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Violet or Olive

63 replies

flippyfloppy123 · 04/03/2022 21:14

What do you prefer?

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user1493494961 · 05/03/2022 21:18

Violet.

Porkmore · 05/03/2022 16:49

I really don't like Violet. It makes me want to say violent.

Love Olive. Met a little Olive this week and she's just the cutest.

Ff10n · 05/03/2022 16:46

Love Violet, hate Olive. It sounds like a fag-stained only lady.

Chickpeabiryani · 05/03/2022 16:22

Olive will only ever be the wonderful Anna Karen from ‘On the Buses’ to me Grin

Violet or Olive
Treeroo · 05/03/2022 16:22

Olive noooo
Violet for me

ofwarren · 05/03/2022 16:18

Violet
Olive is a horrible name. Reminds me of On The Buses or Popeye and the green fruit.
It's not a nice sound either.

KylieCharlene · 05/03/2022 16:15

Prefer Violet

LuckyWithMyLot · 05/03/2022 16:12

Someone pointed out to me how close Violet is to Violent and I can't unsee it now.

Olive is beautiful but I feel Olivia pips it.

Blubells · 05/03/2022 13:35

Definitely not olive 🫒. Not as a name anyway!

It wouldn't work in most other languages as it's not a name just an 🫒

FayCarew · 05/03/2022 12:54

Violet

Crunchymum · 05/03/2022 11:47

Love, love, love Olive.

Not too keen on Violet.

Tsuni · 05/03/2022 11:22

I prefer Violet.
Olive is hideous.

Loisiana · 05/03/2022 06:48

Violet
I think olive is awful as a name

PrincessesRUs · 05/03/2022 06:47

Olive is extremely ugly

ProfessionalChancer · 05/03/2022 06:11

Violet. I like colour names.

PoniesLove · 05/03/2022 06:11

I adore both xx

babynamelover · 05/03/2022 06:06

I love Olive, huge little miss sunshine fan ☺️. My daughter has two in her year level in NZ

Kanaloa · 05/03/2022 02:15

I would choose Violet. I like Olivia better than Olive.

Luredbyapomegranate · 05/03/2022 01:59

Violet

Olive is only for salads. It’s a dreadful name.

Trinxsy · 04/03/2022 22:35

Violet but only because that's what we're going with for one of our twin girls Grin

lisaandalan · 04/03/2022 22:33

Violet. X

MrsBungle · 04/03/2022 22:19

Violet. Olive is horrible.

ISmellBurnings · 04/03/2022 22:18

Neither.

Prepaway · 04/03/2022 22:16

Both very overdone names for me,

Mumofgirls2017 · 04/03/2022 22:14

Olive