Honest opinions on EBONY for dd2

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I have mixed opinions from friends & family on this name ... I love it as it not so popular in my area and i am nursery teacher so finiding it hard to pick a name that i dont associate with other people's little cherubs!!

Ebony=black for most people. Just google it, you'll get the song and Ebony magazine as results.

I dont think it is a nice name.Sounds like a Jerry springer guest name.

Would you call a black girl Ivory?

Both are awful.

I am not keen.

It's quite tough to name your child a 'marmite' name because you might find that adults who really dislike the name assume they won't like the child either and aren't As friendly/kind as they might otherwise be.

You can't call a white girl Ebony.

The only Ebony I know is ginger. It's not a good name for white girls tbh, but then Melanie is supposed to mean Dark, and everyone has forgotten that.

brokenhearted you're being mean.

Of course you can call a white girl Ebony -how ridiculous

I don't follow MN name trends

Names are viewed differently in different areas -you would get lots of raised eyebrows locally if you called a child Elodie!

As long as it's a classic spelling and you and your OH like the name then go for it

I don't like it. Sorry.

But I'm not sure if there is any point in canvassing opinion like this.

My dn is ebony, she's fair skinnef, blue eyes blonde hair, suits her so much! She's beautiful

Sounds like a stripper name to me

What's the porn connection? Porn with black girls/men?

Yes, ebony porn is with black actors.

All wrong for a white child, IMO.

I know two white Ebonies.

I would really say no.

I don't particularly like the name as it is. But if your daughter is white, I would definitely not use it. I'm surprised, going by this thread, that it's considered ok in the UK. At the least, it wouldn't travel well - if she ever went to the US it would be considered offensive.