Serenity, do you like it and would you call your daughter that

[Onemilliongal]

Any thoughts about the name serenity still struggling to get a girl's
name

Thanks

I love the name Serenity. I know of an adult with the name Serenity.

Love it. My friend's daughter is called Serenity. She's utterly adorable but she's not serene in any way shape or form!

I suppose it's generally accepted as a name now, but I can't warm to it. Its mainstream use is relatively modern I'm guessing for some reason.

I do like plain Seren more. Or the vaguely, only vaguely, similar Seraphina.

I don't like it. But I also don't like Felicity, Verity, etc.

Serena, I LOVE. Or Sabine.

My daughter has a friend named Serene. She's not.

I might use Serenity and shorten it to Sera. To keep the Firefly theme.

Too much to live up to. For instance every Joy I've met has been distinctly joyless - sorry any Joys on here.

Which is another consideration - if you use Serenity people will probably assume that you're a fan of Firefly.
Which might confuse, if you're not. Although you should be.

Serenity Now!

and no I would not call my dd Serenity

I love it. I love most virtue names.

But I also prefer names that aren't too unusual, so I probably wouldn't use it on those grounds.

I wouldn't worry too much about Firefly though. I've seen Firefly, I get that reference, but I really don't think Firefly is popular enough for that to be a problem. If you were proposing the name Enterprise, on the other hand... that's one fictional starship you'd never hear the end of....

I just hear Frank Costanza shouting 'Serenity Now!' I'm afraid...

It's a pretty name but to use it would be tempting fate, I suspect.

I don't like it at all, sorry. However I have a Felicity (a very happy, smiley one ) so have against virtue names, I just don't like the word. I like Seren although think it's very popular in Wales. Serena is ok.

Love it, but have a dh who likes more traditional name.

What about Sienna?

Chavvy. Sorry.

I think Serena is much much nicer.

No and no

It's a bit downmarket. Can you imagine them having a tantrum with that name?

obviously my first thought was Firefly .

don't like it as a name. Or Serena, for that matter, too 1980s rah for me.

My friend's child is called serenity, it sounds a mouth ful tbh. But I never want to shorten it, as she doesn't.

I prefer seren.

But it's not a ridiculous name.

I like the idea of it, being a Firefly fan. But I heard it being shouted at a toddler at soft play yesterday and it sounded awful in real life. So no, sadly I think it's less useable than I would have initially considered.

I will never forget hearing a woman shouting irritably at her kid in Bromley shopping centre " Serenity, will you shut the fack up". I had to go round the corner to laugh so she couldn't see me. I am so not serene, it would be asking to be that woman. I would also rule out: Patience ("Patience, wait! WAIT!") Joy ("stop whinging Joy") and Amity ("Will you leave each other ALONE...!)

No awful and asking for trouble.

Like Serena (reminds me of gossip girl) also Seren but not so much as bit welsh and I'm English.

No- imagine how she will have to go through life with people making jokes about how she isn't at all like her name!

I like it but think I agree that it's a bit of a mouthful for every day use. So i guess it depends on if you like a shortened version. I'm not a fan of Serena myself.

Jinxing yourselves up for a drama queen/right little madam, IMO... like calling her 'Peace', you just know she'll be a noisy handful!