Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Names that would be pretty if they weren’t already other things

187 replies

CruCru · 17/05/2025 09:26

My daughter and I have been talking about names that would be beautiful if they weren’t already other things (mainly sparked by me saying that MacKenzie wouldn’t be a good name because it is a surname). So far she has suggested Cathedral, Fajita and Café. I have come up with Cellardoor.

What do you think?

OP posts:
NotTellingYouMyRealOne · 17/05/2025 10:51

An old family surname is Fernie.itvwould make a nice girls name!

SquashedMallow · 17/05/2025 10:52

Chlamydia

Candida

Corona

Nemesis

Aubergine

Malaena (although I've known people go there with this one, without knowing it means blood soaked poo)

To be honest, there's a lot of medical names that would make pretty names !

Bowling4soup · 17/05/2025 10:54

Serendipity (Seren for NN)
Fiat
Merlot

Purplecatshopaholic · 17/05/2025 10:55

Amelia is a name, and bizarrely popular one given its also a disease or birth defect.

HiddenInCubeOfCheese · 17/05/2025 10:57

Alopecia

SquashedMallow · 17/05/2025 10:57

Aeriola

Cilia

Apostrophe

itsmeafterall · 17/05/2025 10:59

Cracking thread.

Slipper
Ribbon
Coal
Egg
Bum

The good news is that all of the above mentioned can be used as cat or dog names so are not wasted

SwedishEdith · 17/05/2025 10:59

Viagra
Locchia
Jezebel is a great name but not deemed useable.

olderbutwiser · 17/05/2025 10:59

Rubella
Vagina
Titty

falalalalaaaaaaaa · 17/05/2025 11:00

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 17/05/2025 09:52

Isis was on our list for a girl a very long time ago.

Satchel.

I used to work with a kid called Satchel in the States. Everyone called his little brother Wallet. Always thought it would be a nice sounding name if I could get past the bag thing, haha.

CruCru · 17/05/2025 11:01

itsmeafterall · 17/05/2025 10:59

Cracking thread.

Slipper
Ribbon
Coal
Egg
Bum

The good news is that all of the above mentioned can be used as cat or dog names so are not wasted

Egg would be a good cat / dog name but Bum is going it a bit even for a pet.

OP posts:
SWsmileyface · 17/05/2025 11:03

There was a "Harmonica" in the comedy series Superstore!

Kuretake · 17/05/2025 11:03

Genitalia has a classic ring to it, lots of options to shorten it too.

Reallyoldperson · 17/05/2025 11:04

Candida is actually a girls name coming from the Latin meaning white. Its used in Spain as a name.

NancyGreens · 17/05/2025 11:05

Rosacea

CuddlesKovinsky · 17/05/2025 11:05

Echinacea.

Didn't Mia Farrow and Woody Allen call one of their lads Satchel?

RainbowZebraWarrior · 17/05/2025 11:08

tobee · 17/05/2025 10:19

I always liked Tuna

My friends old dog was called Tuna.

It's one of those words that is lovely to say over and over.

Senzaunadonna · 17/05/2025 11:08

101Alsatians · 17/05/2025 09:53

Vanilla
Velvet
Madeira
Gillet
Caramel (though I guess there's Carmela)
Bit random but Meteor 🤣

Why do I find myself now regretting not calling one of my sons Meteor?!

CruCru · 17/05/2025 11:09

Meteor is a good one. Although I do know a boy called Mateo, which is similar.

OP posts:
101Alsatians · 17/05/2025 11:13

Senzaunadonna · 17/05/2025 11:08

Why do I find myself now regretting not calling one of my sons Meteor?!

Haha I know! I think it would be awesome.Would def suit my youngest DS 🤣

Mymanyellow · 17/05/2025 11:13

Plinth for a boy

JJZ · 17/05/2025 11:15

Loads of these are names already - McKenzie and Alexa to name a few!

Lessstressedhemum · 17/05/2025 11:17

Cloud
Rainbow
Maze
Erinys, and in the same vein, Eris
Random
Eagle
Justice
Cyan

Bluevelvetsofa · 17/05/2025 11:19

Cole (Coal) is a name.
Cole Porter. Probably more American.
Lupin
Dicentra
Malus

2dogsandabudgie · 17/05/2025 11:25

nameobsessed · 17/05/2025 10:02

I love Pandora and Delilah, even with the meanings, also add Lilith and Jezebel but these are all already names.

Cherry would be mine, I think it would make a pretty name.

I knew someone called Cherry, it wasn't an unusual name back in the 80s.

Swipe left for the next trending thread