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

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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?

Apricot.
Chiffon (possibly because it sounds a bit like Siobhan and Saffron which are names).
Organza (continuing the fabric theme).
Chevrolet.
Tuxedo.
Pergola.
Brassica.
Amitriptyline

I do know a Velvet and she's absolutely awesome and totally fits her unique name.

My husband and I each knew a Cherry in our youth. The one I knew was Cherry Peel (honestly).

Candelabra
Jimberly

Ribena.

Vulva

Lachrymosa would be a wonderful name. Pity I never had a daughter...

Ahh Cellardoor, the most beautiful word in the English language according to Donnie Darko’s teacher.

Anaphylactic

Kath and Kim had some eclectic ideas for baby names.

Enema for a boy
Cardio Infarction for a boy (cos Kim likes Italian names!)
Catheter for a girl.
IV for a girl.

You get the idea.

I don’t like trendy names for children, but i am loving Velvet, i must say.

😂😂😂

Boathouse pronounced boa thouse.

nameobsessed Cherry is a girls name

Years ago when I was pregnant I had a laugh out loud moment when reading a comment on a thread here about the craziest things you had said to a stranger about your baby. The poster said she was in a new mum fog and someone asked her what her baby was called and out of nowhere said that her name was Spatula. Makes me giggle to this day!

Fallopian has a certain gravitas.

I think Pythagoras is due a comeback.
My ears may have deceived me, but I would swear Sara Cox gave a shout out to a child called Aragog yesterday.

Tarragon has a nice ring. Much snappier than Saffron.

Love some of the Victorian ones. Misery is a favourite.

Saw a great piece about the struggles of young people in rural Africa trying to get a decent education. One of the young men was called Scholastic: suited him so well.

Antimony
Bismuth
Patina ( pat, patty, Tina as nn)
Verdigris
Mossy
Benbecula
Taransay
Coventry

I really like some of the first names used by many African people like Precious, Blessing and Sunday. I recently met a Ghanaian woman called Peace.
Scholastic is great.

Oooh, liking Verdigris!

Benbecula and Taransay are great!
Why not? People use Brooklyn, Paris, Ireland etc

Duvet 😂

Mahogany Brown
always sounded like a great name!

Is one of Elon Musk's children not called Dark?

It’s regional though. Where I live it’s Bo taase

Poor child will be forever spelling it out.

Carbonara
Tarantula

Sapphire