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Is this name too sexy?

110 replies

LokiGunn · 03/02/2021 11:44

We are due a baby girl and have always loved the name Ruby, it has sentimental family connections...but coupled with our surname I'm just not sure. Her name would be Ruby Hart does she sound like a burlesque performer? Nothing wrong with that profession, but not sure I want it connected to a baby and would she be taken seriously as an adult?

What do you think?

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WagnerTheWehrWolf · 03/02/2021 12:04

I think '1940's gangster's moll with a heart of gold'.

I quite like it actually.

Marcipex · 03/02/2021 12:04

I think it’s a perfectly fine and ordinary name.

LouNatics · 03/02/2021 12:03

Reading that back I’m amused by Violet Hart - Vile At Heart!

LouNatics · 03/02/2021 12:02

Ruby is fine but as it’s also a common noun and an adjective so you have to be careful about what you pair it with. Any surname that is also a common noun (or a homophone of a noun) will also need careful handling.

Ruby Hart will come across as Ruby Heart, you’d have the same problem with any colour or gem name, eg Sapphire, Amber, Hazel, Violet.

You’d also have similar issues if you went for virtue names eg Joy Hart, Faith Hart. And some nature names might conjure up different images to the ones you’d welcome eg Bear Hart, Peach Hart.

I’d personally also avoid all S names to avoid S.Hart.

TedMullins · 03/02/2021 12:01

Honestly unlike PPs I wouldn’t think anything of the sort. Ruby is a nice name and Hart is a pretty generic surname. It’s a nice, compact name with a touch of quirkiness. I didn’t think of burlesque or porn at all and even now it’s been pointed out I don’t see it tbh!

SmeleanorSmellstrop · 03/02/2021 11:59

I think it is nice.

AdriannaP · 03/02/2021 11:51

Yes sorry Ruby Hart doesn’t sound great. Sounds like a playboy bunny or dancer.

YoniAndGuy · 03/02/2021 11:47

Hmmmm Ruby's a bit naff now, it had its moment. Yep I think Ruby Hart does sound a bit 'take the first letter of your surname... to make your stripper name' things. Sorry, you did ask! Heart = is red = is Ruby - it does sound a bit much. I wouldn't.

Spied · 03/02/2021 11:47

I like Ruby but I'm afraid I do think combined with Hart it sounds like a name of a burlesque act.

RedPandaMama · 03/02/2021 11:47

Sexy is a weird way to describe it, I think it's a beautiful name but Ruby Hart to me does sound like a stage name. Still a nice name though.