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What do you think of the name Lushe as my baby daughter's name?

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jem08 · 01/09/2012 11:15

What do you think of the name Lushe (silent e) as my baby daughter's name? Plenty of people have the surname Lush so why not have it as a first name? I already have a daughter called Harlowe which caused uproar with the family but has been received well in nursery but I need something just as unusual for my new arrival due in January. This is my first post so please be nice to me...

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tethersend · 01/09/2012 12:26

What about Loveday?

iMoniker · 01/09/2012 12:26

What about January or Halle?

jem08 · 01/09/2012 12:26

iMoniker - Like Brooke, have always liked it since Brooke from One Tree Hill but just don't like it's popularity. How many Brooke's do you know just out of interest.

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badtime · 01/09/2012 12:27

jem08/OP, do you have a Scandinavian background? (I ask because of your brother's names)

If you are, maybe try a nice Scandie name. It will seem unusual, but not 'out there'.

iMoniker · 01/09/2012 12:28

None. Not one.

I know two Brooklyn's though

jem08 · 01/09/2012 12:29

teothersend - Unusual but not sure about that one? Do you know someone with that name?

iMoniker - You're on my wavelength now, think you've sussed the kind of names I go for, January is nice. I also like Autumn.

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iMoniker · 01/09/2012 12:30

Scand names

Bo
Britt
Freya

iMoniker · 01/09/2012 12:32

Yeah I like January - Janey for short

amck5700 · 01/09/2012 12:32

Amarys/Amaris

jem08 · 01/09/2012 12:32

iMoniker - Brooke is definately going to be considered (I think hubby liked it too) as I don't know any either. I did meet a newborn in a hair dressers who had just been given the name so I thought the popularity had sinced increased.

badtime - Not Scandinavian background that I know of, my mum just likes unusual name and I do too. Jansen is acually a Turkish friend of my dad's that we named him after.

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badtime · 01/09/2012 12:33

Silje, Saga, Moa, Ylva, Malin...

amck5700 · 01/09/2012 12:33

Piper?

amck5700 · 01/09/2012 12:33

Jennara

jem08 · 01/09/2012 12:34

amck5700 - not keen on that one, got any others.

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WantAnOrange · 01/09/2012 12:35

I'm in the South West and Lush has always meant lovely/delicious, hence the name of the shop. I still wouldn't choose it though!

Silent letters added on for nothing seems utterly pointless to me.

What other names do you like?

amck5700 · 01/09/2012 12:35

Cameron
Jaime

iMoniker · 01/09/2012 12:37

Kendra
Shaina
Sienna ... V common
Tegan

iMoniker · 01/09/2012 12:39

Emi

jem08 · 01/09/2012 12:40

amck5700 - Piper is nice, reminds me of Charmed (if you ever watched it?)

Wantan orange - Thank u for your constructive criticism, the reason I added a pointless letter onto Harlowe is to make it more feminine and also to shut my hubby's family up about referring to Harlow in Essex. If I was from Essex then I probably wouldn't have called her that.

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amck5700 · 01/09/2012 12:41

Nope never watched it - you seem to like names suitable for boys or girls so maybe have a look at more of those.

jem08 · 01/09/2012 12:42

iMoniker - I used to like Sienna but you are right it has become very common and there's one that lives in the same town as me. Kendra is one of Hugh Hefner's ex playmates (i think) so I'll avoid that like the plague.

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jem08 · 01/09/2012 12:43

amck5700 - Good suggestion, I shall do.

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iMoniker · 01/09/2012 12:44

Lol... Yes good idea

iMoniker · 01/09/2012 12:44

Let us know hat you decide on

Margerykemp · 01/09/2012 12:44

What about Luna?