Amethyst?

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Opinions?

Awful. Sorry.

Ruby is nice though.

You know that old saying, does it sound more like a stripper than the president (or PM) - I'm afraid Amethyst falls in the wrong camp. Amelia, perhaps?

I think it's lovely but perhaps better as a middle name.

Amethyst is pretty and unusual.

Ruby, Pearl and Crystal are the stripper stones.

I like it.

I like it. There’s always the perfectly sensible if a bit dated Amy as a nickname if she grows up to want a more ordinary name.

I love it! But at the same time.. The thyst sound isn't the nicest sound to say (to me anyway). It is lovely though. And if someone told me it was their name I'd be pleased to hear it!

Not keen, but it isn't the worst I have ever heard.

I'd be more classic and go for Amelia or Amelie, but I guess it is just personal taste.

I think its lovely and it was high up on our list for a girl.
Its a good one too because it can easily be shortened to Amy if she ever feels its a bit too out there for her!

I dont get all this 'stripper' stuff!! Everyone on here seems to hate precious stone names.... I really doubt youd actually ever encounter a stripper named Amethyst, Garnet, Emerald, Topaz, Beryl or Opal!! These names have been in usage for hundreds of years....
I used to work in an old peoples home where a perfectly run of the mill old lady called Emerald was.... she had certainly never been a stripper!!

I think they are coming back in to fashion now just like names from the turn of the century and Victorian times such as Cora and Edith etc
So they will not be unusual on the playground and certainly not associated with strippers!

I like it! Certainly better than dullsville Amelia.

Thanks everyone what would your go-to nickname be of the name? Would it be Amy? I liked Ammie/Ama more but just wondering if your first thought to nickname would be Amy as that one didn't cross my mind?

Ami.

I know an Amelia who’s known as Ami and I’ve always liked it.

Never liked Amy.

Beryl, Opal and Pearl are names.
Sapphire and Amethyst are stones.

It's the Ordinary princess's name in the fabulous mm Kaye book - Amethyst Alexandra Augusta Araminta Adelaide Aurelia Anne known as Amy.

Ruby Coral Pearl Opal are the stripper stones.

Amethyst, Garnet, Topaz are Edwardian haut bo.

I'm pretty sure Ruby isn't at all strippery.

I hate it when people say a name is a ‘stripper name’, but I actually did once know a stripper called Amethyst!

I don’t think that’s any reason not to use it if you love it, though. It’s not to my taste, but I’m not the one naming your baby!

London escort guide lists 18 Rubys.

I like Amethyst and Sapphire

Prefer
Emerald,
Pearl,
Ruby,
Coral,
Topaz

Amethyst doesn't really work as a name.

You could call her Meth for short!

It's not a particularly nice-sounding word, the 'thyst' bit is very harsh. I agree with pp that there are nicer gemstone names.

Grandma Pearl will be well chuffed to know she’s considered a ‘stripper stone’

Find Amethyst a bit of a mouthful and no shortenings come ‘naturally’ to me.

It's not a particularly nice-sounding word, the 'thyst' bit is very harsh.

I think it’s a very pretty word and I like the ‘thyst’.

Love it. Love jewel names. Don't associate them with strippers, more with an older generation. (Stripper name to me is more things like Randi, Kayleigh, Britney ,Chyna and Kardashian type names).