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Names that nice but have too much of an association.

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chocolateicecream · 22/11/2012 21:05

I like the name Marigold but it would completely get associated with a pair of gloves, as a result I wouldn't use it. Actually, I initially think of the song Marigold by the Foo's but not many others would.

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amazingmumof6 · 24/11/2012 03:06

hjtunny SIL's friends have a boy and a girls called Sam and Ella. just say it quickly: Sam an' Ella

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Caladria · 24/11/2012 09:35

Martha. I like the sound, but have you read her bible scene lately? Jesus tells her to quit complaining and get on with the housework. You might as well be called 'Drudge' or 'Skivvy'. And I can't get past Philip meaning 'Lover of Horses' either.

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MadStaringEyes · 24/11/2012 16:20

I really liked Gideon till I read it meant 'man with a stump for an arm' and it killed it for me.

Madeline sounds odd to me now, but that could be because I live quite close to where the McCanns live, so its still in the news quite often.

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Alisvolatpropiis · 24/11/2012 17:13

Jasper. DP insists it's too related to wasps to ever use. English people and their stupid odd slang terms Hmm

Ptolemy - name of historically vile incestuous,muderous family.

Arlo - loved it until a friend pointed out it was an anagram of oral Sad

Meredith - not me personally,DP again,but he strongly associates it with Meredith Kercher.

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