.

northernbelle84 · 28/07/2020 20:27

Aw I used to work with a Comfort, she was lovely. Her sister Beauty was also lovely but not very beautiful. Always the risk with virtue names.

I'm quite taken with Experience! (But back on topic - not keen on Amity)

XiCi · 28/07/2020 20:23

full-on Puritan (Relief, Comfort, Experience

Anyone who calls their child any of these names needs shooting. God, the relentless bullying those children would experience!

XiCi · 28/07/2020 20:21

Immediately thought of the horror film, then jaws.
Ugly sounding name

MonaChopsis · 28/07/2020 20:20

My favourite virtue name is Ruth (compassion) which is classic but not popular nowadays

Pumpkin314 · 28/07/2020 20:05

Yup, jaws. It does sound nice though if I didn't have that association.

Picklypickles · 28/07/2020 19:59

Yep my first thought was Amityville Horror too!

Spied · 28/07/2020 19:55

As a horror fan it doesn't put me offGrin
I really like it.

Peachbubble · 28/07/2020 19:52

I know an Amity. No-one mentions Jaws or Amityville, but then her peer group is young. Pretty name, she's the only one I know.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 28/07/2020 18:44

Well it’s on my list for this baby I’ve no intentions of having Grin.

RyanBergarasTeeth · 28/07/2020 17:17

First thought was amityville horror here too sorry.

Gotthetshirt23 · 28/07/2020 17:15

Amity Island
Amityville horror

Sorry

TinySleepThief · 28/07/2020 17:09

@ladycarlotta

omg everyone thinks of the horror film! Or Jaws. Maybe I don't have normal reference points haha.
Unfortunately I think 99% of people would think of those 2 films if you introduced them to a child called Amity. I certainly did and I've not seen either film. They might be too polite to mention it to your face but it would be pretty much the first thing they thought of.