Wild card - Emerald

[jemimafuddleduck]

I've posted what feels like 100 times so far about our baby name for DD due in 2 weeks.

Middle name will be Jean - that's pretty much a certainty.

We had almost decided on the first name Darcy - surname begins with a D and I like the alliteration.

But, we have a bit of a wild card alternative for the first name - Emerald, nn Emmy.

Can I have honest thoughts? Is it too "out there"?

So -

Darcy Jean

Or

Emerald Jean?

[quote jemimafuddleduck]@HeatherShimmerIsMyShade Interesting! Do you have any issues with it? [/quote]
None at all. Had a few raised eyebrows when we chose it, and yes, I do have to spell it occasionally for people, but largely she just get compliments on what a pretty name she has.

I really don't like Darcy, I think it's become a bit "downmarket" maybe?

Emerald is alright, better than Darcy and infinitely better WITHOUT the alliteration.

@jemimafuddleduck I wasn't on your previous thread but my vote is definitely with Aeryn - lovely name!

Much prefer it to darcy

I LOVE Emerald. its beautiful and unusual but easy to say and spell. And you can shorten it to Emmy which is nice.

not keen on Darcy at all.

Emerald is gorgeous. Go for it.

I know an Emerald. She rocks that name. I think it helps if you are pretty and quirky but who knows, maybe the name helped make her that way...

Love it! I love Sapphire too but everyone always says it's a stripper name, wonder why Emerald doesn't get the same response.

I like Sapphire too. It's no more strippery than Ruby surely?

But Emerald has something very classy about it imo.

@ParisJeTAime

I like Sapphire too. It's no more strippery than Ruby surely?

But Emerald has something very classy about it imo.

If you google 'Sapphire stripper', you get quite a lot of hits, including what seems to be a Las Vegas strip club called Sapphire, whereas the only hit you get for 'Emerald stripper' is a Nameberry thread on whether Emerald is a 'stripper name' (38% said yes, 54% said no). 'Ruby stripper' gets a demented-sounding burlesque take on the Wizard of Oz called Ruby Strippers (!), but the top hit is actually for a brand of environmentally-friendly paint remover.

@VegetarianDeathCult thanks for the research 🤣

🤭🤣 Ruby Strippers! Omfg

I like them both but Emerald a little bit more.
Also has a built in "blend in" nickname like Em if she turns out to be reserved.
I wouldn't worry to much about the flow with middle names, the only middle names I know are my siblings and a friend whose middle name is her grandmother's name. That's just because I know her grandmother!
Maybe if you were calling her Ella or Grace they might use a middle name in school as a differentiator. But with Emerald or Darcy that is very unlikely.

[quote jemimafuddleduck]@VegetarianDeathCult thanks for the research 🤣[/quote]
My mind is a bit blown by a burlesque Wizard of Oz. Though I think it was a charity run for a good cause, but still. The 'Burlesque Dorothy' costume was mildly disturbing...

Love it with the nickname Emi.