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Sailor, Cherry, Moon or Sook etc help me pick!!

236 replies

Spaghetti0h · 11/03/2022 15:52

Following on from my other thread I've amended my name choices.
I'd appreciate help/advice on which is nicest.
Middle name would be Jean (named for my nana I can't compromise on this).
I'm half Korean so have picked some Korean names too this time as well. I could add the Korean name as another middle name after my nanas though:
Bae
Chin-Sun
Minji
Moon
So-Ok
Sailor
Ember
Cherry
Magnolia
Bronte
Sage
Venus
Yes I've ditched Apricot & taken on board some of the advice you ladies have given me I appreciate it x

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MurmuratingStarling · 11/03/2022 17:08

Cherry is OK, but Cherry Jean? No ...

MurmuratingStarling · 11/03/2022 17:07

@RobertsRadio

no child wants to be called Moon Shine Minge. 😂😂
LOLLLLL!!! Grin
RedPinkRose · 11/03/2022 17:07

Sailor or Cherry.

thecatwhogotthecream · 11/03/2022 17:06

Moon or Cherry, I think Cherry is Ed Sheehan's wife? And I think I've heard moon as s name and as your half Korean I think it'll work

MurmuratingStarling · 11/03/2022 17:06

@Spaghetti0h

BRONTE for a boy.
MOON for a girl - or LUNA

SUKI is nice too (but does remind me of a cat's name.) Smile

Not a fan of 'Magnolia.'

Cherry Jean, Apricot Jean, etc - just NO. As a pp said, it sounds like a market trader stood next to Potato Pete, and Asparagus Alan.

And no to Minji! Shock

solbunny · 11/03/2022 17:06

100% Brontë or Magnola, especially with Maggie as a nickname 🥰

Grimthimble · 11/03/2022 17:05

Cherry Jean is nice.

GhoulWithADragonTattoo · 11/03/2022 17:04

I adore Brontë. Cherry I really like. Serena is a pretty too.

BreatheAndFocus · 11/03/2022 17:03

I think Cherry Jean or Sailor Jean sound nicest.
Amber sounds much nicer than Ember, which will be misheard as Emma. Amber Jean goes.
I really wanted to like your Korean names as I think that’s would be a really nice thing to do. Perhaps you could add some more Korean names to your list?

Snowbell99 · 11/03/2022 17:02

I understand the problem and if you had bothered reading further replies you would have noticed.

I just didn't immediately think of it because I know two people by that name and they say MEEN-ji so it wasn't my first thought.

RobertaFirmino · 11/03/2022 16:58

@Nopetryagain

What about Siouxsie, pronounced Suzy but seems to be a bit edgier which is what you seem to be going for
Oh no. No, no, no, no, no, fucking NO.

There is only ONE Siouxsie. The divine Ms. Ballion. There can, and never will be, no other.

RobertsRadio · 11/03/2022 16:58

no child wants to be called Moon Shine Minge. 😂😂

whatajuckingfoke · 11/03/2022 16:57

@Purpleavocado

I think So-ok / suh-k might sound like 'suck' when someone says it, which wouldn't be cool how about Jeannie Moon or Bronte Jean
Definitely wouldn't be ok if you use Minji as a middle name Shock

OP out of everything on this thread Azalea is nice! And it goes with Jean.

Hippolyte · 11/03/2022 16:56

@Snowbell99

What exactly is wrong with Minji? Maybe I'm not getting the slang thing because I know two Minji/Minjee from Korea (both with the same surname but not related) and I always found it nice. However, as far as I know it's the Jennifer of Korea and was really really common there in the 80s and 90s.

I like Sage. It's nice.

I dislike Magnolia. The flower is beautiful but the name sounds awkward and she will be just another Maggie.

I wouldn't recommend Chin-Sun because they are two English words.

You really don't understand the problem with Minji in the uk?! Are you British? It's been around for a long time. Not to say that it isn't lovely in Korean but you must see that it doesn't work in the UK?
AwkwardPaws27 · 11/03/2022 16:55

Serena Jean has a nice ring to it, actually...

