Kismet

[MeerkatMerkin]

Would you assume someone with this name was male or female?

Probably female?

Don't like it for either though!

I've never heard of this name before--- male?

Female.

It means fortune (fate).

Female. But dd and her friends, although they love her, secretly laugh at her name. Please don't do it.

Female.....but honestly don't, its like naming your child 'Karma'

Also, you will never get anyone to pronounce it correctly since they will all say Kiss-met. And that's because it's not spelled with an "i" but with a letter that doesn't exist in the English alphabet.

Male.

I would say Kiz-met.

I'd have said male.

I would say female owing to the fact that she is a character in the superman comics

not that I have inherited comic book geek from my dad, honest!

I would assume restaurant. It's the name of a restaurant in Edinburgh that is famous for it's a killer curry eating competitions. Last one ended up with people hospitalised!

I would assume their parents were a bit stupid - sorry but I would. Boy or girl - I would say that any parent considering it wouldn't care if it was a boys' name or a girls' name anyway and would just use it as a one size fits all 'cause, "we're so groovy - check us with our out there name."

It's Kismet.

No.

It is actually an "old woman" name. Obviously not a friendly one to Anglophone ears, though

We had an Indian take away near us called the kismet.

I'd assume it was a cat to be honest, sorry.

"No."

Your bluntness made me smile Pancake!

I thought it was quite nice for a boy and because of its Persian roots goes with my other DC's name really well. Even thought from this perspective it sounded quite classic but I can see I may be mistaken/mad/stupid.

Good thing I'm not pregnant yet really, the hormones would take me to a new level of name craziness!

Persian origins? Kismet is a Turkish word (see dictionary.com, merriam-webster.com etc). And it's definitely a girl's name. Sorry

It's a pretty word but not a name IMO.

For some reason, I feel it would be a fantastic name for a parrot.

I also had a pony called Kismet.

Kismet means destiny.

I would personally never call a child Kismet but each to their own

Cote, it is Qismat in Farsi (my family are from Iran) so yes I suppose it is only Persian if the original spelling is retained - still love the word though!

Remus I will duly look into parrot ownership based on your feeling. If it's the only same way I can use the name I may just have to!