Pearl - opinions welcome

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Have two children already: Miles and Abigail, could Pearl be the third? Is it in the same league? Too trendy/ dated?

It's a lovely name and goes well with the other two. More fashionable than it was a few years ago, but not overdone.

It doesn't 'match' to me.

Old lady- like Winifred, Ethel, Mildred, Muriel etc.(my pet hates)
It doesn't go with your other ones.

Not keen, sorry.

I like it but it depends on where you are in the country. Couldn't use it where I'm from (West Country!).

I know a lovely little girl called Pearl.

I love it but dh's family is Scottish so it would be pounced "Peril" and rhyme with Beryl

I was going to say I'm scottish and it comes out peril
I was also going to say I like it. It's a lovely name.

I like it, very trendy though. I know 2 Pearls under 3 in Bristol.

I want to like it but I don't. I like names like Lois, Hazel, so I should like Pearl too.

Abigail is very mainstream and timeless compared with Pearl.

Pearl's a singer.

What is your last name?

It's beautiful, I love it and of course you can use it. Your children do not need to have names that "match" mine don't

I think Pearl is really sweet. :) I feel like it goes with Miles but not Abigail as much...but who cares?

I like it. I like old lady names.

I have a pearl, she is lovely (she is definately a singer and I believe that according to The Specials, she also owns a cafe!). I know of three pearls all together. My pearl is delightful. All my four dds have a mix of 'old' names, some retro, others not as popular.

I guess, if you like the name, go for it... Don't worry about other opinions!

I picture a Far Side-esque, overweight old dame with Edna Everidge specs, a mahoosive beehive because she hasn't changed her do since the 60s, and a mono-bosom, when I hear the name Pearl.

But I fully recognise, that most other people won't.

If you love it, go for it. Sod everyone else.

Noooo - Scottish as well and it sounds horrible, it's not even a proper name. I like your other children's names.

My alternative offerings would be

Jennifer/Jenna
Stella
Lillian
Rosalind
Carys
Laurel

Dammit BOF beat me to "Pearl's a singer"....and now that song is stuck in my head. Grrrrr.....

I'd say it's an ok name but a bit trendy and may date?

I met the sweetest little girl at a playgroup called Pearl. To me the name just did not sit right on her no matter how many times I heard her called it. I think some names are just too 'old lady' and never going to be due a comeback. It's a shame because the meaning of Pearl is nice.

I wonder why Ruby is so popular and Pearl not.

Dd's name on her birth certificate isn't Pearl but it's the name we have called her since her earliest days. I love the name so I'd say go for it.

It's trendy, but I still really like it.

It isn't the same "type" of name as your others, if that matters, though