coriander?!

[biscuitracer]

I'm thinking of calling my next daughter coriander, what do you all think?

Reminds me of the Sally Gardner book 'I Coriander', which is GREAT!

But I would not call a baby this name. Nope. Never. No way.

Ahhh no. It's horrible.

Lovely name, reminded me of a poem www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/180333 - the bit that goes: Coriander, sweet pomander, good Cassander..(it's from the 15th century so some of the references may be a bit obscure). I'd shorten it to Cory (prob sounds just the same as Corrie but less reminiscent of coronation street)
She can always change it to a boring normal name if she really hates it. My friend called her dd Ananda - beautiful, unusual name she thought. Dd disagreed and once she was old enough told everyone her name was Amanda.

i've got mixed feelings about this name.

op would you like to be called Coriander?

There was a glamour model last year who called her daughter Papaya.

This is just as bad.

Yeah that was Alicia Douvall

I'm not sure to be honest, I would certainly get used to it or abbreviated versions of it. It's such a nice, pretty name I think. I read somewhere it will become more commonplace in the next twelve months.

Papaya is quite bad.

i don't think i would.

so i probably wouldn't use it for my daughter. there are some really beautiful names out there......

Saffron, Sage, Rosemary, Basil and Tumeric are the only acceptable herby spicy names.

As is Coriander.

Currie is a popular surname in Scotland. Now that would be funny

Food and drink names are always a bit dodgy

Chardonnay
Honey
Peaches
Apple
Brandy

Good shopping list though!

I can't see coriander getting popular any time soon.

How about Stella?

Coriander? really? Taramasalata is a beautiful name & could be easily shortened to Tara.

I like it.

Please don't too much coriander ruins a nice dish.

Terrible. Like corinne (coh-rin). Don't know how to spell that.

Rosemary or Lavender maybe but Coriander is awful.

Lots of herby names on a childrens TV series from the late 60s......Called the herbs!

just no, sorry.

Cora?

DH honestly suggested Paprika for a potential DD. It was a DS2 and he has a non-food name.

It's known as cilantro in the US and possibly Mexico...

Don't call your child a came that you think personally you'd get 'used to'! Choose a name that you think would be great to have.

Picking a name because it's 'exotic' makes me think of Frogmella and Spudulika. Not great.

Coriander? No. It's beyond horrible (no offence).

Re: Chardonnay, Honey, Peaches, Brandy (or Brandi).

No not good and please don't call your baby after a fishy dip (taramasalata)!