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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:
TokyoSushi · 01/01/2023 22:28

Euphoria

SinnerBoy · 01/01/2023 22:56

Caliper

SinnerBoy · 01/01/2023 22:56

Nemesis is a name, she was the Goddess of divine retribution!

SinnerBoy · 01/01/2023 23:02

Vienetta

TightFistedWozerk · 01/01/2023 23:06

Auxiliary.

Earl.

Locus.

Parabola.

BruceAndNosh · 01/01/2023 23:09

Girls - Spatula, Mattress and Courgette
Boys - Window, Tarmac and Garage (but only if pronounced Ga-ridge. Ga-raaj is a girls name)

Jumbojem · 01/01/2023 23:10

Epiphany
Sepia
Phial

Probably a lot of words with a Latin or Greek original basis maybe, as they are the basis of a lot of names (I guess, have not actual clue!).

postcardpuffin · 01/01/2023 23:16

Finial
Valance
Cupola
Architrave
Crevice

Forever42 · 01/01/2023 23:20

Limerence (a word I learned from MN)
Aphid
Alopecia
Ermine

Tamarindtree · 01/01/2023 23:22

Imodium

Spirini · 01/01/2023 23:23

Vaseline

Flounder2022 · 01/01/2023 23:26

Vulva
Dandelion
Roquefort
Pavlova
Lemon
Oval

Spirini · 01/01/2023 23:26

Ravine

Spirini · 01/01/2023 23:27

Fermone

Snoopystick · 01/01/2023 23:27

Pewter
Cylinder
Cress
Barnacle

echt · 01/01/2023 23:30

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).

Jane Fonda played at the character Bree Daniels in "Klute" in 1971. I know an RL Bree.

IPreferTheStrawberryOne · 01/01/2023 23:31

Gondola
Nicotine
Doily
Nadir

ScabbyHorse · 01/01/2023 23:38

Codeine
Senna
Ketamine

Urguth · 01/01/2023 23:41

Latrine
Gavelock
Hirsute

CatNutsRoastingByAnOpenFire · 01/01/2023 23:47

Penicillin
Cesspit
Pendulum
Airtex

BudgeUpAnne · 01/01/2023 23:50

Samphire
Sarin I always thought was too pretty to be the name of a nerve gas
Quill
Velveteen
Aubergine

roselune · 01/01/2023 23:54

Tabby
Calcium
Lava
Echinecea

Unicorn717 · 01/01/2023 23:56

I know someone who actually named their daughter areola🙄

Confusedandanxiety · 02/01/2023 00:17

Chicane

Some of the words posted probably are used as names, especially in the USA!

Bosk · 02/01/2023 00:20

Haemorrhage
Bovril