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Sibling for Polly- comprehensive musical knowledge required!

57 replies

BeanCalledPickle · 16/11/2014 21:15

Dd is Polly because we were listening to Nevermind and said 'that's her name!'

Now she will have a sibling. It's really important to us to have a name from music. Girl we are thinking Luna - last track on Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream. Possibly Chloe - Motherlovebone.

Our musical tastes are 90's grunge, alternative punky type stuff.

Are there any good names out there, especially for boys? Jeremy- pearl jam - isn't in the mix and is what most people suggest! Don't really want to use musicians names either, so no Kurt, Trent etc

Suggestions?!

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RandomHouseRules · 16/11/2014 22:19

Layla

TiredNow · 16/11/2014 22:21

Floyd (the Barber - from "Bleach" the Nirvana album)
Frances (Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle - from "In Utero" the Nirvana album)

isaacandelodiesmummy · 16/11/2014 22:21

So sorry I am Queen fan - though Polly is lovely

myrtleWilson · 16/11/2014 22:23

Part of me still regrets not calling Dd 'yoshimi' from Flaming Lips fame. She was distinctly unimpressed upon hearing it!

ReinholdMessner · 16/11/2014 22:27

I'm getting quite into this now.

More Pumpkins - have you considered Lily from Mellon Collie?

Manic Street Preachers - Kevin? (Carter)

There's a Kings of Leon song called Mary.

Placebo - Nancy?!

myrtleWilson · 16/11/2014 22:28

Oh also missed out on calling her Nico re Velvet Underground

ThinkIveBeenHacked · 16/11/2014 22:29

Roxanne

Leonard

Merrylegs · 16/11/2014 22:30

Jonas (My Name is Jonas-Weezer)
Daisy (Push th' Little Daisies -Ween).

Merrylegs · 16/11/2014 22:32

Or for a whole lot of good music -Rosa (Surfer Rosa - Pixies)

divingoffthebalcony · 16/11/2014 22:36

If you're thbkibg Mancs then there's Enola.

Or Elise from PJ Harvey's "A Perfect Day Elise".

divingoffthebalcony · 16/11/2014 22:37

*thinking Manics

Clearly I am too reliant on autocorrect - then it doesn't kick in!

isaacandelodiesmummy · 16/11/2014 22:40

I like Blake

Castlemilk · 16/11/2014 22:40

Ah I think you should go for Spencer then - as in the Nevermind baby - Polly and Spencer are ace together, and it's a good story.

NoArmaniNoPunani · 16/11/2014 22:44

Zephyr or Johnny (RHCP)

yetanotherchangename · 16/11/2014 22:48

I have a Noah (no alarms and no surprises) rather than the whale

ReinholdMessner · 16/11/2014 22:51

Another Manics one, although considerably more political: Elián.

WetAugust · 16/11/2014 23:28

Eloise. was it The Damned?

EachandEveryone · 16/11/2014 23:36

Martha by Tom Waits

avocadogreen · 16/11/2014 23:42

Another vote for Elise... from PJ Harvey's Perfect Day Elise and also The Cure's Letter To Elise. Love that Cure song, not heard it in ages, sigh...

isadorable · 16/11/2014 23:54

Jane/ Sergio - from Jane says.. By Jane's addiction,

morethanpotatoprints · 17/11/2014 00:03

Cecilia

EvenFlo · 17/11/2014 00:06

Following from last post - Xiola from James addiction's 3 days.
Not a brilliant story behind it but an unusual name.

Sophronia · 17/11/2014 00:18

Sally from Sally Cinnamon (Stone Roses) and Don't Look Back in Anger (Oasis), or are Polly and Sally too similar?

Sophronia · 17/11/2014 00:33

Martha (For Martha - Smashing Pumpkins)
Jane / Janie (Janie Jones - The Clash)
Charlotte (Charlotte Sometimes - The Cure)
Judy (Judy is a Punk - The Ramones)
Ruby (Thru the eyes of Ruby - Smashing Pumpkins)

ZeroSomeGameThingy · 17/11/2014 00:40

Pascal (Scottish Enlightenment. Though not quite your era. )

For a girl you could bring back Heather. (Gorkys Z M)

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