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Honestly what would you think of sisters both with gem stone names?

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Gisters · 24/09/2026 12:42

Honest opinions guys what would you think of sisters with gem names along the lines of pearl and jade or Ruby and Amber?

Not Amethyst and Sapphire.

Sorry for posting in 30 days it’s so there’s no digital footprint of anyone saying it’s shit 😂

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SuperSharpShooter · Yesterday 09:28

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 25/09/2026 18:16

I was watching a woman sing ‘Pearl’s A Singer’, and as she said the first line, someone said ‘you’re not!’.

😅😅😅
That's funny. Tbf I've yet to hear anyone sing/cover it give it the justice it deserves other than the great Elkie ❤️
Elkie - now thats a lovely name!

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Gisters · Yesterday 08:08

godmum56 · Yesterday 00:04

its not gem names per se that I mind but the idea that all the names in a family have to fit a theme.....like naming a kitter of puppies

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It’s not that I want them to fit a theme it’s more that I just love all those names individually

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SDBM · 25/09/2026 22:06

My best friend is called Sapphire and all she has ever had her entire life is “what a beautiful name you have.” No one has ever judged her for her name. Even now in her late 30s, people compliment her on her name. She also went to school with an Emerald who was nicknamed Emmy. No one ever batted an eye at either name.

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its not gem names per se that I mind but the idea that all the names in a family have to fit a theme.....like naming a kitter of puppies

OnlyFrench · 25/09/2026 22:27

My grandad had three sisters who all had flower names - admittedly this was in the 1880s, but I think it’s lovely

SDBM · 25/09/2026 22:06

Gisters · 25/09/2026 13:45

Feels a bit too much for me, I would expect people to judge too much (which I dont condone but we know it happens and I don’t want my kids to be collateral just to prove a point)

I already have a little girl called Ruby(so wouldn’t be twins) so was just trying to gauge whether anyone would give “Ruby and pearl” or “Ruby and Jade” another thought

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My best friend is called Sapphire and all she has ever had her entire life is “what a beautiful name you have.” No one has ever judged her for her name. Even now in her late 30s, people compliment her on her name. She also went to school with an Emerald who was nicknamed Emmy. No one ever batted an eye at either name.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 25/09/2026 19:19

I knew sisters once who were all share of red, Poppy, Scarlett and Ruby. Gemstones is not a bad theme!

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 25/09/2026 18:16

I was watching a woman sing ‘Pearl’s A Singer’, and as she said the first line, someone said ‘you’re not!’.

HoraceCope · 25/09/2026 18:15

godmum56 · 25/09/2026 18:12

she stands up when she plays the piano

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in a nightclub
her job is entertaining folk

godmum56 · 25/09/2026 18:12

havingdoubtsnow · 24/09/2026 22:53

But is she a singer?

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she stands up when she plays the piano

HoraceCope · 25/09/2026 18:09

i know two and i never really gave it much thought
one is 31 and one is 29

Ireallywantadoughnut36 · 25/09/2026 18:08

I'd definitely connect it, possibly because I'm the generation who read that Jqueline Wilson book about twins called Ruby and Garnet. I wouldn't judge either way or have a negative opinion though. We know people who have children all with an S starting name, and someone else who has kids all flower names. I haven't linked my children's names but I don't feel one way or the other about it really, do whatever you like and think suits them!

Blomama · 25/09/2026 18:02

Better than sisters both called after wines...Chardonnay and Chablis 🤣

Lookingdownthebarrell · 25/09/2026 15:30

That their parents are either hippies or time travellers! Or I know what’s in their safe

JeanSimmons · 25/09/2026 13:53

Twee bordering on chav.

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Gisters · 25/09/2026 13:45

SDBM · 25/09/2026 11:07

Why not Sapphire? It’s a beautiful name.

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Feels a bit too much for me, I would expect people to judge too much (which I dont condone but we know it happens and I don’t want my kids to be collateral just to prove a point)

I already have a little girl called Ruby(so wouldn’t be twins) so was just trying to gauge whether anyone would give “Ruby and pearl” or “Ruby and Jade” another thought

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Gisters · 25/09/2026 13:40

KaleidoscopeSmile · 25/09/2026 13:00

I think this is the naffest thread I've ever read on this site.