Purpleavocado · 11/03/2022 16:55

I think So-ok / suh-k might sound like 'suck' when someone says it, which wouldn't be cool
how about Jeannie Moon or Bronte Jean

Snowbell99 · 11/03/2022 16:54

I can't help but wondering if this is a Sailor Moon homage. Given that there is also a Sailor Venus.

If you want similar names:

Luna (this is a bit popular but really nice)
Tsuki (it means "moon" in Japanese)
Selena (means "moon")
Selene (see above)
Serena (Sailor Moon's name in English translation (sometimes they use Usagi)).

I loved Sailor Moon reruns as a child.

antisocialsocialclub · 11/03/2022 16:54

@Snowbell99

I don't mind Moon as a middle name but as a first name it isn't great. I think of mooning someone (showing them your butt as a prank).

By the way I can't stop laughing about Apricot Jean, I'm sorry! But the more I think about it the more I imagine an old lady named Jean selling apricots at the farmer's market and this sort of becoming her nickname. She'd stand next to Potato Joe and Cheese Barbara.

I don't mind Moon as a middle name but as a first name it isn't great. I think of mooning someone (showing them your butt as a prank).

Grin What about Luna, or Selene (Greek Goddess of the moon?)

SquigglePigs · 11/03/2022 16:52

She's right, you've taken it all in very good spirits, which isn't easy when it's something as important as yuye baby's name!

As you're Korean no one will think twice if you have a Korean name (except the obvious one that's been mentioned!).

Also the Azalea suggestion is lovely!

AwkwardPaws27 · 11/03/2022 16:52

I've surprised myself by really really liking Sailor! Not a name I'd have ever come up with but it's actually really cute.
Sailor Jean sounds sweet too.

I really like Cherry too, & Bronte.

TheScepticalEyebrow · 11/03/2022 16:52

Bae is a moronic overdone word said 5 years ago among the Insta-huns
Minji, people will wonder WTF you mean, a cute minge?
Moon = the mother is a dipshit hippy that makes life decisions according her horoscope.
So-Ok. As in the opposite of not OK. There will be times when your daughter's name is written and read out by people who haven't it before and don't know how to say it. They will say it So Ok as two words.
Where did Bronte come from amongst that lot? Everything's so hippy then suddenly we have Heathcliff and Cathy out of nowhere. Anyway, it's a surname.
Magnolia is just about the most boring colour on earth, in every new build house everywhere for the last 30 years.
Cherry - pop your cherry. A reference to virginity and sex in the UK.

Honestly, they're all mad. Just give your kid a normal name that won't cause her embarrassment or problems, for fuck sake. I say this as someone who was landed with a similarly absurd name which blighted my life and I changed the minute I turned 18.

Tsuni · 11/03/2022 16:52

I like Azalea
And these ones are nice enough:
Cherry
Sage
Ember
Brontë

PutinIsAWarCriminal · 11/03/2022 16:51

So-Ok is like Suh-k
I love that. Please do use a name from your Korean heritage. Our children live in a much smaller world than we do, they are used to oriental names - particularly Korean, and will be much less ignorant than the older generation.

Gonnagetgoing · 11/03/2022 16:51

@becarefuloutthere

Go with Cherry Jean, it sounds really nice 😊
Or Azalea Cherry Jean.

I'd have 3 names.

DrGradusAdParnassum · 11/03/2022 16:50

OP, I think you are great - you are taking it all on the chin very well.

None of these names would be my cup of tea not just because I'm old enough to be your mum but of the ones mentioned on this thread, Azalea is a good suggestion. Jeanie Moon is also curiously okay (and she could just call herself Jean, if she got fed up with Jeanie). Bronte is pretty normal, as is Cherry. Someone also suggested Suki, which might work as a compromise. I would definitely rule out Bae, So-Ok, Chin Sun. And, obvs, Minji. And Sailor is one of my pet name hates! But that's just me...

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