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How about Marisol?

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jrt2022 · 12/09/2022 16:16

What do you think?

(Sorry for all the posts asking for advice recently... having a million ideas but never at the same time!)

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mogwa · 12/09/2022 17:49

I've always found it beautiful. I remember it from an old Clint Eastwood movie - there was a character named Marisol. To me it sounds lovely, sunny and very Spanish. Mar y sol - sea and sun.

WaltzingWaters · 12/09/2022 17:42

Highamite · 12/09/2022 16:17

Sounds like pile cream

Sorry, what I thought first too!

Poppins2016 · 12/09/2022 17:40

I don't mind it... but can see the point that others make about Anusol.

I have to be honest, I clicked because I thought you might have been meaning Mariupol (and spell check converted)... I wonder whether anyone else might wonder the same at first glance. Then again, it could just be a quirk of my brain!

I'll suggest Marilla, Mariella and Miriam as alternatives to consider.

SandieCollins · 12/09/2022 17:34

Sounds like a brand of disinfectant to me

Comedycook · 12/09/2022 17:33

Agree with a pp...it sounds like a holiday resort

lickenchugget · 12/09/2022 17:33

Mariella?

Marlowe?

Mizmerise · 12/09/2022 17:32

I think it’s lovely. Classic, simple Spanish name. Really classy.

Meredusoleil · 12/09/2022 17:29

I like it. And the meaning Mar y sol (sea and sun). Prefer Maribel though. Or Mirabel (if it wasn't for Encanto). Mariposa is really unique too 🥰

hittheroadjackk · 12/09/2022 17:25

Keep it on your list OP, if the name is anything but clementine you'll never win MN over.

WhackingPhoenix · 12/09/2022 17:25

I like it!

I actually quite like Mariposa too, which is Spanish for butterfly 🦋

MKCH · 12/09/2022 17:16

I think Spanish hotel, or holiday, like 'mar y sol' - but I don't speak Spanish, so that may be me just being bad at Spanish pronunciations / hearing it wrong in my mind!
I'm not sure that if I met someone IRL I'd make that connection.

newbiename · 12/09/2022 17:15

Disinfectant

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WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 12/09/2022 16:42

I don't know what that means

It's two-step Cockney rhyming slang: 'Aris' is short for Aristotle, which is the rhyme for 'bottle (and glass)' - and that in turn is the rhyme for arse.

I didn’t get to the end of your post before I went “I bet this is Sausage”! Loving the commitment there.

For some reason it makes me think of rubber gloves. That doesn’t mean you ought to discount it though.

Buttons294749 · 12/09/2022 17:05

It's a perfectly normal spanish name, my yoga teacher's name in fact! i think it's really pretty.

TabithaTittlemouse · 12/09/2022 16:47

It reminds me of vagisil.
sorry!

Namechangefail123 · 12/09/2022 16:45

I always thought it was the shortened version of "Maria del Sol"

Littlemissprosecco · 12/09/2022 16:43

I like it
My children all have slightly unusual names. People never forget who they are, they like it!

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 12/09/2022 16:42

I don't know what that means

It's two-step Cockney rhyming slang: 'Aris' is short for Aristotle, which is the rhyme for 'bottle (and glass)' - and that in turn is the rhyme for arse.

idontevenknowanyonecalledblurb · 12/09/2022 16:41

We just met a Marisol on holiday- from Colombia. She was very pretty and suited her name

YourUserNameMustBeAtLeast3Characters · 12/09/2022 16:41

It’s a shame about the replies, those connections hadn’t occurred to me.

Marietta is really lovely.

Soubriquet · 12/09/2022 16:40

I like it but it is very Spanish

FetlocksBlowingInTheWind · 12/09/2022 16:39

Marina is lovely too

Sandysandwich · 12/09/2022 16:39

I like it- it feels like a sunny name
I like Marietta too

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jrt2022 · 12/09/2022 16:36

Oh! Maybe I will keep it then! I like it and love the meaning. I would love a name connected to the Virgin Mary as well. Maybe i've been too hasty to dismiss it! I think it's quite popular in the USA too so does seem to work in some English speaking countries. I've never visited Benidorm, or heard anyone say " 'arris", so perhaps it's a regional thing in the UK? I'm fairly sure my British family won't be too familiar with Benidorm hotels or slang like that.

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DaisyWaldron · 12/09/2022 16:35

Honestly, keep it on the list. The Mumsnet names thread are pretty notorious for pouring down scorn on anything not slightly bland mainstream British in a way that in no way reflects any sort of reality I've encountered.

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