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Honey

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millzcrawf · 03/11/2021 14:15

this is a name that I have recently fallen in love with after a hearing a mum shout her little girl Honey in the park...

I'm honestly obsessed with it and love it!! What do you all think x

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Dumpling89 · 03/11/2021 14:53

Perhaps as a middle name?
It's cute, but not sure how it would translate into adult life.

NarcissistsEyebrows · 03/11/2021 14:48

Nope

It's sweet in an infantalising way.

Give her a proper name and a proper chance to become a proper adult.

Call her honey at home when you want to, then Catherine or whatever the rest of the time.

There is definitely something a bit pervy about a young child named honey. Sorry OP, but you did ask...

BananaPB · 03/11/2021 14:48

I knew a Honey born in 2006 and get sorry for her tbh. She was generally pretty sweet and mild tempered but I'd find it weird that her name was a romantic name like Love or Darling iyswim. Do you call your h hun?

RavingAnnie · 03/11/2021 14:38

I love it too! 😊

Spoonio · 03/11/2021 14:33

No.

Sexnotgender · 03/11/2021 14:32

It’s not my taste.

Feelingofftoday · 03/11/2021 14:32

Nope

Whiff of stripper about it

And as pp said a gift for sleazy men

Amazes me how many people want a cute name for a baby but don't realise it's a whole life sentence ..

DotDotDotDotDot · 03/11/2021 14:30

Agree with the previous poster, you can call her Honey all you like without putting it on her birth certificate.
I call my DD Pumpkin #not her actual name!!

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 03/11/2021 14:26

I think it's batshit crazy

you might as well name her Sweetheart, Dear or Treacle and watch her head spinning every time some sexist, misogynistic, mansplaing arsehole addresses a woman in a condescending, patronising manner

don't do it.

yogafairy · 03/11/2021 14:23

I know an elderly lady called Honey. It's a beautiful name.

StrychnineInTheSandwiches · 03/11/2021 14:21

Feels very 'celeb's baby born in 2005'.

Comedycook · 03/11/2021 14:21

I think it's gorgeous

becca3210 · 03/11/2021 14:20

Cute as a child but doesn't work for an adult.

yikesanotherbooboo · 03/11/2021 14:19

You can call your daughter Honey without it being her actual name.

Morgantowers · 03/11/2021 14:18

Wasn't Honey a character in EastEnders about 10 years ago?

Amberflames · 03/11/2021 14:18

It’s a great name if she wants a career as a stripper.

LovePoppy · 03/11/2021 14:18

It’s not my choice

But it’s certainly not offensive

Pac35 · 03/11/2021 14:18

I love it!

wonderbegone · 03/11/2021 14:17

If you were calling a child honey I would just think you were calling a child a cute saying like sweetheart. As a name it's a no from me.

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