Amber?

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This is a bit pre-emptive as I'm only 18 weeks! DH and I like lots of boys names but there very few girls names we agree on, and as we're not finding out the gender we need to think of both. Unfortunately we have a difficult surname which means we can't use any name beginning with an S, and I am adamant that I want a name with only one spelling that will be dead easy to pronounce (having gone through life constantly spelling my name and people still getting it wrong).

Two we both like are Amber and Emma, with Amber probably the favourite - however I read somewhere that Amber was considered a bit chavvy. Apologies if this offends anyone but I don't want my child to be judged by his or her name.

Any thoughts? I don't know any real life Ambers.

Would it be too awful to combine the two and have an Ember? Sounds very similar.

Amber is lovely. Emma is dull.

Both lovely names.

I have a preference for Emma, but Amber is lovely too.

Really like Amber Elizabeth.

Oh definitely not Ember, the poor child would spend half her life correcting people who called her Amber. Out of all the names I liked, Amber was the only vaguely unusual one. Having gone through life with an unusual name that has been a major inconvenience, I definitely don't want to pass that on to my offspring...

our DD's middle name is Amberley ... flows better with her other names

Also think its got the American beauty pageant /cheerleader vibe

I know two Amber's - one is an Oxbridge graduate in her 30s and one is 10 and a friend of my DD. Neither is 'chavvy'

One of my closest friends is called Amber. She's lovely.

The word is such a nice sound in the mouth.

Amber is such a lovely name. Emma is nice too but so popular, I'd much rather be called Amber

Your child will be judged by someone on the chosen name,thats just how it goes

I love it. I only know one. I also love the name Jemma, which is not mumsnet-approved either. :-/

Amber is a lovely name btw