Ebony

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I really like the name Ebony with Grace for a middle name but (and I don't mean to cause any offence here) I can't help thinking that it would suit a [cringe emoticon] darker skinned girl.
It's just I knew 2 Ebony's when u was younger and they were mixed race.

Wdyt?

I think Ebony would suit someone dark much better than some one fair.

I liked that name too, when I mentioned it to my mum she laughed and said but the baby won't be black.

Beautiful name but sadly doesn't work with our DC surname.

I also love Briony, it sounds similar.

Hmm well I do like Briony but it's too similar to my uncles name Brian and he's a d*ickhead

Ebony on a white girl would be daft.

I thought it was a nice sounding name but then I put it into google.

Search results revealed:

It's a type of wood
Ebony magazine is one of the oldest African American magazines
Ebony is a black porn genre

So for me, I'd have to say don't use it.

no,dont like the two bad match,porno name too

I once knew a blonde Ebony and I couldn't stop thinking about it. I wondered if her mother knew what it meant. This was about 15-20 years ago when it was rarer to have unusual names. My dd has an aboriginal Bianca in her class and I have never thought about that until now, but somehow it's just not the same with Ebony.

Had this discussion not long ago, black friends consider naming a white child Ebony a bit odd/amusing, considering its meaning and associations.

I think it's just so strongly associated with black pride as mentioned above with the magasine etc. I also think of Snow White with hair as black as Ebony. I think she'd have to have dark hair at least.

Funny, I was considering the name Blanche for a future mixed race dd but have similar reservations, I would also be breaking the mould somewhat as it's considered so old fashioned. I rather like it, I think it means white or fair in a more general sense, like a blank sheet of paper and Bianca Jagger was hardly blonde.

Are you black? I think it's weird to call a white kid Ebony

Ok I guess it's what I thought to start with. Will not be using Ebony. There are names that shouldn't be used on certain people. This is just one of them.

Thanks x

For me she would have to have dark eyes at the very least.
I know a mousey haired blue eyed Ebony and it doesn't suit her tbh but her siblings all have very "out there" names.

I would find it slightly odd on a white or fair person, as the only Ebonys I have known (two) were black. it's a beautiful name, though.