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‘Cerise Pink’ is not a good baby name?

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Lilysienna1 · 22/07/2024 00:06

Aibu to tell my sister NOT to do this to her child….. or shall I just grin and bear it and gain a little ‘Cerise Pink’ niece… 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

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Kitkatcatflap · 22/07/2024 01:27

Come on, Cherise Pink is a drag name.

A classic more traditional would be better before Pink

Olivia Pink
Charlotte Pink
Emma Pink
Elizabeth Pink

All3DogsandMe · 22/07/2024 01:27

Ah I taught a Cerise many moons ago and she was a lovely girl. Not the Pink bit though. Yikes.

MegsNaiceJam · 22/07/2024 01:28

Got to be Lily The Pink! The saviour of the human race.

Pink is a common surname in this area with all sorts of weird and wonderful first names. People probably wouldn’t bat an eyelid at Cerise Pink.

JFDIYOLO · 22/07/2024 01:43

Ask them if they're playing 'pornstar name'

Spirallingdownwards · 22/07/2024 01:48

They are surely on a wind up.

I had friends who wanted Susannah (her) and Natalie (him) and their surname was West. Once I pointed out she would be Nat West then Susannah she was! (ps Susannah is a replacement to avoid outing the parents) but Natalie was his choice.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 22/07/2024 09:20

My ex husband’s surname is a colour, and we got nothing but jokes about this sort of thing when I was pregnant!

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 22/07/2024 09:21

Spirallingdownwards · 22/07/2024 01:48

They are surely on a wind up.

I had friends who wanted Susannah (her) and Natalie (him) and their surname was West. Once I pointed out she would be Nat West then Susannah she was! (ps Susannah is a replacement to avoid outing the parents) but Natalie was his choice.

Whereas Kayne West and his ex wife seem to have thought that “North West” was a reasonable way to go!

OMGsamesame · 22/07/2024 09:21

BearFacedCheek · 22/07/2024 00:15

Well it’s memorable!
Suggest Margaret Pink as an alternative!

Peggy Pink!

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 22/07/2024 09:23

Lilysienna1 · 22/07/2024 00:12

Other names on the shortlist :
Lily Pink
Violet Pink
Rose Pink

I don’t think they’re thinking this through very well.

They could take a look at the Farrow & Ball paint chart for some inspirational names.

Heckythump1 · 22/07/2024 09:29

I know a Magenta Pink.... pink is her surname! She really suits it too, she's a happy, bright, cheerful person!

BearFacedCheek · 22/07/2024 09:34

OMGsamesame · 22/07/2024 09:21

Peggy Pink!

Ha - I quite like that actually!

Ponoka7 · 22/07/2024 09:35

Tell her that Cerise means cherry and it is a shade of red, if you want to be pedantic. If anyone is in a certain area of Liverpool they'll know a Snow White, it is a cruel thing to do to a child.

TruJay · 22/07/2024 09:43

@Spirallingdownwards the advert under your comment 🤣

‘Cerise Pink’ is not a good baby name?
themonkeysnuts · 22/07/2024 09:46

it sounds like a 'password' to her phone -poor kid if she does use it

SeeSeeRider · 22/07/2024 09:53

Sounds like a paint shade. No. Just no.

Getonwitit · 22/07/2024 09:59

Poor child will be a laughing stock all her life. Show your sister this thread, maybe then she will realise how cruel she is being.

ActualChips · 22/07/2024 10:00

You should have put spaces between the letters of the name in the title. Now if anyone googled the kid in future they'll see this thread.

DoopSnoggySnogg · 22/07/2024 10:02

The kind of name I would have made up for myself when I was a teenager 😬 It sounds almost like a drag name.

ChopSue · 22/07/2024 10:03

Lilysienna1 · 22/07/2024 00:12

Other names on the shortlist :
Lily Pink
Violet Pink
Rose Pink

I don’t think they’re thinking this through very well.

Lily the Pink? 😂

CurlewKate · 22/07/2024 10:03

I now have Lily the Pink stuck in my head....

KateDelRick · 22/07/2024 10:06

Medicinal Compound.
Be like every other parent of a daughter in the last 15 years and make sure her middle name is Rose.

InsensibleMe · 22/07/2024 10:16

‘Plinkety’?
It doesn’t quite work ☹️

Benjilassi · 22/07/2024 10:34

Eeek, it won't take long for your sister to find out what you're saying about her.

ladymalfoy45 · 22/07/2024 10:36

Danielle Pink (I'm a Doctor Who fan)