Bimori

[cheeseforamouse]

This is a girl's name, means fog in an indigenous language from Mexico (Tarahumara). I am really fond of it at the moment and want to run it through DH but want to come up with some middle names before that.

I am thinking I will probably have to stay on track with some popular middle names so as to balance it out.

Bimori Grace
Bimori Louise
Bimori Rose

Another option is Soona which means moon in another language from the country.

Am I too crazy for considering these names? Should I stick to more normal names to avoid future trouble to my DC? I go back and forth between names that have nothing to do with each other!

Do you speak this language/ have connections to Mexico?

Do have have Mexican ancestry that you are trying to honour? If so, Soona sounds a bit more acceptable than Bimori (which is very “out there”). But it does sound like “Sooner”. I’m sorry but I don’t really like either and I’d feel quite sorry for the child.

Do you have Mexican heritage? It's strange if not.

What's the story in Bimori wouldn't you like to know?

I think the same as MrsRogerLima

Forgot to state that I do have Mexican heritage as I'm full Mexican, DH is not. I was born and raised there just from a different region that these names are from.

It's a no from me.

A quick google of Bimori name, brings up this thread as the top result (started less than 10 minutes ago)

I would use it as a middle name. I don't think it's fair for a child to have a name so unique, that it makes them instantly identifiable.

Reminds me of Ballamory.

I like it. If you didn't have Mexican heritage it would be odd but not the case.

I think you can use a Mexican name. And the people taking the piss are being slightly racist. Do none of you know anyone with non English names?

I like Soona the best.

Oh here we go. If it's not Top Ten English Names out come the piss takers.

I’m sorry, but it doesn’t sound pleasant. Maybe it does if you have a Mexican accent, but it sounds clumsy with an English accent. The meaning of fog behind it doesn’t add to its allure either!

Huh, tough one. On the one hand honoring the baby's heritage is great, on the other those are not easy names to bear in the UK if that's where you live.

Would an option be two names with similar meanings - for instance, Selena Soona ? Both mean Moon. She still gets the heritage but it's easier for her in everyday life ?

Alternatively, are there other names you lile from those languages that would be easier to use in the UK ?

For what it's worth I like the sound of Soona. Not so much Bimori, sorry.

Is it pronounced like 'by-more-ee'? I like it and i actually think it's really lovely to give your baby a name that has cultural links to where you're from. It'll always be a talking point when she introduces herself. There are plenty of Eva/Emily/sophie/olivias out there.

cleanseTone
It's pronounced as bee-more-ee

Asking because I don't know: would it seem odd to Mexicans to use a Tarahumara name if you aren't of the Tarahumara people? I get Tarahumara are Mexicans as well as being Tarahumara but, generally speaking, most indigenous peoples seem to suffer marginalisation or even discrimination across various countries all around the globe. If this is the cases with indigenous groups in Mexico such as the Tarahumara then I would take the names right off the table if you are not of that indigenous group.

Based on aesthetics, I like Soona better. Although I'd probably get used to Bimari after hearing it a few times. Our ears are just as much affected by our culture and where we grow up as our minds and perspectives are. We are accustomed more to some sounds/sound combinations than others. Initially Bimari sounds quite unattractive to me but, just like I suppose I'd get used to any Florence I knew, I'd get used to Bimari. (I still hate the name Florence though. Bimari I just don't find nice.)

I like Soona and I think it's lovely to honour your child's heritage. However, from someone who has a very unusual name, linked to my father's heritage, I find it frustrating that people always want to discuss my name's exact pronunciation and it's origins. Could you use it as a middle name?

Ohh Bee-more-ee is a little nicer than how I was saying it (with an -a sound).

Much prefer Soona to Bimori, it just sounds nicer and I think there's less chance of mis- pronouncing it.

It feels a bit weird to me. I'm trying to imagine a parallel, which I think would be me living overseas and, as an English person, choosing to give my child a Welsh name. It doesn't feel like I'm honouring anything about the child's actual heritage. But I don't know if that's the right parallel, and you might feel that it isn't.

The other thing is that it's a weird meaning for a name. 'Fog' is not really a nice thing to be named after.

I like the pronunciation better than the spelling of bimori!

The other thing is that it's a weird meaning for a name. 'Fog' is not really a nice thing to be named after.

I'm guessing the actual meaning is closer to "mist" than "fog" if it's indigenous. Mist can be quite poetic.

I don’t dislike it but I think pronunciation would be a problem. Bi is by not bee in the uk.