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Minnow?

109 replies

pottop · 18/08/2020 17:58

I really like the sound of Minnow for a little girl. It seems really lovely and sweet on the tongue. I am aware it is a fish, but it doesn't seem that different to being named Willow (which is a tree), or even after a flower or another animal. I'm also aware I am technically naming a grown woman (if the baby is a girl) but I can actually see it being a very fitting name.

How do you like it? What would be your first thought if you met a little girl named Minnow?

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LirBan · 18/08/2020 20:50

Nn for Marianne?

SpeedofaSloth · 18/08/2020 20:50

YY to Guppy (they are fab little fish).

NN to Minnow.

AcrobaticCardigan · 18/08/2020 20:48

Oh gosh no! Absolutely not. May sound pretty but it’s bloody horrendous! How about Minnie?

LirBan · 18/08/2020 20:48

I love the suggestion of Meryn

Also love Muireann (Mwirren)

KaptainKaveman · 18/08/2020 20:48

Stingray is catchy.

LirBan · 18/08/2020 20:47

@Sunnydaysandsalad

Another name for bullies to carp on about...
Ha ha very good
carly2803 · 18/08/2020 20:46

oh god no. what an absolutely awful name!

loutypips · 18/08/2020 20:38

Guppy is nicer Grin

user1475009690 · 18/08/2020 20:24

You can Also name his brother with A suitable fishy name too and when someone asks his name you can say “Don’t tell him Pike!”😃😃

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 18/08/2020 20:08

A minnow! A minnow! I have him by the nose! Said Mr Jeremy Fisher.

Is what I think of.

fantasmasgoria1 · 18/08/2020 20:01

Minnie? Like the actor Minnie driver?

fantasmasgoria1 · 18/08/2020 20:00

Minnie? Like the actor Minnie driver?

TheLovleyChebbyMcGee · 18/08/2020 20:00

I like the sound, but yeah, it's a fish. What about Merryn? It's Cornish and my favourite girls name right now!

midsomermurderess · 18/08/2020 19:58

Tiddler?

RegalRags · 18/08/2020 19:56

Minnow makes me think of trouser minnow (small dick)
Nope nope nope.

scrivette · 18/08/2020 19:52

It is a pretty word but I don't think it would work as a child's name (and I like unusual names). I always thought 'Arowana' sounded nice as a girls name but again, it's a fish and wouldn't work!

AmICrazyorWhat2 · 18/08/2020 19:50

Please don’t! Minna is a pretty name and Madeline is lovely too.

You can always call her Minnow as a nickname...we have lots of nicknames in our houses... Rat is one of them, but I haven’t named a child Rat.🤣

KaptainKaveman · 18/08/2020 19:49

Sturgeon?
Carp?
Piranha?

KaptainKaveman · 18/08/2020 19:46

Dd has a friend called Minna.
Please don't name your child after a fish.

GaraMedouar · 18/08/2020 19:42

It’s a fish ! So nope.

MikeUniformMike · 18/08/2020 19:41

Minion has quite a similar sound.

MikeUniformMike · 18/08/2020 19:40

Is her brother called Zander?

Sardine would make a pretty name for a girl.

zigaziga · 18/08/2020 19:37

I agree it is actually a nice sounding word.

Disagree that naming a child after a fish is the same as naming them after a tree or a flower etc though.

DramaAlpaca · 18/08/2020 19:33

Only recently, @Loveden? There are loads on this board, it's well known for it Grin

SunshineCake · 18/08/2020 19:26

Minnow = scrappy little thing = not what I would hope you would want for your child.

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