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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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FAQ · 19/05/2008 15:02

ermm

Felicity?

only one I can think of that's a proper word and a name that hasn't already been mention

jeanjeannie · 19/05/2008 14:59

Emerald....is...well, ok....but I sort of want to say Esmeralda....but that's just me ! It's a better gem name than...diamondique. Friend works in a jewellers and a couple rang and asked how to spell it -as they'd seen a ring made out of it on QVC and wanted to name their dd after it... Imagine that being yelled in the playground.

LOVE, love, LOVE Isla....would've been my choice for next dc if a girl (along with Hope ,Honor or Verity) but dd1 is called Iris and it's too close. I also LOVE Violet...but then you can probably tell by Iris that I adore old lady names!

Good luck....and run away from Eden - unless shopping

HonoriaGlossop · 19/05/2008 14:57

Emerald is not odd at all, compared with Echo, or Ember, or Scout!!!!!

I think it would be Em for short, wouldn't it most of the time, or Emmy....

but no, it is very unusual but I think it's beautiful

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Thankyouandgoodnight · 19/05/2008 14:39

I love Scarlett but I can't as a close friend nabbed that one

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Thankyouandgoodnight · 19/05/2008 14:38

How rude of your shopping centre!!

Is Emerald too......odd ?

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jeanjeannie · 19/05/2008 12:39

Oh lord - I'm at it all the time now...looking for names in 'things'. Hands off Verity - that's ours in 2 weeks if bump is a girl...! Saw the word Unity - went to school with a girl called that....but don't go for Eden - that's the name of our new shopping centre !!!!

Whatever you choose will be FAB!

cyteen · 19/05/2008 12:15

Verity

lollipopmother · 19/05/2008 12:11

What about Scarlet? I love that name, I would've considered it if there wasn't a surname clash.

Gutted none of mine got onto your list! Nah not really, most of them were off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer!

Off your list I most like Poppy, Violet and Lavendar. Ember isn't good, it's a gone wrong Amber, and Juniper is weird!

HonoriaGlossop · 19/05/2008 12:05

I absolutely LOVE the name Emerald and I think you should use it; it's gorgeous

I like alot of your list but I'm afraid I just hate with a passion, Eden, and Trinity, they are major Chav names

Scout is just so ugly

Ember and Echo are silly

all the others are much better but for me Emerald is the stand-out

Please choose it

Piffle · 19/05/2008 12:03

I'd nab Violetta over Viola/ Violet
Or are they all destined to become Vi....

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Thankyouandgoodnight · 19/05/2008 11:57

ok......

My shortlist:
Violet (DH doesn't like)
Scout
Eden
Trinity (I don't like 'Trinny')
Dove
Isla
Martha
Ember (I'm not sure)
Emerald
Sorrel (DH not keen)
Poppy (DH not keen)
Clover (too frilly?)
Cinnamon
Lavender (too long?)
Juniper
Raven (DH says it's a superhero's name)
Ebony
Echo (but my DM has made it known she hates that name and I have never mentioned it to her)

You see - you are all being extremely helpful!!

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HonoriaGlossop · 19/05/2008 11:50

yes that is good isn't it

go on then, thankyou - give us the shortlist......we need to know

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Thankyouandgoodnight · 19/05/2008 11:49

Ms Highwater - that is an uterrly BRILLIANT line!!!

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Thankyouandgoodnight · 19/05/2008 11:48

Ok convinced - viola & cello removed from thought bank

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CantSleepWontSleep · 19/05/2008 08:12

Yes I have some thoughts on Viola and Cello - don't do it!!

1dilemma · 19/05/2008 00:31

SO go on admit it Candida is number one?!
I liked Viola unitl EB posted Violet instead v.pretty

Woollymummy · 18/05/2008 22:58

We have a flower and a bird, both of them chosen because they live in our garden. Bryony and Robin.

MsHighwater · 18/05/2008 22:44

I do know of someone called Blue-Jean?

Re Cello- Sir John Barbirolli to an errant female cellist:-

"Madam, you have a magnificent instrument between your legs and all you can do is scratch it!"

marymungoandmidge · 18/05/2008 22:29

Bee

Saffron

Angelica

Camellia

HonoriaGlossop · 18/05/2008 20:49

Viola is a lovely name - and if you're in England with mainly english friends etc, I don't think anyone will make the spanish connection!

Cello - lovely instrument, some great concertos written for it, but deeply silly as a girl's name I'm afraid

I like Ivy, too

MadBadandDangeroustoKnow · 18/05/2008 20:13

Epiphany sounds great but if you're not evangelical Christians you may find yourself constantly having to explain/justify it.

I think you're fretting too much about Violet. It may be a bit like violent but the much stronger association in most people's minds will be with a colour and a very pretty, fragrant flower. Likewise viola - few people will make the association with Spanish rapists but most will think of flowers or music. Cello is, if I may say so, daft. Anyway, shouldn't it be Violoncello Trombone Glockenspiel?

ElizabethBeresford · 18/05/2008 19:47

Epiphany! I like that too. If she were born on the 6th of January you could definitely use that at least as a mn!?

Cello now sadly reminds me of Tranny and Susinner.

I love violet, but it is close to violent. That does take away something from it. also, Viola would be the spanish for he rapes. Violar a alguién would be to rape somebody and viola - he rapes. I know that's probably crazy mentioning that.

What about Laurel and Ivy and Briony? Camellia? Petunia? Silver with Silvie for short (I really like that)

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Thankyouandgoodnight · 18/05/2008 19:43

This is great - you are all doing me proud as they say. I am coming up with a fab list of names that I like and DH has said that most of them are possibles which is amazing. Thank you and please keep em coming and all comments welcome.

By the way - any thoughts on Viola or Cello? I love Violet but DH says it's like violent....

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CrushWithEyeliner · 18/05/2008 18:37

Oh these names are wonderful - really loving these names - how very Wicker man! I wish I had the nerve with DD. These are the kind of names I adore Epiphany is BEAUTIFUL!

ElizabethBeresford · 18/05/2008 18:31

Joy and Hazel are two beautiful ones.

Keziah was Jemimah's sister in the bible.

Apple is awful. I don't get that one at all, but I love Posy and Tansy, although Tansy is not a fam.word.