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Venus, Story, Ember or Apricot?

619 replies

Spaghetti0h · 11/03/2022 10:54

Venus, Story, Ember or Apricot?
I've narrowed my name list down to these.
I want something a little different to the top 20 names if possible.
Middle name would be Jean.
Which is your favourite in order please or what do you think?
Tysm for the help x

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BellatrixOnABadDay · 11/03/2022 15:11

Not only have I got Bananarama in my head but now daydream believer.
Cheer up sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean....

KirstenBlest · 11/03/2022 15:11

@GhoulWithADragonTattoo

The sisters in The Queen's Nose by Dick King Smith are called Melody and Harmony which are pretty but unusual names.
Add Destiny, Symphony and Rhapsody and you have Angels... Captain Scarlet
LaTangerina · 11/03/2022 15:11

And Bronte is very nice!

LaTangerina · 11/03/2022 15:09

Venus & Ember stand out to me.

GhoulWithADragonTattoo · 11/03/2022 15:07

The sisters in The Queen's Nose by Dick King Smith are called Melody and Harmony which are pretty but unusual names.

maggiecate · 11/03/2022 15:06

I remember an interview with Peaches Geldof where she said kids took the piss out of her name - “oi, Peaches - are your parents bananas” etc. Ember would be OK except she’ll constantly be correcting people who hear “Amber.”

ValkyrieVik · 11/03/2022 15:01

A 40 year old secretary confused

Wow, aim high why doncha grin

All right then - a 40yo Prime Minister called Apricot Jean! 😂

ShreddedMarmalade · 11/03/2022 15:01

My dog is called Meadow. I know a baby Called Lyric which I think is quite lovely.

GhoulWithADragonTattoo · 11/03/2022 14:59

Brontë is gorgeous!

FindingMeno · 11/03/2022 14:58

Ember
Story
Venus
Apricot

I like them all though

Andoffwego · 11/03/2022 14:56

Ember is just about ok as a name. The other three would just invite bullying and I think you’d cringe about using them a few years down the line. Story and Apricot are particularly bad. In fact, I thought this thread was going to be about which brand of razor was best, not baby names.

lizziesiddal79 · 11/03/2022 14:55

[quote QuirkyStick]@Spaghetti0h the trick to make sure that a name is a good fir for your child is the life stages and jobs trick. So don't just think of a baby with the name, think of a pimply teenager, or a fat middle-aged lady with that name, or a little elderly lady.

For example, if a family name their son "buddy bear" then that's going to be really cute on a newborn, but then it really won't suit a pimply teenager or a fat middle-aged man.

Also, the jobs trick of, could you envisage someone working as a highbrow job (i.e; a barrister) or in a service job (i.e: at a chip shop) with that name?

So for example, if you call your child Princess, then that might limit their ability to be taken seriously enough to do highbrow jobs, but if you give your child a long and grand name without thinking of a shortening, then similarly they may get frustrated when people at their Saturday job laugh at them or never get their name right.

There are so many decisions to make with children. For a lot of them it doesn't matter what anyone but you thinks (thank god Brew ) . With names, your child will bear that name for (probably) the rest of their life, and people will make assumptions about all sorts of things like their socioeconomic class, how you've raised them ..etc from the moment they learn your child's name, so it's good to mull those things over.[/quote]
This is so true. There is a poem by Kahlil Gibran in which he declares ‘Your children are not your children… though they are with you yet they belong not to you’. You are not naming a pet. You are not naming a dolly. You are naming a person who, if lucky, will live in this world for 80 plus years. The naming of a child is for them not for you. I wanted a less usual spelling of my daughter’s name, but chose the common spelling in the end to save her a lifetime of hassle. She will have the name all her life, long after I am gone. You are young, OP, but please think carefully about the name you give your child.

RobertaFirmino · 11/03/2022 14:55

How about C'Aujette if you want something different? Then there's Brockley, Cayle, Spinnashe and Karatte. If you want Jean as a middle name, what about Oberre?

Blossomtoes · 11/03/2022 14:55

Thing is she’ll probably do what I do and just use her middle name. My first name was seriously uncool when I was a kid - ironically it’s now deeply fashionable. Nobody, including my parents, has ever used it, I’ve been called my middle name all my life. Chances are she’ll be called Jean for most of her life, whatever’s first on her birth certificate.

maddiemookins16mum · 11/03/2022 14:53

None, they’re all ridiculous (especially three of them).

RavenclawsRoar · 11/03/2022 14:53

I like Ember (I know a baby Ember!) and Venus. Also like Cherry and Sage if you are still considering those. I agree with the pp who said bullies bully regardless of names. I've been a teacher for over 10 years and I've never known anyone be bullied for their name. I get kind of goddess-y vibes from the names you like, so will suggest Celeste, Thalia and Athena.

FairWindClearSailing · 11/03/2022 14:53

Oh I'm sorry but poor child 🤦🏼‍♀️
Can we remember they are human beings with feelings?

Im2022 · 11/03/2022 14:52

Ah OP is 19. Bless her, that’s why those names 🤣. I had dd at 24, and I’m 39 this year… I’d still choose the same name now, which is a good sign 😁 so OP you need something timeless, not something you’ll look back on and think wtf was I thinking?

Honestly, go for something simple and nothing too “out there”. I blame these dumb influencers for ruining a whole generation of children’s names with their need to be different.

DiscoBadgers · 11/03/2022 14:51

Why not Jean as a first name? Jeannie is really cute as a nickname. And to be honest the rest of your list does sound like they’re dog names.

Wedonttalkaboutrats · 11/03/2022 14:50

OP, you’re young. You’re not stupid. But you will regret any of those names when you’re a bit older. For the sake of your unborn child I beg you to reconsider.

blitzkoff · 11/03/2022 14:50

Sorry , they are all dreadful

Subbaxeo · 11/03/2022 14:50

Interesting how Zowie is now called Duncan.

Catra · 11/03/2022 14:49

Apricot is also a brand of women's clothing. Can you see where I'm going with this?

TheUsualShitshow · 11/03/2022 14:48

@ValkyrieVik

Aw, OP is only 19 - stop being mean you vipers!

OP - call the baby what you like - I did laugh at Apricot Jean but I'm really old - 40 - and definitely don't know what names are trendy any more! However I would always say try to imagine the name on a 20, 30, 40 yo. Can you imagine a 40 yo secretary called Apricot Jean? Or Story Jean?

A 40 year old secretary Confused

Wow, aim high why doncha Grin

BinBandit · 11/03/2022 14:48

I like Jean. Call her Jean. That's not top 20, use one of the other abominations as a middle name if you must.