To call my baby this

[m0mmy2be]

So we decided this name in September 2017. We had been trying for a baby for a while and knew this would be our girl name when we eventually fell pregnant.

Anyway, we have since found out we are having a baby girl and I am due very soon.

We decided to call her Cove.

But now I'm worrying that it's too close to Covid, especially since she will be born during the pandemic.

I'm not too worried about people liking the name personally, but more worried about whether she'll be teased in future because of its association with Covid? Am I over thinking?

If I didn't think of covid I'd definitely think of ceiling coving. Sorry OP - for me its like calling a baby Skirting.

Elon musk's latest baby has a fun name.

No - choose a different one.

I thought Cove was bad, but Cleopatra is awful. What about Cleo as a first name?

She will get the piss ripped out of her something rotten, and you will get all sorts of comments about your name choice too. If the people are polite, those comments won’t be to your face.

Cleopatra isn’t an Egyptian name. It is the equivalent of calling g a child Boudicca and saying that commemorates your grandparents heritage

I would not use it no.Just wrong really .

I’ve seen this thread before, I’m sure of it.

@Prettybluepigeons

The covid thing makes it ridiculous. The name itself.....its not a name. It's a noun. Like rock or beach or table or chair. There are so many really beautiful names to choose from. Please dont call a child Cove.

This.

Not unless you want her to go through life being asked "is that short for Covid?".

Cleo is nice but Cleopatra, no.

No, not Cove. And Cleopatra really gives her something to live up to...

I agree with the PP who suggested Cleo - it's a pretty name and a tribute to the grandparent.

The word cove I think is nice, it reminds me of secret peaceful Cornish beaches.

As a name however, no.

Please don't call an innocent baby a name which everyone will assume is short for covid and will thereby make her life a misery.
To go ahead and do that is nothing short of cruel.

No,no,no,no!

Apparently there were twins in our town names after NDubz, Tulisa and ... Costa, a shortening of Costadinos or some such, one of the blokes in the band's real names

Op,do update with the name you decide on .

I thought Cove is another word for criminal.

Dove?
Clove?
Just not cove

Is it the sound you like or the meaning?

I think Cove is a bit too close to Covid.

If sound could you go with Clove instead?

If meaning - I'm unsure if you're going with the English or the Hebrew origin?

For English there were some lovely alternatives above - I really liked Haven?

For Hebrew here are some you may like?

ideasfornames.com/50-gracious-baby-names-that-mean-gift-from-god/

Lol. Cove Cleopatra.

Please don't saddle your child with a name that will cause them problems during school years op. Its bad enough if it's a surname and I was in a class with a Bunny.

I have five gc's and dd1 is expecting next month. I have never ever commented on names until this time. But they cannot agree so have settled on a slang amalgamation of two. Op, please do not do this.

Strangely I heard Zoe Ball talking to Keith Richards about the song Angie this week. He said it was his daughter's name. Yes, but she changed her own name to Angela from Dandelion.

@Jubaju

Google says it’s actually a name... wow. A stupid one. In the current climate it would be even more ridiculous to call your baby that- but i suspect you know that.

It's not a stupid name.

It's actually quite an establish Hebrew name; the OP may be Jewish.

Just because it isn't Anglican doesn't make it stupid.

It is, however, unfortunate timing.

Today 08:38 GreenPlum

Don't do it. Such a shame and another thing covid has taken from us. But seriously. You can't do it now.

This did make me laugh. Sorry. I don’t feel robbed by having the ‘name’ cove taken away from us.

You could change to Clove? Or go for Cleo in honour of grandparent

I like it and I didn't think of covid when I first read it.
Your baby your name I'd say go with it.