Loveday

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What do you all think? I love this, think it's very elegant, but are we brave enough? And what could you shorten it to?

Wasn't Loveday an antiques dealer in Cambridge?

YY my first thought was a sex shop. And a bit like Lovejoy.

I know a 20 year old Loveday, I still find it a bit of an odd name as it doesn't really sound like a name as it a it abrupt sounding.

Oh yes, Lovejoy was the dodgy arts and antique dealer.

It's lovely!

My first reaction was to laugh. But it's growing on me.

I really like it, and would definitsluan consider it for a DD

Reminds me of Lovelace, as in Linda...

I want to like it, it sounds pretty, but the only one I've ever met was quite irritating!

I love it! I know someone who has this as a middle name.

Dreadful.

Beyond ridiculous. No.

With a middlename of Minette?

From my favourite book

Bloody awful. It sounds like an explanation for the child's existence. 'Well, it was Loveday, and we got carried away..'

Loveday was the name of a female character in The Little White Horse - set in Cornwall.

I have heard that quite a number of people were named Loveday, having been born in the old Birmingham Maternity Hospital which was in Loveday Street.

The Cornish purists (if they come along that is ) would do well to remember that before use in Cornwall it was commonly used outside of Cornwall too.

So, yes you can and should use it. Though some people might only have heard it as a surname, unless they've read Little White Horse!

I've only come across it used as a middle name in RL, and I think it's an awesome middle name.

The only one I know is the leader of the Cornish political party Mebyon Kernow, I've certainly never met a child with the name.

I'm Cornish and I don't like it I'm afraid.

I love it but DH didn't.

It's a medieval form of the Old English name L?ofdæg, literally "beloved day"

I love it, but it's definitely a name that needs a conventional middle name for the kid to use instead if they want.

I do love it but, especially after reading your comments, I'm not brave enough. I'd hate to give my child a name and every time I tell someone or call her be waiting for the shocked faces or sniggers.

Back to the drawing board.

My favourite ever girls name. DH said a big fat no though so I didn't. Still regret it now. Definitely a marmite name m

Nooooo to Loveday as a first name. But great as an interesting middle name.