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Smallceramicfrog · 2025-01-07T17:11:43+00:00

Thoughts on the name Briar-Rebecca, I have an incredibly boring name and am surrounded by siblings with unique names they love! I think briar is beautiful and Rebecca is nice and classic if preferred could be used. interested in others thoughts. thanks

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Mirabai · 08/01/2025 19:24

HugoYorway · 08/01/2025 16:41

Holly isn't thorny. How about Berberis or Cotoneaster?

I said prickly not thorny - and it’s actually much more painful and more of a bugger to deal with than blackberries or sweet briar.

HugoYorway · 08/01/2025 19:20

Sorry, Berberis-Isabelle or Cotoneaster-Aurelia.

OP's not come back.

midlifeattheoasis · 08/01/2025 18:21

Briar is absolutely awful, as are hyphenated first names. I don't intend to be mean

TappyGilmore · 08/01/2025 17:15

No. I don’t like hyphenated names anyway but that is too long and doesn’t flow at all. You can’t put the two R sounds next to each other (BriaR Rebecca) so wouldn’t even have it as a first name and a middle name.

But I do really like Briar for a first name.

EvelynBeatrice · 08/01/2025 17:13

Bree. Brianna, Bridget (abb. Bride)

EvelynBeatrice · 08/01/2025 17:12

Briar Rose is the princess name! Blair has a similar feel.

Marcipix · 08/01/2025 17:10

I like Bryony.
Rebecca is fine as a middle name.

LouisvilleSlugger · 08/01/2025 17:04

Dreadful. Twee. Just awful.

Use one or the other (preferably not Briar) and put the hyphen in the bin.

Jeeeeez · 08/01/2025 17:02

It’s too long. Are you expecting her to be called Briar-Rebecca at all times? I work with children and I haven’t got time in my life for that, it will get shortened immediately.

HugoYorway · 08/01/2025 16:41

Holly isn't thorny. How about Berberis or Cotoneaster?

Mirabai · 08/01/2025 16:14

CollectedStories · 08/01/2025 14:42

It's a plant regardless! Or, in parts of the US, a derogatory term for a hillbilly/redneck.

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Yeah like Holly - another prickly bush.

AsFunAsEnglishWeather · 08/01/2025 14:52

Briar-Rebecca is a bit long. You could also consider the alternative spelling of Briar = Bryher - I've come across a couple of them in the south-west.

CollectedStories · 08/01/2025 14:42

Mirabai · 08/01/2025 14:37

Briar is a very old name and I think a beautiful one. It’s rarely used as a plant term now as as we have no reason think OP is in Ireland - local usage is not relevant.

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It's a plant regardless! Or, in parts of the US, a derogatory term for a hillbilly/redneck.

Mirabai · 08/01/2025 14:37

Dreamingoftheunknown · 08/01/2025 14:27

The other name meanings are true of course, but all of those are very well established names. Briar isn’t and that makes a difference imho. Where I am it’s not used as a name and either means a thorny shrub or a very bad tempered person. But, as I said already, I appreciate these things vary depending on where you are.

In any case I wouldn’t hyphenate it with Rebecca.

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Briar is a very old name and I think a beautiful one. It’s rarely used as a plant term now as as we have no reason think OP is in Ireland - local usage is not relevant.

CollectedStories · 08/01/2025 14:32

The idea of naming a child after a prickly shrub is hilarious to me. Are people thinking that a 'briar' is a 'briar rose'? It isn't, it could equally be a blackberry bush, or any kind of thorny growth.

It's like calling your baby Nettle or Knotweed.

Dreamingoftheunknown · 08/01/2025 14:27

Mirabai · 08/01/2025 14:15

Cf Hector - to bully; Harry - to harass; Nick, to steal, to be arrested, prison; Mat - foot wipe.

Briar is a generic name for blackberry and briar rose which are by far the most common and recognisable briars in gardens and hedgerows. So while they have thorns like a rose, they also have attractive flowers and fruit.

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The other name meanings are true of course, but all of those are very well established names. Briar isn’t and that makes a difference imho. Where I am it’s not used as a name and either means a thorny shrub or a very bad tempered person. But, as I said already, I appreciate these things vary depending on where you are.

In any case I wouldn’t hyphenate it with Rebecca.

CoffeeBeansGalore · 08/01/2025 14:25

As one first name it's rather clunky. Individually they are pretty.
As pp, Briony (first) Rebecca (middle) Surname goes nicely, as does Briony Rose Surname

If you love Briar as a first name then maybe -
Briar Leonie
Briar Celine
Briar Niamh
Briar Lily
Briar Collette

Mirabai · 08/01/2025 14:15

Dreamingoftheunknown · 08/01/2025 13:37

It’s a bit different I think. Briar is used more as a generic name for a prickly, thorny shrub rather than being a specific plant name.
By extension it’s come to describe someone in a very bad mood where I live, someone bad-tempered and difficult to deal with. ‘She was like a briar’ is not a compliment!

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Cf Hector - to bully; Harry - to harass; Nick, to steal, to be arrested, prison; Mat - foot wipe.

Briar is a generic name for blackberry and briar rose which are by far the most common and recognisable briars in gardens and hedgerows. So while they have thorns like a rose, they also have attractive flowers and fruit.

timoteigirl · 08/01/2025 14:00

How likely do you think it is that anyone, including yourself as parent, would use the whole hyphenated name? I think it would very quickly become a shortened version.

Dreamingoftheunknown · 08/01/2025 13:37

Mirabai · 08/01/2025 13:03

So is a rose.

Why do people keep saying this - they’re rambling shrubs like blackberry and sweet briar rose.

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It’s a bit different I think. Briar is used more as a generic name for a prickly, thorny shrub rather than being a specific plant name.
By extension it’s come to describe someone in a very bad mood where I live, someone bad-tempered and difficult to deal with. ‘She was like a briar’ is not a compliment!

stinkymonkey52 · 08/01/2025 13:31

Kids will call her Brian, they can be awfully cruel.

HugoYorway · 08/01/2025 13:26

OP never came back. Maybe she's too busy looking after Briary-Becker.

houwseevryweekend · 08/01/2025 13:08

Briar Rose would be prettier - the sleeping beauty character's alias when living in the woods.

Onlyvisiting · 08/01/2025 13:07

I do like the bryony suggestion. It's different but a pretty name that won't need to be explained her whole life.

Fundays12 · 08/01/2025 13:06

Sorry it's awful. Both names on there are ok but put together don't flow and sound terrible. Hyphenated names generally don't sound nice unless they naturally flow together.