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Hebe and Biba

44 replies

DickdastardlyAndMutley · 26/02/2013 21:01

Do you like either...also could you suggest more names in a similar style?

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Nospringflower · 26/02/2013 21:06

I like Biba but not keen on Hebe I'm afraid. Phoebe?

ODearMe · 26/02/2013 21:10

How about Lebe?

baskingseals · 26/02/2013 21:14

i sort of like Biba, but don't like Hebe at all.

could you possibly give a few more names that you like.

first ones that come to mind

Lois

Myrtle

Nancy

eatyourveg · 26/02/2013 21:19

I know a hebe - much nicer than biba

highlandbird · 26/02/2013 21:21

Love hebe but not biba I'm afraid!

Rhubarbgarden · 26/02/2013 21:21

Hebe is ok. Biba sounds like an electronic noise.

MustafaCake · 26/02/2013 21:22

Biba is OK. Don't like Hebe at all.

How about:

Vivienne (Vivi)
Tula
Arla
Etta
Hera
Gigi

IslaValargeone · 26/02/2013 21:22

Biba is fabulous.

HorryDrelincourt · 26/02/2013 21:22

I was at school with a Biba who was Edwina in full. The nickname a squillion times cooler than the full Grin and suited/still suits her.

Hebe is a plant, isn't it? Not My Style.

SanityClause · 26/02/2013 21:25

DD2 was known as Biba when she was younger. It was a nickname based on her real name.

Someone did once ask me if we'd named her after the 1960s department store.

MrsPoglesWood · 26/02/2013 21:30

Biba is a 60s/70s clothing label which is still on sale in House of Fraser as a retro line. Google it. I really wouldn't use it as a name.

As others have said Phoebe is a good alternative. It was my GGG GM's name who was born in 1820.

throwinshapes · 26/02/2013 21:40

Hebe is beautiful and botanical.

INeverSaidThat · 26/02/2013 21:42

Hebe jeebies Sad

Biba is ok tough

PoppadomPreach · 26/02/2013 21:42

DS1 has a Biba in his class who he insists is called beaver.

Bt I do think Biba is a lovely name, not so keen on Hebe - as in heebeegeebees?

INeverSaidThat · 26/02/2013 21:43

Hebe jeebies Sad

Biba is ok though Smile

Spoonful · 26/02/2013 22:03

Like Hebe. Don't like Biba.

WhiteHairReally · 26/02/2013 22:10

Biba makes me think of Justin Bieber.

Hebe is a jolly nice name.

Polly
Lara
Maudie
Libby
Fifi

olivertheoctopus · 26/02/2013 22:31

Like Hebe, v pretty. Don't like Biba

LynetteScavo · 26/02/2013 22:39

I love Hebe, but Biba sounds short for something else.

wiltingfast · 26/02/2013 23:28

No

Hebe is garden hedging.

Biba is a clothes label.

Zaphiro · 26/02/2013 23:46

One would be fine. You're not having twins though, are you? Together they sound like a baby's babbling.

telsa · 27/02/2013 00:00

Hecate
Bibe (Chinese, pronounced bee bee)
Zoe
Leda
Hero
Juno

mathanxiety · 27/02/2013 05:04

I was at school with a Lida, Czech nn for Ludmilla.

How about
Mila
Livia
Cleo
Lyra
Lena
Vida
Vita

FellatioNels0n · 27/02/2013 05:11

I quite like Biba, but I love Hebe.

12ylnon · 27/02/2013 09:35

I can't believe you would consider calling a child Biba, it would sound an awful lot to me like you were a huge Justin Beiber fan.

Love Hebe though, i know one and she's just the most adorable girl.