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Amity

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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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Hungrypuffin · 28/07/2020 17:08

Immediately made me think of Jaws!

jeremypaxo · 28/07/2020 17:05

I know an Amity and she is absolutely lovely. I really like it as a name. I've never heard of Amityville or whatever pp have mentioned Confused

DoTheMaccaroni · 28/07/2020 17:04

Never seen Jaws or Amityville horror but those are the two things I thought of also 🤣

Buddyelf · 28/07/2020 16:33

Yes sorry first thing I thought was Amityville Horror

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ladycarlotta · 28/07/2020 16:32

omg everyone thinks of the horror film! Or Jaws. Maybe I don't have normal reference points haha.

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MrsBungle · 28/07/2020 16:24

I instantly think Amityville Horror and Jaws. I don’t find it a very pleasant name.

Whatthebloodyell · 28/07/2020 16:23

I think it’s cute!

Tinkerbellone · 28/07/2020 16:22

I straight away thought of that horror film. Sorry OP

Lucienandjean · 28/07/2020 16:21

I don't like Amity much. It's the Amityville Horror connotation, I think.

If you like virtue names, have you thought about:

Charity
Clemency
Prudence
Aletheia (which means truth)
Joy
Hope
Grace
Vera

riotlady · 28/07/2020 16:19

Aren’t they the miserable faction in Divergent?

user1495884620 · 28/07/2020 16:18

To me, Amity is the place where Jaws was set. I am old though!

Bitchinkitchen · 28/07/2020 16:14

Amityville Horror here too. Or the boring pushover faction from the Divergent series.

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 28/07/2020 16:14

Ville Horror

Laaalaaaa · 28/07/2020 16:11

Reminds me of a prawn fishing boat.

ChelseaCat · 28/07/2020 16:08

I don’t like it I’m afraid - plus the Amityville Horror immediately springs to mind 😬