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Food type names? Surely not!

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Pinkbump3 · 05/03/2013 14:05

So today dd points out a girl from nursery at the supermarket today called Vanilla? I thought I picked her up wrong but no her dad called her it! Definitely one of the strangest names I have heard in a while. I know technically its a plant extract and some would argue its a plant name but really! I just think of vanilla flavoured food! Any other food type names out there?

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BlueChampagne · 05/03/2013 14:22

Well, Peaches Geldof I suppose ...

mayanna123 · 05/03/2013 14:24

Apple

Milo en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_(drink)

Clementine

mayanna123 · 05/03/2013 14:25

Charlotte (potatoes)

Kyrptonite · 05/03/2013 14:25

DS' best friend is called Kale.

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Pinkbump3 · 05/03/2013 14:59

Ah well there are food names I have never though about! I quite like clementine!

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BuntyPenfold · 05/03/2013 15:18

Vanilla is rather pretty.

I know an Angelica which is nice too.

How about Chelsea (bun)

Moominsarehippos · 05/03/2013 15:35

Had I named DS after my pregnancy cravings, he would now be called Hula Hoops.

Kyrptonite · 05/03/2013 16:04

I would have Coco Pop and Roast Chicken. Might look better with a hyphen though!

olivertheoctopus · 05/03/2013 20:00

Anya (potato)

Vanilla is just daft IMO.

Allalonenow · 05/03/2013 20:05

Apple Charlotte, nn Custard

bootsycollins · 05/03/2013 20:07

Vanilla is like naming your child mediocre Grin

heidihole · 05/03/2013 20:12

Haha bootsy that's true! :)

Ktay · 05/03/2013 20:15

Have heard of Victoria Plum - and there is a writer called Plum Sykes

bootsycollins · 05/03/2013 20:22

No pressure on Vanilla Grin

barleysugar · 05/03/2013 20:28

Are you sure it's not Fenella?

Theas18 · 05/03/2013 20:32

Plum was the nickname of p g Wodehouse I believe.

Pepper -I know one.

Broccoli ,though I assume that's cubby broccolis actual surname

Cinnamon is pretty but nn cin is not!

Gazing on the tea table Danpak sounds like a loveable kind lad with Polish parents maybe-it's my lidl butter!

Though naming your daughter hot cross bun is so many shades of wrong!

Moominsarehippos · 05/03/2013 20:32

I was renamed 'Nigeria' by one of DSs little pals when he was in Reception. I gave up correcting her and got used to it.

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Pinkbump3 · 05/03/2013 22:33

No definitely vanilla I asked another mum from nursery maybe hearing it in a very broad Scottish accent makes it sound harsh! In highlander style gruff scots it's Vaaa-niilllahh lol it just doesn't suit a child at all IMO !

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nilbyname · 05/03/2013 22:40

I know of a

Sage
Fennel

Quite like vanilla, what about paprika?

PelvicFloorClenchReminder · 05/03/2013 22:45

Ricotta would make a lovely name.

AllDirections · 05/03/2013 22:47

DD3's friend is called Papaya

MortifiedAdams · 05/03/2013 22:50

Lettice is apparently a real name.

MeerkatMerkin · 05/03/2013 22:52

I know a little girl named Cherry.

WormCanner · 06/03/2013 00:18

Anchovy sounds nice.

DessieLou · 06/03/2013 03:49

Going on the cravings idea I would have Battered-Sausage & Orange!
Vanilla is the kind of name I would think is lovely when my brain has been hijacked by hormones but in reality I could never do it! It doesn't even have any decent nicknames she could use...Van, Nilly, LaLa?! Poor kid.