Tell me your thoughts on Embreglia

[Aberforthsgoat]

This isn’t me - this is a friend. Among her current name choice is Embreglia pronounced Embrellia. Her DH has said a staunch no so she asked me and I said I didn’t think it was a great name to be honest... so she wants me to put it to the MN jury.
I did warn her that it can be brutal

Both friend and DH are British, so it’s not a name chosen from another country (as far as I am aware) but one that friend said just came to her, spelling and all, and she fell in love with it.

Do you agree with me and the DH or the friend?
(Lighthearted, it’s probably not going to end up as baby’s name but it is on the shortlist)

Sounds like an antibiotic

Stupid, made-up and very ugly.

Dreadful, sounds like a skin disease.

I’ve shown her the thread - she thought she would get a couple of “go for it! I like it, it’s unusual” replies at least.
She doesn’t want to show her DH the thread now

It's reminding me of a cross between an umbrella and ambrosia custard and embryo

Only if her last name is “Feet”...

Terrible. Imagine poor child being called umbrella by other children

your friend needs to listen to her DH as he is right it is not a good choice. As others have said embryo and umbrella came to mind.

If that is representative of your friends taste then her husband should probably choose the child's name.

No no no no no

Nobody will pronounce it how she wants, it’s an ugly looking and sounding word, and it’s not a name!

It sounds like a weight loss drug, launched with great fanfare only to be quickly withdrawn six months later when users start experiencing life-threatening side effects.

"Do not take Embreglia if you are allergic to Embreglia or any of its ingredients. Do not take Embreglia if you suffer from migraine, hepatitis, diabetes or kidney disease as Embreglia may make these conditions worse..."

That’s terrible. Pregnancy hormones can make people a bit crazy, maybe she should listen to her DH on this one.

Is she having you on? 😊

horrible. Did she chuck down scrabble letters to get that?
If she wants her kid to be sung a bastardised version of "Under my Umbrella" for life, then have at it.

Umbrella.

Sounds like something you'd die of.
Also if she does decide to use it.
I'd advisor her to take out the G if she wants it pronounced Embrellia rather that Embreglia.

It sounds like medication. 'Embreglia, for irritable stomachs'. 'When you're itchy, Embreglia emollient is there to soothe'.

No. Please, if your friend is still reading this... No. Blame it on a moment of hormonal madness, pick another name and move on.

Another one who thought it was a medical condition (embolism?). Sorry!

Not great. And if the child googles it when she's a bit older she'll find this thread as it's so made-up unusual.

I try to be kind on these threads as it's so so easy to be your worst self. The kindest thing I can think of to say here is that it's probably the worst name I've ever heard.

She should just push it a tiny bit further and go for Embryo-Umbrella Neveah Bluebell.

Gorge

Reminds me of embroidery.

Absolutely not. If the poor child isn't called Umbrella she'll be called Em-bregg-lia. It needs to come right off that shortlist immediately.

I also think it sounds like Umbrella. Would she shorten it to Brolly?

Or it could be the name of a treatment for irritable bowel syndrome.

So it's a NO from me. It's awful. It is at least as bad as the utterly ridiculous Neveah (heaven spelled backwards), which has cropped up occasionally recently.

Reminds me of embrocation!

Definitely no.