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The struggle for a girls name that is also a familiar word continues.....

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Thankyouandgoodnight · 17/05/2008 20:06

Please can you help!!

e.g. things like.....(and don't worry about whether or not you like them as names or not):

Olive
Meadow
Ember
Sage
Autumn

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taffy101 · 19/05/2008 22:04

Portia (pronounced like the car - porsche)
Willow
Meadow

I like Delphi - thought to be greek for dolphin (was my girl name but I had a boy)

CristinaTheAstonishing · 19/05/2008 22:01

OK, so they were 4 and not sisters, but it's 20 years since I gave them a thought. Still, none is called Coral, and it's still a beautiful name.

francagoestohollywood · 19/05/2008 22:01

Don't be ashamed, the golden girls is one of my fav sit coms .

CristinaTheAstonishing · 19/05/2008 21:59

OMG, that's them. I had a tape of them back in the late 80s when i was still in Romania. I haven't given them a thought since then.

Mavornia · 19/05/2008 21:56

i'm ashamed to say I own the entire series on DVD - I bought the first series then couldn't stop myself. An internet connection, a credit card and a newborn can be a dangerous combination when you're sleep deprived...

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Thankyouandgoodnight · 19/05/2008 21:53

I don't know, but they look like this

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CristinaTheAstonishing · 19/05/2008 21:48

Was the Golden Girls an American sitcom with 3 sisters and a very short psychiatrist friend?

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Thankyouandgoodnight · 19/05/2008 21:44

DH has politely texted back to say 'that's a nice name aswell'.....At least it's not a firm reject. For every 400,000 names I come up with, he raises 2 and then gets upset when I don't fall upon them with great gusto.

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Tickle · 19/05/2008 21:42

I know a lovely chilli
and a younger, lovely indigo

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Thankyouandgoodnight · 19/05/2008 21:41

I adore it!

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Mavornia · 19/05/2008 21:36

ooh, so pleased you liked Solace

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Thankyouandgoodnight · 19/05/2008 21:30

Yep - it's the golden girls to me too! Oh dear - what does everyone else think??

I think Solace is gorgeous and I do adore Sol too, so that would work both ways....

I must give DH a fair hearing on his names.....

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Mavornia · 19/05/2008 21:26

Wanted to add a few more suggestions:

Celandine - from the name of the flower and the Greek word for "swallow", I think this is very pretty and delicate.

Solace - I love the soft sound of this and the meaning, and although it's uncommon I don't think it's weird.

Linnea -from the name of the flower

Celeste/Celestina - just love that it means "of the sky, heavenly"

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Washersaurus · 19/05/2008 21:20

The name Coral reminds me of the 'Golden Girls' for some reason

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Thankyouandgoodnight · 19/05/2008 21:20

How bizarre - DH has just texted me to say he loves Coral!

To me it's a bit blue rinse old lady brigade.....or something. I will have to sit on it for a bit.

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CristinaTheAstonishing · 19/05/2008 20:57

I love a name i first heard 6 months ago, it's really grown on me: Coral. I think it's lovely and deserves wider use.

CristinaTheAstonishing · 19/05/2008 20:54

Maybe Easter's parents really wanted to call her Pascale.

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Thankyouandgoodnight · 19/05/2008 20:53

Mooncup!!!! ROFL!!!!

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Washersaurus · 19/05/2008 20:39

Mooncup is a pretty name

MsHighwater · 19/05/2008 20:16

I once knew a girl called Easter. Pretty bonkers name, really, but, knowing her as a child, I took it in my stride as did all my friends. Her father was a clergyman.

My2Monkeys · 19/05/2008 18:48

Oh shoot, I'd only read the first page - I'm gutted that someone else came up with Candida first!

My2Monkeys · 19/05/2008 18:46

Candida (ok maybe not - but I actually know several women with this somewhat unfortunate name!)

Chardonnay
Peach
Sky(e)

EffiePerine · 19/05/2008 15:54

Viola is a flower as well as an instrument btw (heartsease)

I LOVE Verity, DH isn't keen at all (bah)

LaDiDaDi · 19/05/2008 15:44

My views are

Violet (DH doesn't like), I do just hear Violent I'm afraid but that may just be me and in theory I think it's a very pretty name.
Scout; I love the To Kill a Mockingbird associations but my friends have just called their labrador Scout.
Eden; ok
Trinity (I don't like 'Trinny'); could be shortened to "nity"...
Dove; I quite liked this until I thought of the soap and other toiletries.
Isla; lovely, rising star of a name imo.
Martha; star peaking at the moment
Ember (I'm not sure); it sounds like you just wanted something a bit different from Amber and everyone else will call her Amber by mistake
Emerald; I like this, Emmie is a good shortening.
Sorrel (DH not keen); no, know a very dull woman with this name
Poppy (DH not keen); nice, very girly girl imo.
Clover (too frilly?); I think this is cool.
Cinnamon; silly
Lavender (too long?); depends upon your surname.
Juniper; cool, I think thais may be my fave
Raven (DH says it's a superhero's name); only good if you can be certain of dark hair as an adult.
Ebony; lovely but a bit chav if that bothers you
Echo (but my DM has made it known she hates that name and I have never mentioned it to her); absolutely awful imo.