Jennet: yay or nay? Be blunt!

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Jennet is my current fave - also am liking:

Rainbow
Scarlett
Kimber

Verdicts from the MN Jury?

I like Jennet as a name - think I added it to a thread here about literature names, or ones you wouldn't be brave enough to use. I only know it from the mad screechy ghost in the Woman in Black, and I think that would put me off from using it. But, if you have another connection with it, use it!

I kinda like Jennet! It reminds me of Jannah(paradise) but kinda like people might say it in turkish..i think?! lol I don't know turkish but have some kinda vague memory of it being said like that

I knew someone called rainbow in my 2ndary school and she was quite posh! It's okay but u may get some looks from some. Scarlett is a much more "safer" choice as its way more common, but also nice. depends whether you want something 'different' or not really

Kimber - people may think its short for Kimberly???

Well, if you're sure about the 'blunt' bit - it may have been popular back in medaeval times, but, unfortunately the association for me now would be the offspring of a female donkey and a horse stallion.

How about maybe Jehanne instead?

Won't it get mistaken for Janet? Scarlett is very popular at the min, rainbow is a bit hippy. Out of them all I do like Jennet best but I'd prob tweak it to Jenner or jenneret

I thought it was Jeanette misspelled when I saw the thread title. Hmm.. It's ok I suppose.

I like Rainbow .

nay.
Jenna is nice, but will constantly be heard as Gemma, no doubt.
Scarlett is the best of your OP.
Ruby?

Think of standing in a line of parents and your child's name being called out so they know you are there to pick them up.... "Rainbow, your mum's here" just doesn't roll off the tongue imo.

It's better than Rainbow, Scarlett and Kimber even though it means a small saddle horse or a female donkey. Or the offspring thereof..

Rainbow and Kimber are beyond bad, and for the life of me I can't see the appeal of Scarlett.

Would you consider Genevieve?
Janette?
Janet?
Or Kim?
Raine?
Beau? Bo?

Jehanne is lovely.

I like Jennet. It's a very old English name, which appeals to me.

I like Jennet too. I have heard of it before.
I don't like Scarlett, or Rainbow, and Kimber makes me think straight away of Kimba the White Lion.
Maybe white lions aren't a bad thing though actually? Hmm.

Is it produced like rennet or with the emphasis on the net part? I'm not keen sorry. It's the name of a fairy in a James Herbert book I think.

Jennet was a very popular name in Lancashire at the time of the Pendle Witch Trials. My namesake was a 9yr old girl who was the main witness at the trial of her mother and the other Pendle witches. Her testomy resulted in the death sentence for her mother and the other accused women. I wouldn`t name my child Jennet

*testimony

I like Jennet.
Also Like Dennet.

Don´t like Rainbow or Kimber, but like Scarlett.

Jennet instantly brings to mind thee Jenner Device story, too sad (and tempting fate haha)
Kimber sounds too like Simba from the lion king or a slopey bit of a road.

Jennet - I love it. Are you in Lancashire? It's the name of one of the Pendle witches.

Nay, nay and thrice nay!
Sounds really try hard and having to spell and explain your name gets boring.

Jennet sounds like how the Queen would say Janet.

No, sounds odd. What about Hester?

Scarlett

Jennet is frankly odd.

As others have said, a jennet is a female donkey, and is used liberally as a misogynist insult in Shakespeare.

Mumsnetters who have it as a family name probably acquired it before the 19th century, before spelling was standardised; it'll be a mis-spelt (to our modern sensibilities) Janet.

I do like Linnet if you're responding to the inflection rather than the meaning of the name.

I thought of the witch trials. Sorry, but it's a no from me.

Linnet is sweet.

Scarlett is really cute and sassy. I wouldn't be brave enough to use it myself but I like it.
I hate the other ones (sorry).