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

Sailor….? And in years to come everyone will say “hello sailor” in that piss take type way people say. A lifetime of ridicule, thanks mum

I think Ember Jean sounds good. Not keen on the others.

I'm 31 and think those names are all awful to be honest.

Jean makes me think of Jean Louise Finch in TKAMB, aka Scout Finch. How about Scout?

Good luck to her finding a job!

I know an little girl called Ember she's lovely and really suits her name. It not my favourite name but I don't think it's weird or horrible. I also quite like Story, I think it would be shortened to Rory or Store though.

@Spaghetti0h - I hope you don't think it was me being unkind. There's always the report button if you don't like a post.

Yes a few of us are older but I have younger friends and they wouldn't call their kids any of these (have asked them in past with similar names).

Ember is beautiful!

Sorry, I clicked into this thread from the homepage expecting it to be about naming a pet. They are really unkind names for a child.

Saffron? Naturey but well used as a name? Blossom?

Ember is the best of a bad bunch but people will continually mishear that as Amber.

Jean is lovely, why not Jean? I’ve never met a Jean in my life, it’s not that common.

I like them all but apricot. Jean was on my girls list last baby but I had a boy.

I do think trying to be "unique" with names often has the opposite effect and just ends up being cringey.

These are dogs names not people

Ember would be my favourite out of those.

Two other unusual names we had on our girls list were:
Enya
Anastasia

@ArtichokeAardvark

Sorry, I clicked into this thread from the homepage expecting it to be about naming a pet. They are really unkind names for a child.

@ArtichokeAardvark - aww come on - didn't you see OP's request for not being nasty to her re her name choices and you're probably double her age or older if you disagree!

Ember is lovely, I vote for that one.

Story is v pretty too, never thought of it as a name before.

Some people just come to baby names to be rude!

I’m sorry, but no.
Venus, ok still not sure i’d use it.
Please think about your child having to constantly correct people.
Kids also can be very cruel.
You don’t need to pick a common name, but please atleast use a name.
It’s not nice growing up constantly correcting people nor being teased.

Ember Jean runs together if said fast...it's reminiscent of aubergine and now I can't unhear it.

It's a shame because I don't mind Ember!

You could adapt the names a bit if it’s the sound you like.

Tori instead of Story. Or something like Stella if it’s the St sound you like, or Chloe if it’s the o-y sound.
Peridot instead of Apricot - could be shortened to Peri which is nice.
Ember sounds nice, and is becoming more popular.
Venus I don’t like but also because it rhymes with Penis and if you’re thinking of potential bullying it can be about what it rhymes with as well.

@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

Hmmm. Massively depends of fur colour. Ember and apricot for the poodle parentage type works fine, Venus and Story- good cos are two syllable for recall ease and well, no other doggies would have those names in the park!

We are talking pups aren’t we? No one would actually name a human child these, would they? 🐶

I think Ember Jean sounds lovely! It would grow with her too, suiting a child as well as a teenager and adult (if that makes sense.) Emmy is a cute nickname too imo. Good luck OP.

Apricot Jean will get changed in the playground to Appricot Jam...

@starfishmummy

If you are going for a fruit how about orange? Orange Jean has such a nice ring to it.

Are you sure this isn’t a joke?

Life is hard enough as a girl with all the friendship group and insecurity issues that tend to occur especially when they hit teen years, that it could be seen to be unfair to saddle her with a name that would make her a target too. These are attention seeking names but not really in a good way. Only offspring of celebrities tend to be able to get away with these types of names since they move in circles of similarly named children. She would just be ridiculed in a suburban primary school of Isabels, Georgias, Freyas and Emilys, and grow to resent you for it.

Having said that, Cherry is a very pretty name. So is Jean. Cherry Jean is lovely.