Venus, Story, Ember or Apricot?

[Spaghetti0h]

Venus, Story, Ember or Apricot?
I've narrowed my name list down to these.
I want something a little different to the top 20 names if possible.
Middle name would be Jean.
Which is your favourite in order please or what do you think?
Tysm for the help x

Oh dear - please ditch all these as a kindness to your child.

Story as a name?? Is that a thing? Can’t believe people are saying yes to that one, it just sounds strange to me.

Ember is ok, although everyone will say Amber (which is nicer). Venus is hmmm. Apricot is strange. I just find it strange calling a child the name of an object.

Sound like a bunch of exfoliators / hair removal devices

@BlueFlavour

I really like Ember. I also like Gail. What about Sailor? I actually quite like Apricot. Congratulations *@Spaghetti0h*, some lovely choices.

I love Sailor thank you x

Car-parks have storeys not stories.

Not that you can tell the difference when spoken.

@TeenPlusCat

Suggestions of non top 20 names which are all better than your suggestions:

Amanda, Belinda, Caroline, Deborah, Elizabeth, Fiona, Gail, Hester, Iona, Joanna, Katherine, Lucy, Mary, Nicola, Olive, Petra, Quita, Rosemary, Sarah, Tamsin, Ursula, Veronica, Wendy, Xian, Yolande, Zoe.

URGH! Some of those names are awful.. I would never curse a baby - in 2022 - with some of those names! Where the HELL did you find them? Or are they just your choices? 🤣

Mary? Hester? Wendy! QUITA? OLIVE?! BELINDA!!! LMFAO! 🤣

I know a lovey little girl called Ember
Nobody calls her Amber

From your list @Spaghetti0h that is the only one I actually like

I actually think Ember is a lot nicer than Amber.

Sorry none of them are my cup of tea. Ember at an absolute push. But she’ll be called Amber

I really like Ember. Wouldn't call my child it but I really like it. Apricot isn't a name unless you're famous or a fruit. Story is hideously American and Venus sounds like a stripper and again is very American.

You're not a Kardashian are you OP? In which all of your choices would be perfect.

@loislovesstewie

You lost me at 'influencer'. I mean really!

I never said anything about influencers wdym?

@fortunenookie

I know a lovey little girl called Ember Nobody calls her Amber

From your list @Spaghetti0h that is the only one I actually like

I don't get that. Why would people call her Amber if her name is Ember?

I’m sorry I don’t like any of them

None of them, they are all quite silly names for a child.

Girl at my school called Venus got called Penus by school wag/bullyAnother whose name was Cheryl but everyone called Cherry was fine till we hit adolescence then it was "ooooo! Have lost it yet you know... Cherry!" she went back to Cheryl

These all sound like porn stars! What about Jean as a first name (not a top 20) and a quirkier middle name? That way if she doesn't like it she doesn't have to use it.

I'm not sure I'd want a child I'd called Apricot choosing my nursing home. Revenge is sweet.

Ember is a name I would give to a pet.

@Discodancinggiraffe

You are naming the woman your baby will grow up to become. Please don't turn that woman into a joke.

Indeed, when choosing names I liked to imagine my children with a very very serious occupation, and imagine them using their name professionally. They might grow up to the pop stars or children's entertainers, but likewise they might want to be judges or tax inspectors. I think if you gave them a funny name they'd just change it so they're taken seriously. You could be a children's entertainers or a judge if you're called Sara/Kathryn/Sienna/Priya/Kaya. Not so much with Apricot.

You can’t do Story Jean

It sounds like Storage Ian

A handful of people have been particularly unkind!
Thank you to everyone whose been gentle.
I am betting all you nasties are double my age or more? ☠😑
I've run the names past my friends now & the only one they've thought is out there was Apricot

@Spaghetti0h

Thanks to the lady who suggested Sailor I actually really like that! I'm going to look into Korean names too.

Why Korean? Are you or your partner Korean?

I have known 2 young women named Cherry, both my personal tutees at my U.K. university. One from S Korea, one from China. Both smart, nice (and pretty). So perhaps the name Cherry would honour your heritage?

Sailor? Seriously? Just call her Jean with an equally sensible second name unless you want her to spend her school days fending off bullies.

[quote MurmuratingStarling]@TeenPlusCat

Suggestions of non top 20 names which are all better than your suggestions:

Amanda, Belinda, Caroline, Deborah, Elizabeth, Fiona, Gail, Hester, Iona, Joanna, Katherine, Lucy, Mary, Nicola, Olive, Petra, Quita, Rosemary, Sarah, Tamsin, Ursula, Veronica, Wendy, Xian, Yolande, Zoe.

URGH! Some of those names are awful.. I would never curse a baby - in 2022 - with some of those names! Where the HELL did you find them? Or are they just your choices? 🤣

Mary? Hester? Wendy! QUITA? OLIVE?! BELINDA!!! LMFAO! 🤣[/quote]
Yes exactly 💯 😂