Sorry, but I still really like Persimmon.

[allhailtheaubergine]

I'm pronouncing it PER-sim-on. Like the fruit, not the house building company.

I love the nickname Percy for a little girl.

It's pretty. It fits with my other daughter's name.

Is it really so terrible?

We live in a Persimmon home.
They are very nice, but not a great name for a DC.

You could always call her Sharon... after all the other name for Persimmon fruit is Sharon Fruit.

Hideous name, pregnancy hormones raging much?

Oh, I didn't know that Persimmon used to McAlpine. I prefer McAlpine.

NOT as a baby name, Aubergine so don't even consider it.

You might get away with it for a boy, but not a girl.

And it's a house building firm.

And she'll be bullied.

Pick something else for the nickname Percy.

Sorry but It's awful! Why not just call her Bovis?

And PS I honestly thought this was going to be a thread about somebody admitting preferring new-builds or something...

Sorry to be so harsh!

Sorry, nothing construction ve to add. Just popped by for a snigger

Persimmon Homes instantly sprung to mind here too ..so that'd be a no from me!!

I've never heard of Persimmon Homes.

I think Persimmon is OK. Persephone is probably better though.

McAlpine weren't taken over by Persimmon. Maybe you could get them to sponsor your family, and give you a lovely big house to live in.

Lorelei is really nice actually. Have just looked it up on a meaning site, and it lead me to Aurora and Laurel too.

It's a dreadful name - right there with Peaches, Apple, Melon, Papaya or any other random supermarket label.

That it looks identical to a major housebuilding company is even worse.

You see, my problem is that deep down, I secretly think that I'm right about this and you lot are ALL WRONG. I realise this is unlikely, but such is my hormones vanity.

It is simply simply beautiful. Rarefied and exquisite, delicate and fragrant.

Oh, she will be going to an uber artsy-intelligentsia school in west London, won't she?

You felt the need to apologise in your thread title, and you haven't even decided on the name yet.

How many times do you want to apologise for your child's name during their life?

Yeah but you're pregs an all.

How many times do you want to apologise for your child's name during their life?

Every day if she goes with Persimmon :o

Vindicated! I am not alone!

Reality is pregnant, so excused from baby naming threads until her hormones settle back down and her good taste returns.

See, I KNEW you would say you liked Lorelei. It is a shockingly awful name, German DH sniggered like a loon the first time I told him that some MNetters love it. You could never ever go on holiday in Germany. People would would be to hear someone call a child that.

Like calling a boy Cheddar Gorge.

How about Perdita, nickname Perdy/Purdy?

Cheddar does have a certain ring to it though...

Umm... Got any more shockingly awful names you can't stand Mme?

Laurel is lovely, and I admit I do have a sneaking liking for Persimmon...

Would you consider
Anjou
Cerise
Clementine
Citron
Mirabelle
Pomeline