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211 replies

marchpoppy · 22/06/2012 12:39

OK, I don't want to give the actual name that I am thinking of (for a baby of either sex - due to be born in 2 weeks - eek!) but here is the formula/ problems:

Rhymes with two different names, one of each sex, so doesn't have an 'odd' ring to it.

Is not an actual name but is a word with positive associations - not a very long word BTW

Is not slang for anything nor the name of anything odd (as far as I can see from extensive google searches) - except for being the name of one (innocuous enough) body part in another language e.g. (but not) Japanese for elbow

I like the sound of it, I am sure that some friends will think it's an odd choice or even odd to make up a name but I don't like very popular names and this would have meaning for me.

What do you think - mad or brilliant?!

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jaffacakehips · 25/06/2012 09:26

What's the point of this thread then?

Come on OP just tell us the bloody name Grin

PrettyPrinceofParties · 25/06/2012 09:29

Mmmmm toast.

wimbledonisfuckingdull · 25/06/2012 10:51

I came back to pass judgement. Silly woman hasn't come back.
My best guess now is cuntifanctiouspal.

PercyFilth · 25/06/2012 11:11

If it's a word (I'm assuming in English), then strictly speaking it's not "made-up" - just that it's not normally used as a name. There are plenty of names that have evolved from words to names (Jade, Grace, Dawn etc).

A useful hint would be to tell us in what language the same word means a part of the body. We could probably work it out quite easily then.

rockinhippy · 25/06/2012 11:14

Moya or Moyan ?? - if its something like that then it won't be so bad, but it really DOES depend on what it is - though I believe Moya is an actual Norwegian name & Moyan is a name too

I'd lay bets that whatever it is, that its NOT as unusual as you think - a friends DD with a truly made up name turned out to be one of several in the world & has since had many babies - including one of her teachers named after her - so nope - you won't be outing yourself, I doubt very much its as original as you thinWink

SingingSands · 25/06/2012 11:18

Are you just going with "Boy" or "Gal"?

badtime · 25/06/2012 11:18

I went to school with a girl called Moya - it was an anglicised variant of Maire.

Honky · 25/06/2012 11:28

Do what another posted did - spell it out with spaces inbetween so no one will be able to Google it afterwards - E L B O W

marchpoppy · 25/06/2012 13:38

OK folks, I have to go and have the baby very soon and nobody has guessed it so I am not going to reveal. I am amazed at how people think I am teasing them, I honestly thought somebody would get it in the first 2 or 3 posts (if they could be bothered to read this thread in the first place) with all my clues.

I am going to give you all one last - what I consider to be huge - clue making it very guessable and I'm sure I will get feedback then on whether you like the name, but I have my own instincts to follow, eh?!

It's not Pal, Boy or Toast or any of the above suggestions and the word means a body part in another language but that body part in another language is NOT elbow in Korean. What are y'all doing to my already crazy full-term pregnancy head? P-lease!

Here's the whopper of a clue - see y'all later: G L E E ... (read carefully, folks, that is not the name itself, that is the final, giveaway clue!) :)

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wimbledonisfuckingdull · 25/06/2012 13:40

Puck? fuck.

PercyFilth · 25/06/2012 13:41

Why won't you tell us what the other language is, like I asked?

CurrySpice · 25/06/2012 13:44

Oh ffs! Just tell us.

ExitPursuedByABear · 25/06/2012 13:46

I know, I know,

Rumplestiltskin

PercyFilth · 25/06/2012 13:48

PITA would be appropriate.

ThatllDoPig · 25/06/2012 13:50

Ok. Glee has Finn and Quinn,
Soooo,
Ainn
Binn
Cinn
Dinn
Einn
Ginn
Hinn
Iinn
Jinn
Kinn
Linn
Minn
Ninn
Oinn
Pinn
Rinn
Sinn
Tinn
Uinn
Vinn
Winn
Xinn
Yinn
Zinn

One of these?

CurrySpice · 25/06/2012 13:50

Once someone guesses it, they'll type it here and then it's googleable. So you might as well do it yourself

Walkingonhotcoals · 25/06/2012 13:54

Ok, after a quick google is it

  • Mirth ?
  • Triumph?
  • Blithe ?
  • Merry ? (a little lord of the rings ish)
  • Peppy ?
  • Sunny ?
Grin
marchpoppy · 25/06/2012 14:09

Yes thatlldopig! OK that's it, the game is now surely given away for anyone else who speaks the other (Percyfilth, Indo-European) language. Over and out :)

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ceeveebee · 25/06/2012 14:48

It must be Win as that's the only word with positive connotations from that list

johnnycomelurky · 25/06/2012 14:58

Gin has positive connotations for me some Grin

OhDoAdmitMrsDeVere · 25/06/2012 15:06

Haha beat me to it johnny

ExitPursuedByABear · 25/06/2012 15:15

But they are not made up.

Confused
ceeveebee · 25/06/2012 15:15

Haha I didn't spot Ginn, read it as a 'hard' G

Isn't Wynn a name anyway in welsh?

ExitPursuedByABear · 25/06/2012 15:18

And Win could be short for Winifred.

MiseryBusiness · 25/06/2012 15:18

Winn - has to be as none of the others have positive connotations.

However, Winn, Win or Wyn whichever spelling you choose is awful.

Dont do it.