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A name you like but you feel is unusable

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LisaJohnsonsFacebookMole · 13/12/2024 22:55

Stressing the you and the subjectivity.

I quite like Nessie but it's unusable anywhere that speaks English. Possibly even beyond 😂

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HoppityBun · 15/12/2024 05:17

sunflowerblooms · 13/12/2024 23:32

Dexter - will always be associated with the tv show for me (I might use it for a pet though)

They’re also a breed of cattle

ProfTeeCee · 15/12/2024 05:12

Lucy 😒

Examconfusion · 15/12/2024 05:05

Artemis, i don’t actually know any in real life

VivienneDelacroix · 15/12/2024 04:58

BootballJoy · 14/12/2024 17:18

Wulfstan
Thorfinn
Humphrey
Zebedee
Malcolm
Corin

Tiffany
Sharon
Lisa
Marian
Beryl

Corin is beautiful, wish I had used it for my ds.

Whatever3787 · 15/12/2024 02:18

Enko · 14/12/2024 15:02

Allanah. I love the name but was dhs x and they ended very badly.

Flora both dh and I love it but surname means it's a no go.

My eldest is Alana think it’s pronounced the same but spelt differently.

Dustyblue · 15/12/2024 01:29

Gaylord 😆Bloody hell how could anyone do that to their child?

blueshoes · 15/12/2024 01:08

@ouchwtf sorry accidentally quoted you

blueshoes · 15/12/2024 01:07

ouchwtf · 14/12/2024 21:12

This one was an 19-yo about 20 years ago! A nice chap. Maybe he was a nightmare toddler tho and hid his past well 😂

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Gaylord

Dustyblue · 15/12/2024 01:03

I don't mind Mordecai for a cat. But I couldn't bear a son nick-named Mordy!

I quite like Ignatius, and there's one in my son's class known as Iggy. But it's way to catholic for me.

MovingBird123 · 14/12/2024 22:21

Dustyblue · 14/12/2024 01:18

Mordecai

We named our car (cringe, it just happened...) Mordechai, Mordy for short....

ShaggyPutItOnWhatAPongItGaveHimTheShakesNShivers · 14/12/2024 22:13

Names with less-than-pleasant meanings such as Amelia and Melaena (spelled slightly differently but pronounced the same) are in use, so there may be hope for Candida at some point.

Augustusjoop · 14/12/2024 22:06

TribeofFfive · 14/12/2024 14:51

Verity isn’t posh! I put Verity with Donna, Sharon etc
I wouldn’t use it for a baby but not because it’s posh.

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It is where I’m from! Nothing like Donna and Sharon, which are traditional working class names.

TheLittleOldWomanWhoShrinks · 14/12/2024 21:49

I'm another one who thinks Candida would make a gorgeous name.

Also really like both Wolfgang and Amadeus, but they're a bit too much separately, never mind together.

AshCrapp · 14/12/2024 21:45

I love the name Herbert (nn Herb as a baby) but the rhyme Herbert Pervert put me off. I think it's a family guy thing too, though I've never seen it.

LePetitMaman · 14/12/2024 21:45

I adore Eurus. Also spelt Euros. God of the East Wind. Which is pronounced Yure-oss. Until the football tournament and the currency put play to how Euros is automatically pronounced.

Then Sherlock came out and his disturbed maniac sister was Eurus.

I was still clinging onto it, until Lamborghini launched the Urus. Then I had to concede.

DH asked why I wanted our child to be bullied

TribeofFfive · 14/12/2024 21:43

TrollTheAncientYuletideCarol · 14/12/2024 19:41

Verity isn’t posh! I put Verity with Donna, Sharon etc I went to school with several Donna's, Sharon's, Tracey's, Helens and so on, There were no Veritys. It's a beautiful, but unusual name.

Oh really? That’s interesting. We’re Yorkshire and I know a few Verity’s. All over 40.

CadoAvo · 14/12/2024 21:18

I loved the name Isis for years after watching Bring It On as a child. Don't think I could use it though 😅

ouchwtf · 14/12/2024 21:12

Alltheyearround · 14/12/2024 21:09

I think maybe they get better with age. I think I may have met some rowdy toddlers and an older spoiled one, but maybe I have just met a poor cross section. I am willing to give the name some leeway on that score : )

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This one was an 19-yo about 20 years ago! A nice chap. Maybe he was a nightmare toddler tho and hid his past well 😂

Alltheyearround · 14/12/2024 21:11

RosesAndHellebores · 14/12/2024 21:06

Do you get it?

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Yes, Mirabel is a variety of plum.

Alltheyearround · 14/12/2024 21:09

ouchwtf · 14/12/2024 21:06

Aw I knew a nice Gabriel

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Tattletail · 14/12/2024 21:07

Alexa 😒

It's a beautiful name

ouchwtf · 14/12/2024 21:06

Alltheyearround · 14/12/2024 17:53

Almost every Gabriel I have met has been an absolute terror.

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Aw I knew a nice Gabriel

RosesAndHellebores · 14/12/2024 21:06

Alltheyearround · 14/12/2024 21:03

Cute! Like Mirabel, that is lovely. Salzberg has its own Mirabel Garden. Perhaps she should have a date with herself there one day? Its beautiful, unicorns and roses as I remember.

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Do you get it?

Alltheyearround · 14/12/2024 21:03

RosesAndHellebores · 14/12/2024 20:59

Dd's bestie is known as "Plum". Her name is Mirabel.

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Cute! Like Mirabel, that is lovely. Salzberg has its own Mirabel Garden. Perhaps she should have a date with herself there one day? Its beautiful, unicorns and roses as I remember.

RosesAndHellebores · 14/12/2024 20:59

Alltheyearround · 14/12/2024 20:46

I knew an old lady called Bluebell many years ago, it suited her well. She was quite dainty with silver hair as I recall.

I think I'd have to shorten it to Bella though, it I had it as a name for a child.

I also know a girl called Plum.

I like Bryony, Kezia, Vashti, Liberty, Fuschia, Mirella, Athena, Lavinia, Shiori, Cecily, Keomi, Hepzibah (Eppie), Ebenezer (Ebbie), Isadora, Amyrillis, Fenella & Yarrow, Rosalie.

Dd's bestie is known as "Plum". Her name is Mirabel.

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