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Kush

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PillowsSpeak · 09/10/2016 00:38

Opinions on the name?

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Byefelisha · 09/10/2016 00:41

It means nice cannabis in my area (London) Example;
"Mans got some Kush there"

PointlessUsername · 09/10/2016 00:43

Not keen on it myself.

SansasEscape · 09/10/2016 00:57

Like weed?

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 09/10/2016 01:00

I think of the mountain range (Hindu Kush).

Or what farmers say to get cows to move (although I'd write that with a c).

Manumission · 09/10/2016 01:00

Only association I'm getting is 'Hindu Kush'.

Is it a family name?

mumgointhroughtorture · 09/10/2016 01:01

Reminds me of Eastenders

Thejubremonyatthelibrary · 09/10/2016 01:02

Mt first thought was weed too

FabFiveFreddie · 09/10/2016 01:03

Sounds like it's short for something, maybe an Indian name?

Also sounds a bit cute, like "cushti". Ok for a baby, not a grown man.

RockinHippy · 09/10/2016 01:10

Really ? Confused

Makes me think Only Fools & Horses

Kushty

Unless I am really missing something, please don't saddle your poor DC with that

PillowsSpeak · 09/10/2016 01:15

We are Indian. I didn't know about the bad connections, sorry.

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Sativa · 09/10/2016 01:19

It's quite a sweet name & if you like it don't worry about other people. Smile

QuestionableMouse · 09/10/2016 01:21

My first thought was drugs, sorry.

PotatoBread · 09/10/2016 03:28

Cushla is an Irish girls name. I think if I heard Kush I would assume it was a nn or shortened version of that.

BummyMummy77 · 09/10/2016 03:30

Nice Indian name. Smile

BastardBernie · 09/10/2016 03:37

It is a lovely Indian name but it is also a strain of weed Sad
I don't think that you should use it if in the UK or US for this reason, such a shame!

UnicornPee · 09/10/2016 08:07

Nickname for a vagina

BastardBernie · 09/10/2016 08:40

I thought that was gash Blush why do I know this

Mum2twoUnder4 · 09/10/2016 08:52

No

LuchiMangsho · 09/10/2016 08:53

Ah it's a lovely Indian name. But maybe won't work as well in the U.K. You will also end up constantly having to explain that it is Koosh not Cush in its pronunciation.

HeyhoSwashbuckleandgo · 09/10/2016 08:55

I have a colleague called Kushboo- i think it's lovely and could avoid the weed connotations if it was the longer version?

HeyhoSwashbuckleandgo · 09/10/2016 08:56

But she's a girl- sorry if baby is a boy Blush

PaperdollCartoon · 16/10/2016 20:45

It sounds nice as name but it is slang for a kind of cannabis, so perhaps doesn't work so well if you live in the U.K.

Coey2016 · 16/10/2016 22:17

I like it. Would think it was a shortening of something though, that's not a bad thing, just would be my first thought.

sycamore54321 · 17/10/2016 00:04

Cushla isn't really an Irish name though, more 'stage Irish' used by Americans with some distant heritage. The Irish word is cuisle and literally means pulse or heartbeat and so if often used as a term of endearment "mo chuisle", my pulse, in the same way you might say 'my love' or something in English. I've never met or heard of anyone actually using it as a name, I have seen it lots on baby name sites of unreliable quality. In any case, the first syllable is pronounced closer to a "coo" sound than the "kuh" sound is expect to get from Kush.

If Kush is a genuine Indian name and you have heritage reasons to use it, I'd go ahead and anticipate explaining its origin and meaning quite a lot (what does it mean?) If it's just a sound you like without any particular significance, I'd be inclined to say it doesn't sound compelling enough in English to be a stand-alone name. It seems a bit insubstantial and made-up without knowing any history to it.

Personally I also don't like soft "sh" sounds in names so that could colour my opinion.

user1476656305 · 17/10/2016 00:08

it sounds lovely but just reminds me of a variety of weed and 'cushty' from Only Fools and Horses

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