Venus, Story, Ember or Apricot?

Really, in what way ? Is she hot to the touch? Glows when you blow on her? Crumbles to grey ash in the morning? Isn’t to be left near marshmallows?

Why would Ember be a name?

An ember is some glowing coal or burnt wood at the bottom of the grate.

It's is not a name for a human being.

I would avoid all fruit names. I've never heard of Story (as a name - like Apricot it is surely just a word?), but I imagine all sorts of confusion with 'it's story time' 'have you finished your story Story' etc at school.
Venus has all sorts of connotations which might be burdensome and Ember again is a word that means dying coals and will be confused with Amber.
I'd have a rethink, but obviously your baby your choice and you probably wouldn't like the names I chose for my kids, just remember name needs to work in school and then in later life.
Only person I know with fruit name, its a nickname - her name is Victoria and her nickname is Plum, in that case I like it. Maybe you could go down the Name with a pet name route then she will have a choice when she's older.

I like Story

Saugacia is my suggestion. I made it up once and started a troll thread asking for feedback. Loads of fun.

There’s a reason why names are unique and no one has used them before.

What about Esther?

Ember - I really like this! It feels really autumnal and warm.
Story - I surprisingly quite like this as well. It’s in the same style of Atlas and Harbour for boys and I’m hearing them more and more.
Venus - I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it but it’s not to my taste.
Apricot - Please don’t do this! It’s a fruit and not a particularly exciting one at that. Also it reminds me of the really harsh facial scrub! Not a great connotation!

Cherry - noooooo! Pop your cherry??

Clementine/Clemmie is nice if you want a fruit name.

Story - weird and will get the piss taken out of them for ever. It’s story time! What about Seren instead?

Ember - will spend her life explaining that it’s not Emma or Amber. Both of which are perfectly good names.

Apricot - please don’t do this to your

Unusual names ideas: seren, clemmie, lettice, lillia, linnet, hazel, ivy

@SpaghettiOh, another poster made a comment about some names being typical of those chosen by influencers.

I absolutely love whacky baby name threads. I mean why would anyone ask on MN for feedback on their ludicrous choices! It's such fun throwing eggs at them. And all the nonsense about nicknames, which develop organically, they can't be imposed before birth

When did Story become a name?

It seems as if nowadays parents choose any word at all and give it to their child.

Poor children lumbered with these names when they reach their 50s and 60s.

Chose a name you like OP, don’t worry about all the nasty comments and the recommendation of really boring plain names. I have a boring name and I wish I had a different name. I regret my ex making me chose a boring name for dd1, it doesn’t really suit her at all and she shares the name with many others, dd has a slightly different name (her name has been mentioned on here), it really suits her and she seems to like it.

Ember is much better than some of the names mentioned by others, I wouldn’t want my child having a grandma name 😉

I really like Ember. Venus sounds too much like Penis so I can imagine there would end up being some teasing there. Story is really pretty and growing on me. I don't like the way Apricot sounds as a word and it seems a bit of a mouthful. Jean is beautiful and a lovely way to remember your grandmother. Congratulations

Are you sure this isn’t a joke?

Life is hard enough as a girl with all the friendship group and insecurity issues that tend to occur especially when they hit teen years, that it could be seen to be unfair to saddle her with a name that would make her a target too. These are attention seeking names but not really in a good way. Only offspring of celebrities tend to be able to get away with these types of names since they move in circles of similarly named children. She would just be ridiculed in a suburban primary school of Isabels, Georgias, Freyas and Emilys, and grow to resent you for it.

Having said that, Cherry is a very pretty name. So is Jean. Cherry Jean is lovely.

Apricot Jean will get changed in the playground to Appricot Jam...

I think Ember Jean sounds lovely! It would grow with her too, suiting a child as well as a teenager and adult (if that makes sense.) Emmy is a cute nickname too imo. Good luck OP.

We are talking pups aren’t we? No one would actually name a human child these, would they? 🐶

You could adapt the names a bit if it’s the sound you like.

Tori instead of Story. Or something like Stella if it’s the St sound you like, or Chloe if it’s the o-y sound.
Peridot instead of Apricot - could be shortened to Peri which is nice.
Ember sounds nice, and is becoming more popular.
Venus I don’t like but also because it rhymes with Penis and if you’re thinking of potential bullying it can be about what it rhymes with as well.