When your surname is a noun....

[theresaplaceforus]

Does anyone else have this problem?
My surname is a noun...don’t want to actually write it out but it’s the general name for a winged animal.
I need a beautiful girls name and I do feel having a noun as a surname makes life quite difficult.

I think lots of names go. As long as you don't choose a name that could be an adjective(Violet Bird), noun (Love Bird) or could sound like a sentence "I own a bird" Iona Bird. Most names don't meet those criteria.

Though thanks to this thread I never realised Iona could sound like "I own a". So that rules it out, as Iona Johnson for a little girl sounds really dodgy now

My surname is a noun. It is a household object, but misspelled. Colour names (Scarlett, Ruby, Violet) object names (Matt, Rod, Daisy), and adjective names (Lacey, Paisley) all sounded spectacularly stupid.

Francesca

Peter

If it makes you feel any better, our surname sounds like ‘ it’ (like Tillet, Turnet etc) and literally all name combinations sound like an instruction - ‘Clara, Walk It’ for Clara Walkett for example. Have just had to embrace it (Embracett? )

I think most names work with your surname and actually sounds really pretty - just need to avoid the obvious avian or adjective ones people mention above

I know two little girls and one little boy (not related to each other) with that noun surname, and they both have three syllable names: Jessica, Evelyn (pron ev-er-lyn), and Timothy.

It's not that hard IME. We have a noun and I just avoided anything that is an adjective.

We actually considered Robin! I didn't think about robbing! Our noun is a very cheap and boring one that nobody would bother to rob :o

I thought crane as the surname....

@wishing3

In exactly that situation, OP! Considered ‘Robin’ then said the full name together and realise sounds like theft of a —— ( insert our surname/noun)!

I had this exact train of thought nightmare!

I think it is harder. Don't pick a name that starts with the letter A. Also make sure it isn't daft. Lots of parents don't seem to think before naming their child.