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Zerelda

61 replies

Curlycurlygirly · 27/01/2022 19:12

Any thoughts on Zerelda as a Babyname for a girl?

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MeredithGreyishblue · 27/01/2022 22:10

@SaltedCaramelHC

Totally Malory Towers. And not a very pleasant association, so would be hard on the child if she ended up reading the books, or her friends did.

(Not Alison who had a crush on her, though; she had a crush on an equally air-headed American character called Sadie, in the St Clare's series. Enid Blyton was fond of American stereotypes!).

You're right! She arrived with Darrell in the car. Alison was St Clares
Campervan69 · 27/01/2022 21:49

Hideous.

ISeeTheLight · 27/01/2022 21:36

Sounds like a cleaning product. Reminds me of Zoflora. Sorry.

Ceramide · 27/01/2022 21:35

Trying too hard to sound alternative.

simonisnotme · 27/01/2022 21:14

I just think of the nintendo game of Zelda
duff name for a kid though

IsadoraQuagmire · 27/01/2022 21:13

Everyone will immediately think of Zerelda Brass, I've always liked her though (and her favourite movie star Lossie Laxton)Grin

Totalwasteofpaper · 27/01/2022 21:10

Just no. Sorry but honestly I’d laugh if someone told me they called their child

ToffeeForEveryone · 27/01/2022 21:09

I think the general consensus is why would you do this to a child.

Esme is fine?

Desert76 · 27/01/2022 21:04

WorstXmas, Gleb isn't a made up name, it's a very old Slavic name. St Boris and St Gleb were Russian saints.
(Admittedly it's a bit like calling a child something like Ethelred, but it's not made up)

BelindaBumcrack · 27/01/2022 21:02

I don't like it. It sounds like a name for a disinfectant or toilet cleaner to me. Possibly too close to Zoflora.

I would have hated to have been called it.

SaltedCaramelHC · 27/01/2022 20:58

Totally Malory Towers. And not a very pleasant association, so would be hard on the child if she ended up reading the books, or her friends did.

(Not Alison who had a crush on her, though; she had a crush on an equally air-headed American character called Sadie, in the St Clare's series. Enid Blyton was fond of American stereotypes!).

Houseplantmad · 27/01/2022 20:51

Not for me. Sounds like a pharmaceutical product.

Doubleglouceater · 27/01/2022 20:51

Yep, Malory Towers!!!

DontTellThemYourNamePike · 27/01/2022 20:49

It's not a made up name, just for the record.

isittheholidaysyet · 27/01/2022 20:44

First thought...
Mallory Towers fan?

CloseYourEyesAndSee · 27/01/2022 20:42

Nope

WorstXmasEver · 27/01/2022 20:41

They'd just get called Zelda.

In my kids class there is a kid called "Gleb"...made up names are silly IMO

DontTellThemYourNamePike · 27/01/2022 20:34

I looked it up and see there have been a couple of famous Zereldas dating back to the 1800s. I was surprised as it sounds very modern to me. I'm not overly keen on it to be honest.

PattyPan · 27/01/2022 19:30

Sounds like a character in an 80s sci-fi

Classica · 27/01/2022 19:29

(birth name Gladys Botts)

Classica · 27/01/2022 19:28

A sexy palm reader in a Victorian travelling fair.

SirChenjins · 27/01/2022 19:28

It looks like you’ve squished two names together in an attempt to get a name that is yooneeq and spesh.

Allpenguinsarepingus · 27/01/2022 19:25

Sabrina the teenage Witch has an Aunt Zelda which is probably why people get witchy vibes.

Allpenguinsarepingus · 27/01/2022 19:24

I prefer zelda

MeredithGreyishblue · 27/01/2022 19:24

It has to be a grownupname too!

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