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A good girls name that isn't a name!

251 replies

littlejo67 · 09/02/2022 23:42

What would be a good girls name that isn't a real name?
I will go first... What about courgette...

OP posts:
JustSmallFry · 10/02/2022 09:03

I know of a Pneumonia, with the p pronounced. Not in the UK

Pembertonrd · 10/02/2022 09:05

56godmum56

PurpleFadesToGreen

Could have been Oisin, irish boys name, sounds similar to ocean in pronunciation.

I thought Oisin was pronounced "Washeen" accent on the "ee"?

My dgs lives in North Wales and has a friend named Osean, pronounced O-Sean.

TheVolturi · 10/02/2022 09:06

Clarithomycin

SpaghettiArmsMurderer · 10/02/2022 09:08

DP knows someone called Azure, my first response to that was that it’s not a name!

Zillamop · 10/02/2022 09:12

Enmity
Sepia
Cayenne
Alkaline
Vendetta
Sardine
Samosa
Briquette
Melamine
Embassy
Tagliatelle
Cervix
Anaesthesia

Bettybantz · 10/02/2022 09:17

Star Anise
Hedony

littlejo67 · 10/02/2022 09:18

Some of these have really made me laugh.

I love 'Feather', though. Didn't Helen George call her daughter's Wren and Lark..

I have started a boys name thread as well .....

OP posts:
MrsToddsShortcut · 10/02/2022 09:18

Nylon

Phalanges

Winceyette

Velour

Ulvula

Charabanc

gingerhills · 10/02/2022 09:25

Gonorrhea and Syphillis are very elegant and will carry them through well into old age.

Crowdfundingforcake · 10/02/2022 09:25

Polynesia, Velveteen, Phanerozoic (nn Zoe), Pliocene.

gingerhills · 10/02/2022 09:25

@littlejo67

Some of these have really made me laugh.

I love 'Feather', though. Didn't Helen George call her daughter's Wren and Lark..

I have started a boys name thread as well .....

I quite like Wren and Lark as girl's names.
doublemonkey · 10/02/2022 09:29

Great thread. I once baby-sat two siblings called Echo and Follow.

Runningupthecurtains · 10/02/2022 09:30

@WineGetsMeThroughIt

Camembert, Pomegranate, Lanyard, Helium

This thread is making me laugh so much

I'm pretty sure I sat next that sibling group at a cafe in a we known spa town once 😉
theAntsareMyFriends · 10/02/2022 09:31

My childhood doll was called Polio which I thought was a pretty name.

I like Vylene for retro charm and would actually use Tillia (Lime tree).

CrackerGal · 10/02/2022 09:33

Coriander

GameofPhones · 10/02/2022 09:34

I had a friend who loved the word Neuralgia, and would have wanted it for a name, but...

CrackerGal · 10/02/2022 09:35

Chai
Brie
Tagliatelle
Cinnamon
Brioche

Andacherryonthetop · 10/02/2022 09:35

There’s a few names on here if people I actually know- Lilia, pebble and Candida 😂

I always wondered if Elsia was a name?!

Bluesheep8 · 10/02/2022 09:35

I knew a Cinnamon and a Coriander.

CrackerGal · 10/02/2022 09:36

Sardine
Herring

CrackerGal · 10/02/2022 09:36

@Bluesheep8

I knew a Cinnamon and a Coriander.
Really?! 😂🙊
CrackerGal · 10/02/2022 09:37

@theAntsareMyFriends

My childhood doll was called Polio which I thought was a pretty name.

I like Vylene for retro charm and would actually use Tillia (Lime tree).

😂
CrackerGal · 10/02/2022 09:38

Pinot-Noir 😂

CrackerGal · 10/02/2022 09:39

@Phrowzunn

I’ve always thought the word ‘Delicatessan’ was really pretty. Nicknames could be Del, Cat or Tessa.
It actually is pretty 😂🙊
bobbythevet · 10/02/2022 09:39

Joist