Inver for a girl?

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Just that really. We were joking around thinking of places that make good names (we're in Scotland, so think Arran, Isla, Ailsa etc) and randomly came up with this. Now we really like it, but generally don't really like made-up names. What do you think? She'll be a twin and her brother might be called Kasper (family name, so that's the spelling we're going with )

Middle name Ness?

Inver...... ness on sounds like 'in the' said by someone who struggles with pronouncing their th's. So basically horrid! Sorry to be harsh. Kasper however is a great name. Don't saddle the girl with a weird made up name.

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It's made up and just ridiculous

Middle name rary

Noooooo!!! She'll spend her life with people going "Inver? As in Inverness? Or Inva?"

I would be bloody annoyed if I was lumbered with that.

I don't like it. I thought of Inverness straight away. I like Vanessa which has the ness part so a little connotation

Madness.

It means 'mouth of' I.e invergarry: mouth of the river garry

I don't think it's a very pretty name.

I know two sisters called Skye and Iona, if that's any help?

It is awful , that poor child will be called Ness forever.

Inver means "at the mouth of the river" - eg Inverness is at the mouth of the River Ness.

I like Inverness, my dd2 was born there, but I'd not use it as a name.

If you're thinking of place names, what about Rhona/Rona or Iona?

Thanks for your views, that's pretty unanimous then

Oooh! fatpony I used to live there!

I don't mind it but I have unusual taste in names, what about Vernessa similar to Vanessa & Inverness !

I am generally a fan of place names but I don't like that one.

We almost had a Cairn (boy) or a Blaven (boy), we have a Craig that DH wanted to spell Creag.

I've also come across:

Moray (boys and 1 girl)
Nairn (several boys and 1 girl, girl was Nairne though)
Merrick (boy)

and loads more that my brain wont grasp at the moment...

Return to the map and look again :o

Really really silly, sorry.

Would you call a girl 'Estuary'? As previous posters have said, that's what Inver means.

Others have already suggested some good Scottish place names used as personal names. You might also like to consider (for a girl): Afton (name of a river); Vaila (island/valley), Morven/Morvern (name of a mountain/peninsula), Eriskay (an island), Sanna (a beautiful bay)...

Not keen on Inver, for the reasons above.

Love Morven / Morvern though.

I'm not a fan of made up names either, but always quite fancied using Katrine (as in Loch Katrine). It would go well with Kaspar.

Sorry, Kasper. Wasn't commenting on spelling, just have a relative who is Kaspar and was typing on autopilot.

It's a no from me to Inver but what about Ines?

Inver as a name isn't new - there are a few of them around, all boys (so far!). As we Scots usually embrace geographical names as well as unisex ones, then I say go for it if you like it. It will be no more unusual than all the wee Cairns, Beinns, Corries, Corrans, Eileans and Braes that are running around.

Ooh not Sanna! They'd get Sanna Tree Towel.

Oh I like Corran - why did we miss that! :(