Vesper

[Winterfield]

... for a girl?

I like it, it is the name of a little girl in my DCs class at school.

AuntieStella, that's "Wespe", not Vesper.

It’s a bit unusual for me. Was it a Bond girl then? Were there jokes about taking her for a ride?

Vesper is the girl from Casino Royale, so very recent. I liked her and the name a lot, but it would put me off a bit.

Yup, I forgot the spelling (long time since I did German) but it sounds the same (doesn't it?)

That's why the Vespa moped got its name (or possibly the urban myth version) - because the engine noise sounds like a buzzing wasp

Makes me think of a scooter

What is wrong with people that they have to go out of their way to ensure their kids are different 🙄.

I've been here before and I know exactly the feeling of wanting to be different but this name is beyond a joke 😐

Sorry, not sorry that's my opinion..

I'm in the minority here, but I love the name Vesper for a girl.

(And, yes, I speak Italian and when I lived in Italy I had a Vespa 55 cc.)

How about Vada like from My Girl?

Not a nice name imo

I know one! She’s about 3. I don’t like it though, it never seems like the name fits her.

I love it

Why would you do that to your child??

PotteringAlong I also know one who is 3!

Reminds me of Vespre sanitary towels that were sold in the 90’s I would rethink OP

Latin for ‘evening’. My association is mostly with the evening liturgy, but I imagine for most people it will be the Bond girl, as played by Eva Green in Casino Royale.

it's awful, it sounds like a motorbike or a church service.

Reminds me of Vespre sanitary towels that were sold in the 90’s I would rethink OP
Me too

Makes me think glam Bond girl, baddie/ catty/waspy

Names like this are a bit tricky if you don’t fit them. If like me you look like a librarian who enjoys the archers. I would not make a good Vesper!!!

Just no

Valda, Vanda, Velda, or Velma do it for you?

(I loved the name "Valda" as a girl because of that character in the Mandy comic who could live forever thanks to her "crystal of life". Then, unfortunately, I had a next-door neighbour called Valda who persecuted her downstairs neighbour by holding her shower to the floor so that it would soak through to her flat and stamping loudly above her for hours at a time in the evenings... Sadly, - but happily for us, neighbours - she was eventually sectioned. It put me off the name!)

I liked it in the Bond film but I think it wouldn't fly IRL - I think as she got older she might get a lot of teasing about being a bike, etc. etc. due to the Vespa moped connotations.

I clicked on the link to talk about my scooter that I loved. I don't dislike the name per se but all the links (scooters/wasps/bond) make me dislike it. Plus to me is in the category of trying a bit too hard (sorry!). Can think of worse though!

What about Hester? Similar sounding and means 'star'.

Lovely unusual name that stands out and you wouldn't forget them with a name like that the meaning is equally pleasing as well.

It's a moped not a name sorry op