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Original poster

Words that sound like names - but really aren't

64 replies

Beancounter1 · 13/12/2022 21:25

I expect this thread may have been done before, but anyway, just for fun -

Words that sound like they could be girls names - but are most definitely not.

Obviously, the classics Veruca and Chlamydia.
Felony
Amnesia
Alimony
Clandestine
Dystrophy

Who want to play?

OP posts:
Madison99Elle · 13/12/2022 22:22

Ummm maybe of top of my head....
Rabbi
Symphony
Gingham
Nemesis
Fizzle
Chardonnay (tho footballers wives made it a name)
Merlot
Arabica
Aroma

Inextremis · 13/12/2022 22:28

Dance
Melanoma
Sanctify
Gelatine
Opaque
Location

MarmiteCoriander · 13/12/2022 22:33

Melena
Chlamydia
Chardonnay

Probablymagrat · 13/12/2022 22:37

Chemise, dystopia, vestigal and caramel.

LittleCrackers · 13/12/2022 22:38

Flatulence

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 13/12/2022 22:39

Alice Cooper, the rock star, has a daughter called Calico which I think is a fabulous name.

Cadence (maybe this is actually a name, like Melody or Harmony?)

Nectarine

Aioli

mum2jakie · 13/12/2022 22:40

Cadence is a legitimate name!

HelpMeGetThrough · 13/12/2022 22:44

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 13/12/2022 22:39

Alice Cooper, the rock star, has a daughter called Calico which I think is a fabulous name.

Cadence (maybe this is actually a name, like Melody or Harmony?)

Nectarine

Aioli

Keeping on the musical theme, I'll go for Arpeggio.

Sandysandwich · 13/12/2022 22:52

Divan
Filament
Flaxen
Mirth

Safely
Mirror
Sativa
Copice

OhGingleBells · 13/12/2022 22:56

Rubella

KhaleesiOfChaos · 13/12/2022 22:59

Sorry if this has already been mentioned as I haven't RTFT but...

Syphilis is such a pretty word, it would make a beautiful name in a parallel universe!

Faradalla · 13/12/2022 22:59

Gonorrhea

Original poster
Beancounter1 · 14/12/2022 09:54

Some great ones here. Melanoma and Rubella 😂
I am seeing a medical theme.

Anticline
Progeny
Distillery

OP posts:
Brahumbug · 14/12/2022 09:58

Don't forget the Roman Emperor Gluteous Maximus

Pilgit · 14/12/2022 10:01

Thrush
Candida (i think that is a name but should never be used as such)
Lemongrass

ClemFandangoCanYouHearMe · 14/12/2022 10:07

Lochia
Chlorine
Conifer

Original poster
Beancounter1 · 14/12/2022 10:21

Conifer is a good one - someone could actually use that (if they were the type of parent to call a child ocean or sky or some made-up nature name).

OP posts:
stbrandonsboat · 14/12/2022 10:34

Areola
Levitate
Cerebellum

Lavendersquare · 14/12/2022 11:43

Some came to mind:

Passata
Brie
Terrine
Ramekin
Mandolin
Oreo

Original poster
Beancounter1 · 14/12/2022 11:55

Wasn't Brie or Bree used as a name in 'Desperate Housewives'? It may be a name in German (I think the character was German).

OP posts:
Notellinganyone · 14/12/2022 12:40

Tibia, Fallacy, Veloute.

Lavendersquare · 14/12/2022 23:22

Notellinganyone · 14/12/2022 12:40

Tibia, Fallacy, Veloute.

I can imagine Tibia Hayward-Jones and Veloute Fellows being in Downtown Abbey, Tibia would have been a racy bright thing whereas Veloute would be the serious feminist type.

RicherThanYews · 01/01/2023 22:06

Fontanelle sounds lovely, almost Italian or French. In response to someone earlier suggesting gonorrhea, I always thought that and then I read King Lear who of course had a daughter called Goneril - there was much hilarity in our English Literature classes 😳

Itstarts · 01/01/2023 22:15

Fallatio could definitely be a name if it wasn't for its meaning.

GoodVibesHere · 01/01/2023 22:21

Vagina