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I can’t have Olive can I :(

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MrsB2019x · 27/09/2024 20:16

18 weeks with a baby girl.
I adore the name Olive but our surname is Brown.
Olive Brown.
It’s a bit too Dulux colour chart isn’t it :(

Any other suggestions welcome! (Or change my mind and convince me Olive Brown isn’t ridiculous 😅)

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Icantstaymarriedtoyoudavid · 27/09/2024 23:09

Olive Beamish was an Irish suffragette but she used a pseudonym when arrested. Was it Phyllis?

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 27/09/2024 23:08

Pooeys · 27/09/2024 23:07

Agree to disagree,I think Olivia is naff and boring 🙄

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Agree to disagree yes. I think the name Olive is hideous.

Twinklewonderkins · 27/09/2024 23:08

Someone in my daughters graduating class was called Autumn Brown which I thought was lovely.
gp for it if you love it.

Pooeys · 27/09/2024 23:07

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 27/09/2024 23:02

Olivia 'may' be unimaginative, but it's heaps better than the naff and drab name Olive. I would never inflict that name on a child! 😬

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Agree to disagree,I think Olivia is naff and boring 🙄

Terfified · 27/09/2024 23:05

I love it. Olive Brown has a certain je ne sais quoi :)

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 27/09/2024 23:04

WalkingaroundJardine · 27/09/2024 22:57

I agree. I barely remember On The Buses as I was little when it was on but I do remember cringing at the way the main female character was treated, even as a child watching reruns. It was so misogynistic when I come to think about it now.

The younger generation likes the name Olive and I think that’s all that matters. They all laugh at names like Debbie, Tracy etc!

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Do the younger generation REALLY laugh at names like Debbie and Tracy? Confused

I doubt it.

Pooeys · 27/09/2024 23:03

WalkingaroundJardine · 27/09/2024 22:57

I agree. I barely remember On The Buses as I was little when it was on but I do remember cringing at the way the main female character was treated, even as a child watching reruns. It was so misogynistic when I come to think about it now.

The younger generation likes the name Olive and I think that’s all that matters. They all laugh at names like Debbie, Tracy etc!

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Yes agree. Olive is a lovely name.

WandaFishy99 · 27/09/2024 23:03

BunnyLake · 27/09/2024 21:29

Someone else who knows who Olive is. 😁

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Oh Arthur!

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 27/09/2024 23:03

myfarmilyandotheranimals · 27/09/2024 23:00

If only your surname was Branch 😄

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LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 27/09/2024 23:02

Pooeys · 27/09/2024 22:49

Olivia is ermmm so unimaginative..each to their own! Olive is a lovely name and quite popular . I know a couple of Olives and their parents are absolutely not interested in a program from the 70s ..they have chosen a name that they love.

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Olivia 'may' be unimaginative, but it's heaps better than the naff and drab name Olive. I would never inflict that name on a child! 😬

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myfarmilyandotheranimals · 27/09/2024 23:00

If only your surname was Branch 😄

leopardski · 27/09/2024 22:59

Saying it out loud sounds like ‘I love brown’ so yeah it might not be the best choice, OP!

WalkingaroundJardine · 27/09/2024 22:57

Icantstaymarriedtoyoudavid · 27/09/2024 22:50

@MrsB2019x These Olive on the buses etc references are so dated
Olive Gray? Actress
Olive Mannella? Dancer
Olive Brown? your daughter! lol
They're all colourful names

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I agree. I barely remember On The Buses as I was little when it was on but I do remember cringing at the way the main female character was treated, even as a child watching reruns. It was so misogynistic when I come to think about it now.

The younger generation likes the name Olive and I think that’s all that matters. They all laugh at names like Debbie, Tracy etc!

PyongyangKipperbang · 27/09/2024 22:57

Pooeys · 27/09/2024 22:50

Exactly 🙄

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And yet, its been mentioned on here many times, so clearly a lot of people remember it or at least are aware of the character.

I actually felt so sorry for Olive, she was treated appallingly by her husband and his friends, and was ridiculed for how she looked. If she had been a much stronger "up yours" character it might be different, but the character was supposed to be dowdy and dreary because of course that made it ok to verbally abuse a woman.

Icantstaymarriedtoyoudavid · 27/09/2024 22:56

OpalGoose · 27/09/2024 22:55

The juvenile in me is laughing that Pooeys has quoted Bumcake in a response.

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Yes it's almost as if it's set up that way!

Icantstaymarriedtoyoudavid · 27/09/2024 22:56

Yes it's almost as if it's set up that way lol

HarrytheHobbit · 27/09/2024 22:56

Nice name but a bit Dot Cotton's cousin.

OpalGoose · 27/09/2024 22:55

The juvenile in me is laughing that Pooeys has quoted Bumcake in a response.

Pooeys · 27/09/2024 22:54

Olive Brown is absolutely gorgeous. She will be her own person regardless of what anonymous people think.X

Purplebunnie · 27/09/2024 22:53

IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 27/09/2024 21:55

It's one of the least glamourous names I can think of. It's like Beryl, Vera, Bertha.

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My Grandma was a Bertha. Most adorable gorgeous person. From two of the names that were given to her 4 sisters and the fact there were a lot of brothers and my Grandma was told the wrong day for her birthday I can only conclude my Great-grandma had a lot on her plate and couldn't come up with anything else. She didn't even give my poor Grandma a middle name. Just plain Bertha

Pooeys · 27/09/2024 22:50

Bumcake · 27/09/2024 22:48

This has been covered, but it’s literally half a century ago.

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Exactly 🙄

Icantstaymarriedtoyoudavid · 27/09/2024 22:50

@MrsB2019x These Olive on the buses etc references are so dated
Olive Gray? Actress
Olive Mannella? Dancer
Olive Brown? your daughter! lol
They're all colourful names

Pooeys · 27/09/2024 22:49

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 27/09/2024 22:38

Olive Brown sounds a bit daft yeah... (Sorry!)

I really can't stand the name Olive anyway sorry @MrsB2019x And as for the On The Buses reference, my DC have heard of it and know the characters names - and they're only in their 20s. Most middle aged people I know have heard of it. (And all people past middle age have.) Also, Olive from Popeye springs to mind. Both Olives are really unattractive. 😬(Sadly that makes the name unappealing IMO.)

May sound dramatic, but I think it's borderline cruel to inflict that name on a child. Olivia Brown though - as has been said - sounds great.

Olivia is ermmm so unimaginative..each to their own! Olive is a lovely name and quite popular . I know a couple of Olives and their parents are absolutely not interested in a program from the 70s ..they have chosen a name that they love.

Bumcake · 27/09/2024 22:48

OneZippyWasp · 27/09/2024 22:45

No you cannot have Olive OP.
The name reminds me of Olive Rudge the fictional character from On the Buses.

This has been covered, but it’s literally half a century ago.

OpalGoose · 27/09/2024 22:48

Noooo, don't name her Olive. That is like the jokes when i was at school about Isa Blue, Theresa Green.

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