Do you like the name Seven for a girl?

[Indecisivemom]

My husband and I are curious as to how the first name Seven would be for a girl. The number is significant to us biblically and means the number of completeness, as she will be completing our family. There are many other reasons behind Seven.

Is it too out there, or is it cool?

Thanks for any input!

Gemma is blah but at least it’s an actual name .

Oh gosh. Teal is even worse than 7. And Gemma is very dated and uninteresting. Sorry.

There are loads of biblical names you could look at instead

I taught a boy with a sister called Severn (like the river) and always thought it an odd choice. I also taught a Teal-she was a cute little thing but constantly had a snotty nose and unbrushed hair-strange the things you remember. I don’t particularly like Teal but I think it’s better than Gemma which I find very dated.

It's a no from me, although it is marginally better than that Sore Arse name from another thread.

I like Gemma.

It’s fun and quirky, but what will it be like when she is thirty or fifty?

This is our branch manager seven?

This is the ceo of the company seven?

Every time her name is read out people will snigger and stare or check they have heard correctly.

It’s a big burden to place on someone, she might have a huge personality and be able to pull it off, but she might be an ordinary person with a really odd name.

Could you use it as a middle name or a nickname?

“not unique and freethinking at all.“

Maybe people give these names not to be unique but because they like it?

But then again, I will never understand the British name snobbery.

Seven is great OP. I wouldn’t use it, but that’s not the point - call her what you like. And don’t consult with MN - everyone here goes for top 100 names.

I think Gemma is a lovely name, not dated (I don’t think names can be dated, why do they have to be trendy? The names that are trendy today will be dated in a decade).

You could do a Jacob Rees-Mogg and Latin it up to be Septima?!

“This is the ceo of the company seven?“

Oh good god not this tired old shite again.

If Dr Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck can get away with it, I’m sure Seven can style it out as CEO.

Twiddle, aren’t you a lovely person😂

Merry Christmas

You could do a Jacob Rees-Mogg and Latin it up to be Septima?!
I actually like Septima

everyone here goes for top 100 names.

dd2's name isn't even top 1000! It is a name though, not a colour or number.

Colours are used as names (Blue, Scarlet...) but duck names .... no, Teal doesn't really work. Gemma is ok, can have NN Gem.

Nuff said on Seven; re I taught a boy with a sister called Severn (like the river) and always thought it an odd choice ... I do hope she wasn't a bore... poor kid.

Gemma is lovely.

As a 90s Gemma (not 80s lol) I'm a fan of Gemma.

Gemma is so 1980s and Teal is awful as a name.

Dh suggested this years ago when we were expecting our first dc, he saw it on Seinfeld

No, it's not cool.

Twiddle, aren’t you a lovely person

Think you'll find you're the one making a personal comment. However silly some may find the name (growing up in the generation she will be really no one will find it silly - names are really becoming much more flexible and unusual) it really will not affect her career choices. It's a very narrow minded view you have of the world there.

“It's a very narrow minded view you have of the world there.“

And can I add old fashioned? The children in my dd’s class have such an incredible array of names. Times are changing, sneering at people’s names will hopefully go out of style too.

Young people won't remember The Prisoner but they are likely to watch/hear of Stranger Things - the whole point of Eleven's name in this was she was just a number to the people who named her, she was not a "real" person.

I'd go for it Op 'tis' younique

But combine the two and make

....Steal

That is a good un'

Or

Gemteal

Really younique for a girl