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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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InDeoEstMeaFiducia · 18/08/2020 18:02

Fucking awful. How about Willabelle?

AnnaMagnani · 18/08/2020 18:01

You can't call your child after a fish.

angelofthelight · 18/08/2020 18:01

I live near a place called Swinnow and it reminds me of that.

CherryValance · 18/08/2020 18:01

How about Minna? Same vibe, less fishy

Kleptronic · 18/08/2020 18:00

Sprat for a boy.

m0use · 18/08/2020 18:00

Awful.

twilightcafe · 18/08/2020 17:59

No.

AwkwardAsAllGetout · 18/08/2020 17:59

I know what you’re saying, the sound is pretty, but you can’t name a person that. Unless you’re prepared to go all the way with a sibling set of Herring, Pike and little baby Stickleback

SandieCheeks · 18/08/2020 17:59

I'd think poor child, what were her parents thinking naming her after a fish??

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