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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?

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weebleswobblebuttheydontfalldown · 14/06/2023 01:25

Ileum
Jejunum for girls and
Colon for a boy

Sphincter !
Polio
Tetanus

Hoummous
Taramasalata
Tziki
Salsa
Guacamole
Nutrient
Rake
Whistle
Pug
Stump
Maxim
Minnim
Thorax
Truck

Giardia
Yersinia

Zarataralara · 14/06/2023 01:27

Boy/girl twins Dengue and Ebola.

dartsofcupid · 14/06/2023 01:33

I am lying laughing reading this thinking of how when I was pregnant I’d have been like ‘Box…oooh.’ Goes really well with my surname as well.

Next male cat I get is going to be a little furry Box.

Saschka · 14/06/2023 01:53

ALongHardWinter · 14/06/2023 00:53

Several years ago,my DD said that she heard a woman on the bus calling her child 'Hernia'.

Hermia with an M is a real name. Bit wanky, but real.

Saschka · 14/06/2023 02:00

We’ve barely scratched the surface if we are including drug names!

Keppra
Doxy
Cipro
Frusey
Taz
Malarone
Clex
Sinemet
Rivaroxaban
Lokelma
Alendronate

Pocodaku · 14/06/2023 02:15

DogInATent · 13/06/2023 20:20

Baguette
Entropy
Serendipity
Clitheroe
Tope

I actually know a Serendipity, and it suits her!

Fawful · 14/06/2023 02:16

Errand for a boy - has a scandi vibe

GameofPhones · 14/06/2023 06:30

Some of these could be (and are) used for pets, though (eg Sage, Thyme) for rabbits. Maybe not the medical ones.

Serendipity went in the opposite direction - it comes from Serendip, the name of an Indian prince.

PaigeMatthews · 14/06/2023 06:35

SleepingStandingUp · 14/06/2023 00:56

Serendipity is my fantasy baby girl name. I blame Neighbours in the 80s/90s who had a character called it. I love it

Yes Dippy! With the priest for a brother!

InMySpareTime · 14/06/2023 06:35

I've met a human Sage (one of the adults on a PGL trip)

crabb · 14/06/2023 06:47

Sertraline
Where have you been
Did you meet the Queen
Sertraline?

(sung in my head every night I take the tablet)

(See also margarine above)

ThatFraggle · 14/06/2023 07:07

Aquamarine1029 · 14/06/2023 00:09

Not sure if someone has posted this already, but I think Seven is a beautiful word for a name.

It was honest to god on my shortlist. I'm still not sure if I'm happy or sad it was vetoed😂

Thisistheendof · 14/06/2023 07:40

Dropsy
Scrofula
Tena
Lenor

TragicMuse · 14/06/2023 08:23

Thisistheendof · 14/06/2023 07:40

Dropsy
Scrofula
Tena
Lenor

Lenor feels a bit old-lady-ish. As if she'd be the third in a trio of sisters called Doris and Enid.

TragicMuse · 14/06/2023 08:24

Tena, pronounced same as Tina?

ThatFraggle · 14/06/2023 08:30

TragicMuse · 14/06/2023 08:24

Tena, pronounced same as Tina?

Like ten-a (Tena lady incontinence pants)

ShoesoftheWorld · 14/06/2023 08:38

I love Tosh for a boy Grin

More medical ones: Malaria (girl), Heparin (unisex), Lyssa (girl) (from lyssavirus - the rabies virus IIRC), Insomnia (girl), Patella (girl), Hallux (boy), Clavicle (unisex).

Clarinet would be a good unisex one. Oboe too.

Continence would make a lovely virtue-style name.

BellatrixLestrangesHeatedCurlers · 14/06/2023 08:42

ThatFraggle · 14/06/2023 08:30

Like ten-a (Tena lady incontinence pants)

Tena's a surname (like Natalia Tena) but I agree it makes a cute first name.

Brumbies · 14/06/2023 08:44

Mini
Maxi
Cortina
Stag

Cars fromThe past

dudsville · 14/06/2023 08:45

I know a toddler called Stone.

BellatrixLestrangesHeatedCurlers · 14/06/2023 08:47

Boys - Median, Arbuthnot, September, FiloGirls - Flute, Pinto, Rada, Celexa

VeryQuaintIrene · 14/06/2023 09:27

Tampax is quite a manly-sounding name.

MeDearNoDear · 14/06/2023 09:40

I used to work with a Tequila

douglasadamswasright · 14/06/2023 09:53

Labia
Vagina

WaterBaby9 · 14/06/2023 09:56

VeryQuaintIrene · 14/06/2023 09:27

Tampax is quite a manly-sounding name.

I agree lol

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