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Lake (girl)

91 replies

user11121314 · 10/08/2023 19:25

Opinions please!

Tia

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KirstenBlest · 10/08/2023 23:09

It has plenty of nn potential - Puddle, Pond, Flake, Reservoir...

KirstenBlest · 10/08/2023 23:08

Flake

similarminimer · 10/08/2023 23:06

I lake it!

And actually I really like it.
Lovely sound
Lovely calm association
Do it - is's not normal so the Ella and Emily lovers will raise an eyebrow, but if you're thinking of it, you're not going far mass-appeal. Why oh why ask here?

Snugglemonkey · 10/08/2023 23:02

No

MrsMop1964 · 10/08/2023 23:01

Siblings Emerson and Palmer ?
Seriously though I'm not keen on it.

justanothermanicmonday1 · 10/08/2023 23:00

This is much prettier than the Barbara someone posted about last week lol 😂

golddustwomen · 10/08/2023 23:00

I like it!

Tiredmum100 · 10/08/2023 22:57

I don't like it. Sorry.

mrsdanrose · 10/08/2023 22:48

It sounds a little bit more like a boy's name but if you and your DH love it then go for it! It's not really awful.

CostaDelPatio · 10/08/2023 22:47

I always test names through an immature lens (pre-empt the bullies or creative teens) and Lake just makes me think wide and wet!

PickledMuffin · 10/08/2023 22:45

i know a boy called Lake. I don't like it, not for a girl either. But, your child so your choice.

KirstenBlest · 10/08/2023 22:43

The Layke spelling is dreadful.

KirstenBlest · 10/08/2023 22:41

Enid is ENN-id. it's a very old Welsh name from the Mabinogi (Geraint & Enid).

TappingTed · 10/08/2023 22:37

@KirstenBlest how else
would you say Enid????

@user11121314 please don’t. We know a male
layke and he’s a little twat.

Kleptronic · 10/08/2023 22:33

Tarn is quite nice.

shoopshoopdedoo · 10/08/2023 22:28

I don’t like it at all, sorry

KirstenBlest · 10/08/2023 22:24

@user11121314 , Ms Paltrow is Gwyneth.
Enid is a lovely name, but ruined by people saying is as Ee-nid.
I quite like Winifred.

YoSof · 10/08/2023 20:59

I mean this kindly, but please don’t do that to your child.

HeadacheEarthquake · 10/08/2023 20:58

Went to school with a Laken (f) nobody batted an eyelid

TracyBeakerSoYeah · 10/08/2023 20:57

I like it & if you like or love it then use it!
Apart from on here I don't think anyone would come up to you in real life & say what an awful name you've called your baby girl.
If they do they then they're a rude fuckwit.

e.g. Personally I think Nora, Ethel, Enid & Winifred are awful names but in real life if someone told me that their baby girl was called one of those names then I'd just politely say "that's nice".
Though if it was a name I liked I would say "I love that name"

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user11121314 · 10/08/2023 20:53

KirstenBlest · 10/08/2023 20:46

Who's Gwenyth?

Paltrow I assume

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ActDottie · 10/08/2023 20:49

It’s awful it’s not a name.

KirstenBlest · 10/08/2023 20:49

Lake has a river flowing in and out. Mere tends to be standing water, I think.

jumperoozles · 10/08/2023 20:47

I love it

KirstenBlest · 10/08/2023 20:46

Who's Gwenyth?