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Inkeri

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Leeloo1233 · 06/06/2021 07:35

Be honest - what do you think of the name Inkeri?

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Leeloo1233 · 06/06/2021 08:58

Another one we are thinking of is Lovisa, a variation of Louisa

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Stokey · 06/06/2021 08:37

I've never heard of it, but think it's fine. It may depend where you live. In London, unusual names barely raise an eyebrow. There are a vast array of different names at my kids' school.

alrightfella · 06/06/2021 08:30

I must admit I assumed female. Nicknames are likely to be Inky or Keri. Again Keri in the U.K. would be more female.

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Leeloo1233 · 06/06/2021 08:16

@lottiegarbanzo

Is it INK-err-y or In-Kerry? I'd read it as the first one.
In-Kerry
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lottiegarbanzo · 06/06/2021 08:14

Is it INK-err-y or In-Kerry? I'd read it as the first one.

ShowOfHands · 06/06/2021 08:02

@BuffySummersReportingforSanity

Oh, is it a masculine name? There you go - to me in English it definitely sounded feminine! So that's another assumption people will probably make.
It is feminine.

Same root as Ingrid I think.

BuffySummersReportingforSanity · 06/06/2021 07:57

Oh, is it a masculine name? There you go - to me in English it definitely sounded feminine! So that's another assumption people will probably make.

BuffySummersReportingforSanity · 06/06/2021 07:56

I assumed it was made up because you just thought it sounded cool, tbh. So I would probably end up explaining what it means and how it comes from your and baby's heritage while they were small a lot if it were me. But if you're really attached to it, everyone will get used to it and it will just become her name.

Would the nickname be "Inky", though? Grin

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeep · 06/06/2021 07:53

In that case go for it - why not? It doesn't sound like an offensive word in English and isn't impossible to pronounce so if you like it, have it!

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Leeloo1233 · 06/06/2021 07:45

It would be from my culture, but not my husband's.

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Beeeeeeeeeeeeeep · 06/06/2021 07:45

Definitely too much in the U.K. - assuming it's not a name from your own culture?

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Leeloo1233 · 06/06/2021 07:43

Last name could be nordic, but I'm not sure if this name is a bit too much to be honest as we might live in the UK. Not sure it sounds like a girl's name either to people not use to the name.

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KatherineJaneway · 06/06/2021 07:41

I wouldn't have pronounced it correctly. I looked at it and thought 'Ink - ari'

BramStoker · 06/06/2021 07:41

Not a name I've ever come accross so I would guess at Ink-urry?

It doesn't have a particular nice sound to my ears

KaptainKaveman · 06/06/2021 07:40

It sounds too much like 'winky' or 'tinker'.

AuntieStella · 06/06/2021 07:38

People won't know how to pronounce it, and most won't know its heritage.

Do you have a Norse surname too? I think it works better when there's less explaining needed

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