Ferrelyn?

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I love this name but no one I know has heard of it.

Pronounced Fair-a-lin

Think I'll tell sis not to bother! I actually suggested Eden 😊

My first thought was feral!
I love Eden though

Sounds like an iron supplement sorry.

I thought of iron supplement too! If you love it though it's perfectly fine as a name.

It's too close to feral and ferret I think.

I suppose when the midwich cuckoos was written kids weren't described as 'ferrel' 😂

Sorry but I'm with everyone else (and I like weird names!). I just think ferrets and medication. Which could of course make it the perfect name for your DD, depending on her career choices :o but more likely she'll hate it.

oops your Dsis's DD I mean...

🤣 Eden is much better

It actually IS a medication. It doesn't work as a baby name IMO.

Sounds like an industrial rust remover

Sounds like an iron tablet

Lol!

Before I even read the replies I also thought it sounded like an iron supplement

Dreadful name. Are you sure you didn’t mishear Evelyn? If not, go for that as it’s very similar.

Another vote for an iron supplement!

I'm done with babies!

If you've recently been reading The Midwich Cuckoos then that's a perfectly normal reaction

Yes I remember it from there too. Hmm, not sure I'd use it.

I would not be naming any child of mine after a character in the Midwich Cuckoos, even if it was a lovely name. Which it isn't.

Shown this to Dsis, and when she'd finished laughing, she agreed Ferrelyn is out 🤣🤣🤣🤣

fizzy. Good point!

Ferrelyn in The Midwich Cuckoos had one of the alien babies, and that baby died (I know they all died in the end, but hers died unexpectedly as a result of an infectious disease I think).

Ferelith is a Scottish name which I rather like, for a similar sound? Lots will hate that too though I’m sure

I was also coming in to mention Ferelith - much nicer than Ferrelyn I think.

I think one of the Queen Mother's ancestors had Ferelith in her name and a (now deceased) cousin of the Queen was Anne Ferelith Fenella Bowes-Lyon ( Princess Anne of Denmark).

You'd have to spell it as you want it sounded as people will automatically go

Feral-un with that spelling and then

Feral?!

You're called Feral ?!

FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE

X posted very sensibly ruled out OPs Sis

It does sound like a pet flea and tick treatment.

Ferelith is nice. Or if you like the Lyn sound how about Farrah Lyn?

First thing I thought was “ferret”? Nice name when you know how to say it , but you are probably setting your dd of explaining how to say her name