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Maple Rose for a girl. Madness?

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imoscarsmum · 17/08/2009 15:30

I'm not pregnant or anything but I just adore this name if I had another girl one day but something says it's in the same vein as Apple. Thoughts?

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boodleboot · 22/08/2009 19:23

OP i think i know you in RL.....

mrswoolf · 18/08/2009 13:56

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HecatesTwopenceworth · 18/08/2009 13:48

yes. madness.

apart from anything else, people would always assume it was Mabel Rose.

MrsBadger · 18/08/2009 13:47

well, so long as none of them were Gum...

pooexplosions · 18/08/2009 12:22

I knew some Australian siblings who were all named after indigenous trees, there was a Jarrah, a Cyathea, a Mallee and a few others.

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imoscarsmum · 18/08/2009 09:23

Some funny comments, made me smile. I still like Maple - I met a young chinese woman recently who chose it as her English name and she was a lovely woman.
But no can't blame pg hormones (but I wouldn;t anyway, I still have a brain). And I don't care if people think I've mispelt Mabel (makes me think of Playschool), it's just whether Maple is too wierd for a future DD.
We'll just have to see - mabe if No2 will be a boy and I could call him Oak or Ash

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pixiestix · 18/08/2009 08:10

I immediately thought of syrup.
I would be thinking "ooh is your brother called peanut butter or jam?" if a met a Maple.
Sorry!

mathanxiety · 18/08/2009 02:28

Well I think Maple is nice. But then, reading the comments, I thought Leaf was nice too...

KristinaM · 17/08/2009 23:55

well thank goodness you are not pregnant

just keep your legs crossed

shockers · 17/08/2009 23:52

I've been looking at kitchens today... did you get the idea from a moben catalogue?

Sorry... that wasn't nice, I just think the two names don't go together. I do think Mabel Rose is lovely though....

codinbatterindailymail · 17/08/2009 23:43

Daft as a brush.

No. Wood and syrup. And that's all.

MadBadandDangerousToKnow · 17/08/2009 23:42

Sounds like the veneer on an Ikea wardrobe.

ipiratethief · 17/08/2009 23:42

was just thinking paint colour too!!!

expatinscotland · 17/08/2009 23:40

oh, no! you don't even have pregnancy hormones to blame?

TheIroningLady · 17/08/2009 23:39

Maple Rose sounds like a paint colour - beige with a hint of blush.

Don't do it.

mrswoolf · 17/08/2009 23:35

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Ladyem · 17/08/2009 21:49

Lol at Alarielle

MrsMattie · 17/08/2009 21:48

Stripper name.

CarmenSanDiego · 17/08/2009 21:39

I don't understand this 'made up name' thing. Is there an official book of names that you're allowed to pick from? Why is Rowan or Holly a name but Maple isn't?

KembleTwins · 17/08/2009 21:05

I'd either think it was chavvy (made up name) or incredibly posh. I guess that's not much help.

Don't really like it though. Tisn't really a name, is it?

BigGobMum · 17/08/2009 21:03

Maple isnt a name; its silly.

CarmenSanDiego · 17/08/2009 20:58

How on earth is it chavvy?

chichichien · 17/08/2009 19:47

Not good. It's a child not an ice cream

Jujubean77 · 17/08/2009 19:31

I like it, not chavvy at all just different. She would have to be a brunette stunner though.

Alarielle · 17/08/2009 17:28

It makes me think of ham.

"This is not just ham. This is Marks and Spencers maple rose ham..."