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Mallow

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SweetBabeofMine · 03/10/2020 22:30

Due a baby girl in November and this name keeps on popping up but I'm worried it will be a little too out there? It's a lovely flower and it seems to fit well with the middle name Kimberly. Plus it's the only name I love, the others I have shortlisted I just like.

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PattyPan · 05/10/2020 14:45

@SacreBleeurgh

What about Malin as an alternative? I LOVE that name...
As you have a French inspired username I’m surprised to hear you say that Confused en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/malin
allfurcoatnoknickers · 05/10/2020 13:47

How about Marlowe? I know a baby Marlowe and think it's a lovely name.

anxiousanxiety · 05/10/2020 13:43

What about Marlow instead. Honestly if you have a mallow the whole marshmallow thing will be there for life.

VenusClapTrap · 05/10/2020 13:38

I quite like it actually. I think of the flower first, and the sweet second.

Don't call your child Pootle or Perkin

Perkin is an old English boy’s name actually, meaning ‘Little Peter’. Perkin Warbeck was a particularly interesting character. Pootle, on the other hand... Grin

squishee · 05/10/2020 13:26

I like the idea behind it, but not the name itself.

Milo(h)?
Milly?
Flossie?

Beamur · 05/10/2020 13:02

I pronounce marshmallow with an 'e' not an 'a' sound.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 05/10/2020 12:38

NameChange84

Grin Grin

Whattodo914 · 05/10/2020 12:29

There’s 7 pages and I haven’t read them all! It’s not a name I love, what about Marlow?

PuntoEBasta · 05/10/2020 12:27

@Squeakerfoot

In National Velvet one of the sisters is called Malvolia with the nickname Mally. Would Mally work as a stand-alone name?
Mali, the Welsh version of Molly, is pronounced this way. I've always liked it although outside of Wales you might find that people's first stab at the pronunciation comes out like the country.
DoTheMaccaroni · 05/10/2020 12:04

OP do you like the name Marlowe? It may have already been suggested so sorry if so! I’m too ill to read it all 😂 also love Mallory as you’ve said. And I think both sound fine with the middle name. They’re not often said together anyway.

DoTheMaccaroni · 05/10/2020 12:02

@Horehound

Wtf does this mean "I'm sure the majority pronounces marshmallow with an E"

It's marsh ma low. That's how it's said. Same as mallow.

Literally everyone I know pronounces it with an E. I only hear people pronounce the A on American shows.
Squeakerfoot · 05/10/2020 11:59

In National Velvet one of the sisters is called Malvolia with the nickname Mally. Would Mally work as a stand-alone name?

Sundries · 05/10/2020 10:57

In fairness, Kimberley were the nicest of Kimberley, Mikado and Coconut Creams, @Totallyaddictedtoshoes. I always felt there was something vaguely disgusting about the jam stripe down the middle of the Mikado.

Totallyaddictedtoshoes · 05/10/2020 10:30

@Balonder

Kimberley is a type of biscuit you can get in Ireland. They are described as mallow cakes. Chocolate kimberlies are delicious.
I was born in Ireland and my parents were dead set on calling me Kimberley. The advert for these biscuits is the sole reason why that is not my name Grin
Dillo10 · 05/10/2020 10:28

god forbid the child is even slightly overweight, this would be a living nightmare

Sundries · 05/10/2020 10:22

I think there was a rabbit called Mallow in Watership Down, and even as an enthralled child reader, I thought it sounded dopey.

And that's in a novel featuring rabbits called Butterbur, Bigwig, Scabious and Dandelion.

monkeyonthetable · 05/10/2020 10:20

I'm not keen. I like the flower (and marshmallows Grin) but I have a problem with names where the syllables mean negative things. Mal means bad and low means depressed so I would worry any nicknames would have overtones of meaning bad or depressed.

NameChange84 · 05/10/2020 10:17

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll

Where exactly does it keep "pooping up"? It's not a good name.

Requires a lot of chewing - gets your saliva flowing and your gut in motion.

Marshmallows make your poo float. Genuinely. If you eat enough...an old lady told me this fascinating fact once when a bunch of us kids were eating them so of course, in the name of science, we had to launch an experiment. Eat the whole bag and that poo is going to take several flushes before it goes anywhere. You have been warned.
SacreBleeurgh · 05/10/2020 10:12

What about Malin as an alternative? I LOVE that name...

Mumoftwo1994 · 05/10/2020 10:07

@SweetBabeofMine

Due a baby girl in November and this name keeps on popping up but I'm worried it will be a little too out there? It's a lovely flower and it seems to fit well with the middle name Kimberly. Plus it's the only name I love, the others I have shortlisted I just like.
I quite like it, but you might have to deal with people nick naming her in the future.
ZoyaTheDestroyer · 05/10/2020 10:06

There are lots of other unusual botanical or flower names. I've always liked Jonquil.

AlwaysLatte · 05/10/2020 10:01

Aloe ?Same sound, it’s a plant
Except that again you have to think of the playground:
'Aloe mate'

pooopypants · 05/10/2020 10:01

I prefer 'Cove'

Please don't - my first thought was flumps

AlwaysLatte · 05/10/2020 09:59

Mildew? That's quite nice.
GrinGrinGrin

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 05/10/2020 09:57

Where exactly does it keep "pooping up"? It's not a good name.

Requires a lot of chewing - gets your saliva flowing and your gut in motion.