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If you're tempted to call your poor daughter Honey, please can you put Honor on the birth cert and nn her Honey 'til you go off the name Honey

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MsMargotBeauregarde · 24/04/2009 19:53

Thank you. That is all

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DuffyFluckling · 25/04/2009 09:19

Thank you Bolter. (Mitford fan?)

I am very meh about my name. It is, as you say, boring, but unremarkable. I am always one of at least 3 Kates wherever I go. I can't leave answerphone messages for even my closest friends without specifying which Kate I am.

DuffyFluckling · 25/04/2009 09:16

Seeker, every sympathy to the children, but there are plenty of school refusing Toms and Rachaels too. And plenty of popular, happy children with unusual names. It is not down to name alone.

TheLadyEvenstar · 25/04/2009 08:23

Imagine your DD becoming a dr.

she could be known as DR POOPY who only deals with anal problems...

ooppss soz late night early morning an all thta!

TitsalinaBumsquash · 25/04/2009 08:19

I quite like the name Honey for a little girl, its just a sweet, sugary name like Daisy or Poppy (not Poopy!) if you grow up to be a strong, intelligent woman who gives a toss if your name is Honey?

Honor is a haorrible name by the way.

As for Porn star name its not as if were talking about the name 'Candy' or 'Bunny' are we?!

TheBolter · 25/04/2009 08:13

Duffy I heart the name Kate.

I always get a good vibe when I meet someone called Kate.

I will use it as a middle name if I have another dd.

You are lucky, it's a slightly boring but very fab name.

seeker · 25/04/2009 08:04

Please don't force me to post again about my brother's poor school refusing step son and his siblings with their "wonderful, beautiful unique" names.....

SoupDragon · 25/04/2009 07:39

"60 years from now the more dull, bored and narrowminded Honeys...."

No they won't because they will have changed their name to Jane by then, fed up with the endless joking "Alright, Honey ".

Honey isn't a name, it's a term of endearment. Amongst other things.

Snowdrop, whilst probably my favourite flower, just doesn't work as a name to my ears.

DuffyFluckling · 25/04/2009 05:30

For goodness sake.

WHY do people get their knickers in a twist about calling children anything outside the Sophie / Lucy / Isobel comfort zone?

It's just so dull.

My name is Kate. Just Kate. Not Katharine or Catriona or Kathleen. 30 years ago my grandparents were AGHAST that my 'wacky and unconventional' parents were going to be so wild and daring as to call me just Kate. A NICKNAME !! Instead of a REAL NAME !!

Names change by generation. Our children will grow up in classes of Honeys and Snowdrops. These will be the names normal to them.

60 years from now the more dull, bored and narrowminded Honeys and Snowdrops among them will be tutting and sighing about the 'shocking' names their children and grandchildren like.

mrswoolf · 25/04/2009 02:51

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tigerdriver · 25/04/2009 00:13

but, Diva, are there any Snowdrops?

Agree. DS's class is full of the above. There is a Paige. and unkindly I did ask "oh, is that Paige Turner then?"

DivamakesKimchi · 25/04/2009 00:06

loads of Lilly, Poopy, Daisy, Maisey, Holly, Molly, Ellie, Loola,Tallulah around here almost every girl

tigerdriver · 24/04/2009 23:53

i heart you jajas. Want some lucky white heather? I have shedloads.

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thell · 24/04/2009 23:46

Poopy is an excellent name!!
Made me think of that Blackadder II episode with Mr and Mrs Ploppy

Poopy Ploppy ??

tigerdriver · 24/04/2009 23:44

No-one, but no-one has ever said that Snowdrop would be a good name, but absolutely seriously, if I had a winter baby girl, and I had already called one DD Harriet, then without hesitation I would call my baby Snowdrop. But sadly I am too old for all that baby malarkey.

They are the bravest flowers and the most beautiful. So if you can have Rose, Lily, Iris, Primrose etc etc why not bloomin Snowdrop?

Sophie is a name for a panting golden retrivier, IMO

Jajas · 24/04/2009 23:26

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tigerdriver · 24/04/2009 23:16

Honey = lovely name, why not, and just to revive (to me) an old chestnut, no worse than Snowdrop which I would def call a winter baby girl, Honey is gorgeous.

Lol and crying with laughter about Poopy. Middle name "Head" I presume for full effect....

lunamoon2 · 24/04/2009 23:13

I don't see the connection between Honey and Sophie.
Honey is a baby girls name, or porn star name (sorry!!!! runs for cover)
Whereas Sophie is a perfectly fine female name.

Honey just has the same connotations as Pussy Galore.

SlartyBartFast · 24/04/2009 22:57

isnt honor pronounced Honour?
not at all like honey

BigBellasBeerBelly · 24/04/2009 22:49

Hmmmmm.....

Poopie, eh?

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MsMargotBeauregarde · 24/04/2009 22:37

Honeysuckle is a bit stupid too though. The other half is 'suckle' which is also teaseworthy.

Honor isn't 70s. I don't knwo a single 30something called Honor.

I wouldn't pick it, but it's not a name that would ever be a disadvantage. It's classier and less cutesy.

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Northernlurker · 24/04/2009 20:41

Ah I see - well in that case I think 'Honeysuckle' would be better on the birth certficate. Honor is very 70s!

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MsMargotBeauregarde · 24/04/2009 20:28

I know it's a thread about a thread, but it seemed like a Eureka moment so I wanted to share it.

You want to call your daughter HONEY and you can't be talked out of it.... well, ok (although it's not ok as it's a name that makes me think of the sex industry) but still, if you have Honor on your child's birth cert then, you can have one to poke people like ME in the eye with (in real life) if they make a snooty comment?!

you see! win win. Not meant to be a nasty thread about a thread. meant to be a brilliant solution.

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edam · 24/04/2009 20:21

fair point, well made, MrsMargot.

Horrible to think you might call your daughter Honey and only discover it's a popular pseudonym in the sex trade afterwards...

juneybean · 24/04/2009 20:21

Hahaahaha @ Poopy!!!