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Venus?

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AutumnAutumn77 · 22/04/2022 11:15

Hi, I would like to call my daughtr Venus (shortcut:Vee). Venus was the Roman goddess of love and beauty 😀Do you think it's good idea? I like also traditional Victoria 😀

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TheDaydreamBelievers · 23/04/2022 08:31

Vivien/Vivian/Vivienne? Or Violet? Vera

GalactatingGoddess · 23/04/2022 06:30

Venus is gorgeous

carefullycourageous · 23/04/2022 06:29

The problem with Venus, as with Adonis, or Atlas, is if you child isn't Venus-like it'll be a horrible burden. Venus is a name that would not 'fit' with child who is very shy, or wants no attention, or isn't a beauty.

I think for that reason it is a really bad choice, it's too much.

Victoria is therefore much better.

Children should have names they can own, not names that own them.

OutlookStalking · 23/04/2022 06:19

I am south uk and cant actually see how venus would not rhyme with penis. I can't work out any other pronounciation!

But that wouldn't be my main reason. The venus/sex link would be too much for me . That and razors.

boronia · 23/04/2022 06:01

I mean Bananarama Angry

savedbyanalien · 23/04/2022 06:01

Awful name, sorry.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 23/04/2022 06:00

FayCarew · 22/04/2022 12:40

It doesn't rhyme with Penis.

It does in my accent!

We had a maths teacher called Miss Venus. It definitely rhymes with penis, poor woman. And there’s a “delightful” rugby/drinking song which rhymes Venus and penis fine. (On the good ship Venus).

boronia · 23/04/2022 06:00

I thought of the Banarama song!

Longdistance · 23/04/2022 05:53

Venus/Penis
Venus leg razors
if you like Vee, then call her that. I went to school with one and I’m 46.

Thehundredthnamechange · 23/04/2022 04:37

I see where you're going with this but as a teacher I wouldn't give a child a name that can rhyme with 'penis', have you never met any teenagers?

user3199 · 22/04/2022 22:01

Ultimately the question when considering a name for a child is to think 'would I want to be called this?'

I can imagine happily introducing myself as Victoria/Vicky/Verity ..... But I'd hate to have a name like Venus. Although I don't love my name, I'm grateful to have a name that I've never once felt uncomfortable or embarrassed by. Having said that it hasn't done Venus Williams any harm!

Palmfrond · 22/04/2022 21:52

Great name but unforch;
a) rhymes with penis
b) stripper/drag name
c) classically strong association with sex
d) etymological origin of the word venereal

MissBattleaxe · 22/04/2022 21:46

It totally rhymes with penis! It's not ridiculous to think so at all! There's a very slight difference but not enough for kids not put Venus and penis in a catcall or Limerick.

I knew a Verity called Vee. It worked. Also a pp mentioned the name Athena, which I think is beautiful.

HMSSophia · 22/04/2022 21:39

The pudenda is called the mound of Venus. Just sharing that

ThatshallotBaby · 22/04/2022 21:36

I really like it.

Chaoslatte · 22/04/2022 21:17

My first thought was razors… Victoria is much better. Or Diana for another Roman goddess.

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 22/04/2022 21:12

There's also the Frankie Avalon song, and Venus in Blue Jeans which are both nice songs.

It doesn't rhyme with penis at all for me!

DramaAlpaca · 22/04/2022 21:04

Hmmm. I'd choose Victoria.

Papergirl1968 · 22/04/2022 20:03

More of a "what did you call that dog?!" 😄 @DonQuixote

donquixotedelamancha · 22/04/2022 19:33

No one I know would think of anything other than the goddess or Williams. What a ridiculous comment

You are probably right. Kids famously don't like rhyming or saying smutty words. I think there is very little chance of 'Venus has a penis, Venus has a penis' following the child through school.

donquixotedelamancha · 22/04/2022 19:17

I was coming on here to say our rescue dog is called Venus and people do mishear that as Penis

That must be brilliant on the park: "Get down Venus, bad venus" "I'm so sorry my venus got overexcited and made your trousers dirty".

Kanaloa · 22/04/2022 19:13

To me it does rhyme with penis - I understand Venus has a u while penis has an i but most people don’t pronounce it peeniisss and VeenUUHHSS. It’s said sort of as Veenis and peenis. The endings are similar.

I wouldn’t use it anyway because it’s a very out there name that I wouldn’t like to have myself. There are lots of V names that are nice. Viola, Victoria, Violet. And they’re all accepted names that would suit any type of girl.

Luredbyapomegranate · 22/04/2022 18:57

Lastsecondfail · 22/04/2022 15:21

Surely vina like that sounds like vagina??

How to lower the tone of a naming thread... well done mumsnetters Wink

I’m v much enjoying the genitalia chat

I wouldn’t OP, it’s a fab name in some ways but you’d have to be a big character, if she’s shy it will be awful. It’s also very much shout sex and love which will probably be annoying when she’s trying to be taken seriously at dental school. It is also the kind of name strippers and hookers adopt.

Athena, Diana, Persephone, Sabrina are all great goddess names and there are many more. Victoria is nice and underused, there is also Vivienne (Vivi), Vitoria (Vita), Viola, Verity..

Coastalcreeksider · 22/04/2022 15:46

I seem to remember a well known rugby song that began : "Twas on the good ship Venus..." I definitely recall it had the word penis in the last line.

user3199 · 22/04/2022 15:31

I've never made that association! 😂

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