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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:
Unicorntearsofgin · 14/06/2023 10:04

Lillet
Ambrosia
Parsley
Rosacea

barbarahunter · 14/06/2023 10:07

Don't know if someone has already said this, but as an ex teacher I can tell you now that you're nearer reality than perhaps you realise, OP

reddingweddy · 14/06/2023 10:09

Stencil
Buddleia
Wainscot
Atrocious

IOweMySanityToBasilParsley · 14/06/2023 10:15

This thread has made me cry with laughter 🤣🤣
Favourites so far are Pelmet and Colon 🤣🤣

IOweMySanityToBasilParsley · 14/06/2023 10:24

Amitriptyline
Plug
Lintel
Gastric
Dungeon
Espadrille
Pamphlet
Padlock

ThatFraggle · 14/06/2023 10:30

barbarahunter · 14/06/2023 10:07

Don't know if someone has already said this, but as an ex teacher I can tell you now that you're nearer reality than perhaps you realise, OP

Can you tell us some that you know of?

QuinnofHearts · 14/06/2023 10:38

My daughters middle name is Rescue. I promise you there's a story behind it!

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WaterBaby9 · 14/06/2023 10:38

IOweMySanityToBasilParsley · 14/06/2023 10:15

This thread has made me cry with laughter 🤣🤣
Favourites so far are Pelmet and Colon 🤣🤣

It really brightened up my evening aswell 🤍

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Original poster
WaterBaby9 · 14/06/2023 10:39

QuinnofHearts · 14/06/2023 10:38

My daughters middle name is Rescue. I promise you there's a story behind it!

Tell!

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QuinnofHearts · 14/06/2023 10:42

@WaterBaby9 it originally was going to be Jessica (after Jessica fletcher) but I wasn't feeling it. Husband and I were sat in the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham trying to decide and he suggested Rescue. My favourite marvel character since I was a little girl is Rescue, and also a year previously our first daughter was born sleeping and then I lost my Papa 6 weeks later. It felt like this baby "rescued" us.

I wanted her to have an unusual middle name as she was going to be our last!

NurseEssie · 14/06/2023 11:02

Omelette
Dilemma

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WaterBaby9 · 14/06/2023 11:05

QuinnofHearts · 14/06/2023 10:42

@WaterBaby9 it originally was going to be Jessica (after Jessica fletcher) but I wasn't feeling it. Husband and I were sat in the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham trying to decide and he suggested Rescue. My favourite marvel character since I was a little girl is Rescue, and also a year previously our first daughter was born sleeping and then I lost my Papa 6 weeks later. It felt like this baby "rescued" us.

I wanted her to have an unusual middle name as she was going to be our last!

Thats lovely 🥹

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NurseEssie · 14/06/2023 11:05

At my son's daycare we have Malibu.
Obvs awful with the alcohol association but oh my- so pretty 😍

NurseEssie · 14/06/2023 11:07

Index- nn Indi or Dex

NurseEssie · 14/06/2023 11:15

I woikd have loved Haze for a boy.

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WaterBaby9 · 14/06/2023 11:32

NurseEssie · 14/06/2023 11:15

I woikd have loved Haze for a boy.

I actually find that acceptable and pretty normal. Sounds cool

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Original poster
WaterBaby9 · 14/06/2023 11:33

NurseEssie · 14/06/2023 11:05

At my son's daycare we have Malibu.
Obvs awful with the alcohol association but oh my- so pretty 😍

I love it too. And Carousel 🎠

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KimberleyClark · 14/06/2023 11:48

Chlamydia and Candida for twin girls.
Larceny
Tundra
Latrine
Pointelle

ALongHardWinter · 14/06/2023 12:45

IOweMySanityToBasilParsley · 14/06/2023 10:24

Amitriptyline
Plug
Lintel
Gastric
Dungeon
Espadrille
Pamphlet
Padlock

All these made me roar with laughter! 😂😂😂

Thisistheendof · 14/06/2023 12:53

ThatFraggle · 14/06/2023 08:30

Like ten-a (Tena lady incontinence pants)

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Yes...that's the one 😀

Trina89 · 14/06/2023 13:00

Persil, for the fans of the Mumsnet-ubiquitous Persephone - with a bit of edge…

Thisistheendof · 14/06/2023 13:25

I looked up a few of my favourites on ancestry.com and can confirm that Alfalfa was quite a popular name in the 1930s in America. Felony and Gilette are genuine French names. There was one child called Mouse in England in 1901 and yes OP it is a girls name.

TragicMuse · 14/06/2023 13:45

Credenza - girl, obvs.
Balayage - girl, possibility of 'Bah-LAH-yah-ZHAY'
Albumen^^ - nickname Al, Albie
Artistic
Superimpose
Spendthrift
Derogate

TragicMuse · 14/06/2023 13:48

Consensual. Sounds a little...Roman? Or am I thinking of Consul?

Licentious
Episode
Filament

barbarahunter · 14/06/2023 13:56

Caries
Lilo
Lillet
Tampax, pax for short (or possibly tam)