Morven

[Sexnotgender]

Yay or nay?

My DH really likes it and I’m a bit indifferent. I don’t dislike it but it’s probably not my favourite.

I appreciate that it is a real name but as pp said it conjures up notions of LOTR 😂🤷‍♀️ However if you both did like it then I would say power on and everyone will learn to love it.

I know one and I really like it. Nothing Lord of the Rings about it, imo, starting with it not being made up.

sounds like a contraceptive pill

I think it’s off the list 😂 naming a person is really hard!

I know a couple of young Morvens - it’s also a well known hill (at least locally) near Ballater.

@Sexnotgender, I think Morven's very nice - especially if you're Scottish. There's an actress called Morven Christie (who's done a lot recently on the BBC and ITV), so it's not a completely unknown name outside Scotland!

I am not keen on it. I know 2 Morven's and they are both quite dull

I kept trying to work out why I didn't like it and realised it reminded me of Morfin (Tom Riddle's uncle in Harry Potter).

I really like it.

Never heard it before

I find it a bit unpleasant looking/sounding for some reason. A bit harsh.

Morwena I don't mind though.

I know a Scottish Morwenna... perhaps a good option?

Merryn also lovely.

Ok, fine, strong name.

It makes me think of witches, not keen!

I love Merryn

Also makes me think of witches, very hard sounding name. What about Lorna?

Malvina
Marion
Mairead

I think it’s off the list 😂 naming a person is really hard!

It really is so hard! It's amazing how, as a teen, I had a list of baby names and I wasn't even remotely interested in having a baby. Fast-forward to adulthood and pregnancy and suddenly the list was no longer valid, to say the least! Our firstborn didn't have a name for a month. Oh! But the doozies we did come up with! When I look back and think about what we considered calling him... He's lucky he got away with a decent name after all of the crazy ones we considered. So glad we didn't go with Bo... not even Beau, just Bo.

I still love the name Tallulah. Never used it. But I still stand by my love for that name.

Brian Ferry song...
Morven this,
You know there's nothing, Morven this..🎵

🤦‍♀️

I can’t head/see the name Tallulah without hearing that high pitched caterwauling ‘my name is Tallulah, I live ‘til I die...’

I am Scottish and have known a few Morvens but I don’t really like it.

Love it (but this may be because I know someone called than and she’s lovely!)

It was on my shortlist for DD but ultimately it just didn’t work with our surname so it had to go.

Nope, hate it

I think it's dreadful and brings to mind images of dead things due to the "mor" prefix. I knew a girl in school with this name, and everyone always gave her funny looks meeting her for the first time. I know it doesn't come from Latin, but many English words do, and the death association is what people will hear.

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