Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
30 days only
Original poster

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

135 replies

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 😂

OP posts:
BrezhnevsLuxuriantEyebrows · 24/09/2026 23:45

prampushingdownthehighst · 24/09/2026 23:15

She sings song for the lost and the lonely

Show quote history

She's actually very pretty indeed; but her brother Earl really is a minger.

BrezhnevsLuxuriantEyebrows · 24/09/2026 23:44

If I were the second-born child, I wouldn't be able to shake off the thought that my name wasn't objectively my parents' absolute favourite name for me, but rather it was chosen mainly to match my older DSis.

AliMonkey · 24/09/2026 23:43

I like the names bit they immediately made me think of the Rainbow Fairies books (DD was obsessed with them for about a year 15 years ago and I still remember them very clearly!)

BrezhnevsLuxuriantEyebrows · 24/09/2026 23:41

Personally, hearing multiple gem/jewel names together automatically makes me long to go back to Saltburn on holiday!

BrezhnevsLuxuriantEyebrows · 24/09/2026 23:38

OriginalUsername2 · 24/09/2026 13:06

Transit for a boy 😆

Show quote history

Their dad's name is Karl, but everybody calls him Ka for short. His wife, Kuga, is actually 15 years older than him.

fruitpastille · 24/09/2026 23:17

I kind of like it but it does they do sound like characters in a children's book - Jacqueline Wilson uses lots of gemstone name e.g. Ruby and Garnett, Emerald and Sapphire. However they are not as widely read these days.

JACT · 24/09/2026 23:15

NC as could be outing, but 20+ years ago when my DC were young there was a family at their school with 4 girls. They were called Jade, Amber, Crystal and Topaz. They then moved away and a few years later had a boy, called Liam!

prampushingdownthehighst · 24/09/2026 23:15

ToKittyornottoKitty · 24/09/2026 23:02

I don’t get it sorry 😬

Show quote history

She sings song for the lost and the lonely

ToKittyornottoKitty · 24/09/2026 23:02

havingdoubtsnow · 24/09/2026 22:53

But is she a singer?

Show quote history

I don’t get it sorry 😬

havingdoubtsnow · 24/09/2026 22:53

ToKittyornottoKitty · 24/09/2026 12:43

Unless you told me I’m not sure I’d even notice. Pearl is an awful name though

But is she a singer?

sherbetlemonade · 24/09/2026 22:52

ThaneOfGlamis · 24/09/2026 13:30

Surely Amber and Jet are fossil organics though, so have been turned to stone. Totally agree with you on pearl and coral though, I have a regular argument with a friend who claims her birth stone is pearl.

But to op, firstly sorry for derailing your thread. Secondly, I love the gem stone names, including Amethyst!

Show quote history

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.

Candleabra · 24/09/2026 22:52

I love gemstone names
I always liked Emerald (nn Emma) and Amethyst (nn Amy)

ChocoDigestive · 24/09/2026 22:49

I grew up with a Jade and Amber - I’ve never given it any thought

Minasama · 24/09/2026 22:44

That’s lovely. Do what you want. We have two daughters with flower names, not by design, they were just the two names we liked best when choosing each time. It’s never been a problem. As long as you aren’t calling your daughter Cubic Zirconia 😀

Italiangreyhound · 24/09/2026 22:33

Ruby and Pearl are lovely.

seahorsessky · 24/09/2026 22:30

ScotiaLass · 24/09/2026 13:05

I already know two families with sisters called Amber and Jade, so it wouldn't be unique. I quite like those names though as well Ruby (not so keen on Pearl because I think it sounds like an old lade, but 20 years ago so did Ruby). I think I prefer gemstone names to other ways of matching names like starting with the same initial or rhyming. If you like it then go for it!

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.

narcASD · 24/09/2026 22:27

Lady at my daughters school named her 3 kids after gemstones
Emerald amethyst & onyx
I think it's nice

MilkBreadToiletroll · 24/09/2026 22:24

I wouldn't notice.

HorseandHeron · 24/09/2026 22:20

There were two families in DC's primary school, both with two girls called Jade and Amber. The names are pretty but it seemed a bit much.

Phoenixfire1988 · 24/09/2026 22:18

My daughter had a friend called India her sister was Tanzania and her brother rio

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

CrazyCatLady2026 · 24/09/2026 18:54

Ruby and Amber is lovely

ohyesiseethatnow · 24/09/2026 18:53

sherbetlemonade · 24/09/2026 12:49

Pearl isn't awful, it is just vintage, like Ruby used to be. Some names are coming out of retirement big time.

@Gisters I know sisters with gemstone names, fine by me.

<Pedantic time - pearls, coral, jet and amber are not gemstones, they are organics>😁

Show quote history

Coral is a lovely name

spinnerzs · 24/09/2026 18:49

I know four sisters with flower names; Lily, Violet, Ivy & Rose.

spinnerzs · 24/09/2026 18:48

Ruby is getting popular, all the babies I meet are Ruby

Swipe left for the next trending thread