Sweet shop names?

[SaffronCake]

DP has responsibility for picking a middle name for our 8 day old daughter Tamsin. He likes the sort of very literal names that usually people think better suit Disney characters and he likes names that he thinks suit the child's character. He is not in the least bit phased by name snobbery.

He gave our older daughter Saffron the middle name Pixie and you have to admit it suits her, she is a total Scamp, always happy and never still.

Little Tamsin is especially pink and white and delightfully sweet natured. So Daddy is looking at her thinking of sweeties, sugar and any and everything you can decorate with pink icing.

Tamsin Candy? Tamsin Sherbert? Tamsin Sugar? I see a field trip to the sweet shop before long, for name inspiration!

I thought you lovely ladies (and lovely lads) would perhaps enjoy joining in? What sweeties might pass for a name do you think? Go wild, this could be quite a fun thread!

[SaffronCake]

Nope, not a joke thread, sorry to disappoint. Anyway even if he was totally serious about Toffee Apple which I'm only nearly sure he isn't we're not married- he can't register anything without my approval. It's not going to be Tamsin Gob Stopper. Might be Tamsin Flossie though, or Tamsin Truffle, or any one of several perfectly acceptable names suggested. And the really daft ones are funny, neither of us are so up ourselves we can't stick a little light mockery.

To those not being so subtle in the derision I'd say she might be as unfeminine as you like, what should I call her instead? Hannah? Means graceful. How about Sarah? Worse, means princess. Could be a Teigan (very popular in Cornwall)? That's far more labelling, that's pretty little thing. Tamsin is plenty neutral enough to hide behind if she grows up to be a wrestler or a politician. Any number of names are vocabulary words (including Saffron and Pixie).

Yeah my partner isn't like everyone else's. He's brilliant fun.

[MummysLittleSunbeams]

Hear hear !

[ThoseClementineShoes]

Good on you OP, there are some fun suggestions on here, it's nice to have a story and she has Tamsin which is plenty "sensible" enough. Tamsin Flossie is in fact rather growing on me!

There are plenty people with the wrong coloured hair called Orla or Fiona or Dwight.

[Cheeptrickortreat]

OP she is your child and you have the right to call her what ever you and your DP want. Its boring being like everyone else and at least she will have something to talk about at parties

I know a women who has a really girly first name and her middle name is Graham as her uncle registered her and put his name down

I love the name Tamsin.

Please come back and tell us what you finialy deside on please

[ThePathanKhansWitch]

Oh go with Dulcie! It's beautiful, i didn't know it meant sweet. Congratulations btw.

[Annanymous]

Tamsin CurlyWurly has a certain ring.

[Annanymous]

By the way is it Tamsin or Tasmin? I always get muddled up with that name.

[pinksomething]

Tasmin and Tamsin are both names Ann.

[SaffronCake]

Tamsin for this one Anna, M first. (Tasmin is a name too, just not this little girls' name).

[LottieBronte]

As pp's have said Dulcie means sweet so how about the variant Dulcibella? Tamsin Dulcibella is fab.....sweet, sugary, pink and frilly!

Some other suggestions:

Tamsin Candyfloss
Tamsin Bubblegum
Tamsin Cupcake
Tamsin Jellybean
Tamsin Liquorish (I like this one lol)
Tamsin Marshmallow
Tamsin Marzipan
Tamsin Peaches
Tamsin Popsicle
Tamsin Sprinkle
Tamsin Strawberry
Tamsin Toblerone
Tamsin Twinkie

[minipie]

I thought about this thread at the weekend [sad emoticon]

What about Tamsin Cara Mel.

[DessieLou]

Good on you, OP! I agree that middle names are for being creative or naming after a loved one so go for it! Some great suggestions so let us know what you decide.

[frutilla]

Here are some names inspired by cakes...
Tamsin Fancy
Tamsin Esterhazy
Tamsin Fairy
Tamsin Genoise
Tamsin Princess
Tamsin St. Honore
Tamsin Tiramisu

[Lonnie]

Well I actually like this idea I am a firm believer you can see a lot of a person personality very early on.

How about
Candice (sugary)
Acacia (Honey means Honourable in Spanish)
Cassia (sweet scent spice)
Kezia (different spelling of above)
Kalilah (beloved darling)
Pamelia (honey sweetness)
Sherenda (sweet and carring)
Shirin (Sweet)
Coral (pink)
Bianca (pure and white)
Blanca (white and shining)
Blance' (white and shinning)
Candie (bright glowing white - and sugar)
Elodie (Marshy, white blossom )
Elvira (Truth. White or beautiful )
Fenella ( White shouldered )
Guinevere (White lady)
Sherry/ Sherie/Cherie (From the white meadow )
Susannah - or any varient (Graceful lily In the apocryphal Book of Tobit Susannah courageously defended herself against wrongful accusation. White lilies grew in the Biblical city of Susa in Persia. )
Lily - see above)
Zuri (White and lovely )
Melissa (bee and honey)
Amber or Amberlee (A jewel-quality fossilized resin; as a color the name refers to a warm honey shade. )

[ThatsNotMyBabyBelly]

I have an accidental Coco, don't ask, and everyone loves it to my face

[SaffronCake]

Naming babies (or cats, or anything else that needs a name) in this relationship is a long process. Some of my favourite names for girls are Thalia, Ariadne, Phedre and Leonore. He on the other hand thinks of names as being descriptions, Sugar, Sunbeam, Peaches, Ariel (classic British motorcycles). That we both liked Saffron for the last DD was nothing short of a triumph of negotiation.

After a difficult birth I declared Tamsin to be a Tamsin and he spoke not a word but "ok" (has face did, his mouth did not), bless him. So I am being lenient about this middle name. If he's still got confectionery in mind then let him, there are passable names that are also sweets and MN is fantastic at finding them. So far the ones I think he'd find literal enough (even if they aren't all strictly sweeties) and that I would accept are:

Angelica
Blossom
Bonnie
Candy
Coco
Coral
Crystal
Dolly
Dulcie
Flossie
Gem
Honey
Penny
Peaches (Peaches and Pixie? Paula Yates much?)
Shirin
Sundae/Sunday

Reading this thread I have become quite fond of Sugarplum, but it's not remotely playground proof so one of us better show some practicality I suppose. Also there were so many other gorgeous suggestions like Fenella and Violet that I liked a lot, but that I know are not going to resonate for him.

I'm going to try to get his feedback on this list later. I'm itching to get her registered now.

[SaffronCake]

He was talking about calling her Possum last night... Your suggestions may well save her from Daddys creativity haha!

[plainwhitet]

adore these names and well done you. but had to suggest:
Frangipane.

[cakeismysaviour]

Honey, Candy, Sugar, Coco or Cherry. :)

[AlmaMartyr]

Maybe just Plum if you like Sugarplum but don't want to go for it?

[DrinkYourWeakLemonDrinkNow]

Penny Chew

[DrinkYourWeakLemonDrinkNow]

You could call her Jilly for now. Jilly Baby

[SaffronCake]

He's now saying he doesn't like any of that semi-sensible shortlist I made any more. He now likes...

Tamsin Butterscotch
Tamsin Demerera

and...

Wait for it...

Tamsin Damson

OMG

If the cat caused me this much worry I'd have rehomed it years ago.

[cakeismysaviour]

Would he accept Cupcake or Sugar? Not my bag at all but they are pretty in their own way.

[effingwotnots]

Dolly... As in mixture...?