"Jet or Onyx if it's a boy" FFS!

The only gem name I like on a boy is jasper, I already have a son and that’s not his name anyway

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KaleidoscopeSmile · 25/09/2026 13:00

I think this is the naffest thread I've ever read on this site.

"Jet or Onyx if it's a boy" FFS!

BryceQuinlan · 25/09/2026 12:50

ThisCantBeRightCanIt · 24/09/2026 20:02

Reminds me of the Jacqueline Wilson double trouble book with the twins Ruby and garnet. I like gemstones names

This is what I would be reminded of too. And wonder if you had a third, would you continue the "theme"? But gemstones can be wonderful names!

lilkitten · 25/09/2026 12:43

CherryKerry · 24/09/2026 12:59

I wouldn't think of amber as being a gem tbh. I think of it as tree resin!

Forgetting that though both names are okay together.

I use Amber as my dating app name 😅 I'm a jeweller who specialises in gemmology (and obviously don't want them to know my real details until I know they're good).
I inadvertently named my children Emily and Charlotte as I liked the names, not thinking of the Brontes until everyone pointed it out. Totally unintentional!

SDBM · 25/09/2026 11:07

Gisters · 24/09/2026 12:42

Honest opinions guys what would you think of sisters with gem names along the lines of pearl and jade or Ruby and Amber?

Not Amethyst and Sapphire.

Sorry for posting in 30 days it’s so there’s no digital footprint of anyone saying it’s shit 😂

Why not Sapphire? It’s a beautiful name.

ScotiaLass · 25/09/2026 10:49

seahorsessky · 24/09/2026 22:30

Wasn't it about 20 years ago that Ruby Ruby Ruby Ruby song was out? My classmate had that name and was about 16-not very happy about people always singing it at her!
OP, it reminds me of some ponies I had, but depending which names, people might not notice. Sapphire and Emerald would be obvious, some not so much.

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Pretty much because it was released early 2007. I had a friend who loved Kaiser Chiefs and named her now 19 year old daughter Ruby. It was not a common name for babies at that point, but it's definitely grown in popularity since and has been in the top 30 given names for baby girls in Scotland ever since. Ten years before in 1997 it didn't even make the top 300.

SweetnsourNZ · 25/09/2026 09:47

DensityOfAWatermelon · 24/09/2026 13:00

My grandmother was one of 16 siblings and the girls are named after gemstones until they ran out of ideas and went onto flowers. Then the boys are names like George, Reginald and Basil - no other herbs used either! It's a weird combination in a family tree if listed only by age but not by sex. If you've just got the two, why not. Have a rethink if you do have a third as boy's gemstone names are more difficult.

Maybe Jet or Onyx for a boy

BlettingMyMedlars · 25/09/2026 09:40

ToKittyornottoKitty · 24/09/2026 23:02

I don’t get it sorry 😬

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PEARL’S A SINGER
SHE STANDS UP AS SHE PLAYS THE PIANO
IN A NIGHT CLUB
PEARL’S A SINGER
SHE SINGS SONGS FOR THE LOST AND LONELY…

Elkie Brooks song. Incredibly depressing, about failure . Pearl had dreams of making it big, won a contest and once cut a record that got a week’s play on local radio, and is now washed up in some godforsaken club.

SHE WANTED TO BE BETTY GRABLE
BUT NOW SHE SITS THERE AT THAT BEERSTAINED TABLE… 😃😥

ThaneOfGlamis · 25/09/2026 09:23

sherbetlemonade · 24/09/2026 22:52

Jet is fossilised monkey puzzle tree which has become carbon similar to coal (there's a whole museum about it in Whitby which I visited a couple of years ago), and amber is fossilised coniferous tree resin. It has been used like a gemstone but it isn't one. Neither of them are formed from rocks/minerals, which is what gemstones are made from.

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I always thought they were fossils, but the internet has explained to me that fossils happen when minerals replace the organic matter. These are the same thing transformed. Every day's a school day! If I am ever in Whitby I will be sure to look up that museum, sounds interesting.