Words that sound like names - but really aren't

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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?

Allegretto
Fallacy
Tundra
Cardinal (I have heard this as a name... but in the Joan & Jericha podcast so I’m not sure that counts!)

Girls:
Element
Bidet
Chalice

Boys:
Spork
Flaggon
Tizer

Taffeta or Shimmer for a girl.
In the "nature" names theme, I've always liked Damson for a girl and Flax for a boy.

Pavlova started out as a name, Anna Pavlova the dancer.

Girls- Serendipity, Antipathy, Peripeteia, Anaphora, Mendacity.

Boys- Anodyne, Cabal.

Placenta

Happy

Eldritch

Plethora
Imagine
Monarchy
Philosophy
Meringue 😆

Labia

Candida - I know one but would hate to be called one.

I think that this is courtesy of the film Shirley Valentine…Clitoris 😁

Ebola

Not a word but a place name-I always thought Odessa would make a lovey name.
Id like to think some babies get called it as a small act of defiance now too!

Valance
Dermatology
Ciabatta
Cabana