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Names that arent names..

224 replies

WaterBaby9 · 13/06/2023 19:21

I saw this online and it made me think (and laugh)

Names that arent names but sound like pretty names if they didnt mean what they meant..

Felony for a girl
Clarity for a girl
Gilette for a boy
Mouse i feel is girly 😂
Laundry def a girl
Tragedy
Cyst 😂😂😂

Any others?

OP posts:
ShoesoftheWorld · 13/06/2023 21:39

Girls:
Rubeola
Amygdala (Amy for short, natch)
Varicella and her sister Variola
Whimsy
Mortice
Alfalfa
Fallacy
Ballista

Boys:
Ramekin
Ennui
Clef
Chard
Ottoman
Acne
Lever
Brufen

ThatFraggle · 13/06/2023 21:46

Neverknowinglysensible · 13/06/2023 20:52

You’ve just reminded me of something I read. I hope I’m OK to post this. Apologies for the shoes holding the book open!

On mobile I can't make the picture big enough to read :(

Also: Annoya

ShoesoftheWorld · 13/06/2023 21:52

I think Uterus would work pretty well for a boy, actually. His sister could be Ovary or Cervix.

Palette and Canvas would be another good girl/boy sibset.

Twins - Mania and Accidia.

heartofglass23 · 13/06/2023 21:53

Melena
Carcinoma
Piano
Stetson
Notary
Cheque
Deco
Bikini
Solar
Candida
Torah
Kilt
Dye
Oreo
Beltane
Moussaka
Tumbler
Marvel
Biscuit
Helium

quantumbutterfly · 13/06/2023 21:57

apology
temerity
balderdash
shenanigan
doobry

forgotmyusername1 · 13/06/2023 21:57

Vagisil for a girl

ThreeRingCircus · 13/06/2023 22:02

Pavlova for a girl

Credit for a boy

Button......unisex name!

PurpleParrotfish · 13/06/2023 22:03

Also fun to take names others have suggested and put them in context, e.g. Tarragon and Borage are minor characters in a Shakespeare play, setting the scene in the first act before Duke Fellatio strides in.

Puffalicious · 13/06/2023 22:04

Aspartame and alfalfa are sublime!

Sidge · 13/06/2023 22:06

Pomegranate

Cantaloupe

Areola

Vestibule

Scarf (for a boy)

IdLikeToBuyTheWorldACoke · 13/06/2023 22:11

And then you have Candida which is a name but also an embarrassing medical issue

ThatFraggle · 13/06/2023 22:14

IdLikeToBuyTheWorldACoke · 13/06/2023 22:11

And then you have Candida which is a name but also an embarrassing medical issue

Same energy as quinsy:the abscess (a collection of pus) forms between one of your tonsils and the wall of your throat.

IdLikeToBuyTheWorldACoke · 13/06/2023 22:14

forgotmyusername1 · 13/06/2023 21:57

Vagisil for a girl

Come, come, a line has to be drawn somewhere😀

EyelessArseFace · 13/06/2023 22:30

Trowel
Picket
Furlong
Gibbet
Gif
Sordid
Pelmet

blacksax · 13/06/2023 22:36

Kale
Anadin
Dent
Halo
Fray

<shades of Star Wars>

notprincehamlet · 13/06/2023 22:39

Effluvia and Peripatetic

SmurfetteSalad · 13/06/2023 22:39

Boy names:

Skoda nn Sko
Marble nn Marbs
Chino nn Chi
Silo nn Si / Lo
Manchego nn Che /Chego

Girls names:

Avocado nn Avo / Cada
Lillette nn Lille
Bouffant nn Bo
Chamoise nn Cha / Cham
Vileda nn Leda

Terryhalloffame · 13/06/2023 22:40

Vagina

GameofPhones · 13/06/2023 22:41

Neuralgia for a girl.
Oral has actually been used https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_Roberts

Oral Roberts - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_Roberts

ThatFraggle · 13/06/2023 22:42

notprincehamlet · 13/06/2023 22:39

Effluvia and Peripatetic

And their little triplet sisters, Dysplasia, Dyspepsia and Dyslexia

LilacClovers · 13/06/2023 22:46

Margarine

EyelessArseFace · 13/06/2023 22:49

Tosh
Bender
Whitlow
Chester (if your surname is Draws obviously)

GameofPhones · 13/06/2023 22:52

Marge as nn for Marjorie is not ruled out by the same-sounding abbreviation for margarine.

mydudero · 13/06/2023 23:00

Rosacea 🥰😂

IdLikeToBuyTheWorldACoke · 13/06/2023 23:08

Leeds2 · 13/06/2023 19:36

Maudlin
Windolene

I think Maudlin exists but is written as Magdalen? Or am i thinking of an Oxford college, and it's actually pronounced Magg-da-lynn?