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

There is an entire raft names thar fall between "not in the top 20" and those.
I think you need to apply some thought into what your child will feel about their name.
Incidentally, do you have a name that is fairly common?

@MrsT36

Cherry is very cool, though a lot of scope for her to endure “pop your cherry” jokes in secondary school 😬

Some suggestions as your names seem quite nature based;
Autumn
Winter
Summer
March
January
Harlow (maybe not with jean!)
Brontë
Clementine
Dove
Prairie
Meadow
Sunny
Wren
Hero
Avalon
Linnea
Tamar
Aspen
Astor

Thank you for this, I love Bronte & Meadow! X

Personally I wouldn’t use any of those. How about these with similar meanings?

Cherry or Plum are better fruit names.

Calliope, Clio & Thalia are Greek muses of different poetry types, history and storytelling. Look them up to see exactly which is which.

Amber will wear better than Ember.

Juno, Hera & Vesta are more usable Greek or Roman goddesses.

@SpiderinaWingMirror

There is an entire raft names thar fall between "not in the top 20" and those. I think you need to apply some thought into what your child will feel about their name. Incidentally, do you have a name that is fairly common?

My name is not common in the UK x

Cherry Jean sounds quite roach star to me op. I like it!

Rock not roach 🤦‍♀️

Out of all of those Ember is the nicest. Why don't you consider Amber as it's really similar, will be much easier for your child growing up (re telling people how to spell it etc)?

@Minniem2020

In the nicest possible way, as someone who has been laughed at and embarrassed by my name my whole life, please don't pick any of these.

Ok thanks for the input & I'm sorry to hear that x

@sorryiasked

How about Astoria nn Stori Amber Clementine

Clementine is lovely.

They all sound a bit like names a celebrity would call their child. Ember is ok. Apricot is plain mean. Sorry. It is along the lines of peaches- but that's also a weird name! They'll have that name when they are 35 and working!

Venus Jean instantly makes me think of the song Venus in Blue Jeans.

I like Cherry, I'd add that to your list.

I love ember. Walking past the local primary yesterday, twins called apple and pear!

Ember is OK
Venus is a razor
Apricot is a dog colour.
Story/stories is used to often in life, e.g. story time, don't tell stories, 12 story building etc.
Cherry will lead to virginity jokes.

How about:
Eugenie nn Jean
Veronique
Verona
Forrestine
Meadow

Jean is the nicest!

Then Ember.

'SpiderinaWingMirror

There is an entire raft names thar fall between "not in the top 20" and those.
I think you need to apply some thought into what your child will feel about their name.
Incidentally, do you have a name that is fairly common?

My name is not common in the UK x'

Spaghetti0h your name may not be common in the UK but is it common elsewhere in the world? That's a big difference IMO. Giving names with cultural significance which may be common or relatively common in other countries is quite different. Of your list I would argue none are common anywhere.

They're v try-hard OP. I think you can find something that isn't 'common' or quite so 'out there'. But I think you want to give a v uncommon name regardless of what it is, i.e. a name or just a random noun.

How about Berry?

I don't like any of your four choices, I'm afraid. Cherry is OK.

The Story I know of was ridiculed through Primary and actively bullied in Secondary just because of her name so I'd give that a miss. The others are names more than likely to attract negatve attention too. I wouldn't give a child a name that would make them a target.

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

Think about how they'd get shortened as well, as they will, regardless.

Apricot - Ape (!)
Venus - V (not so bad, better than Venus maybe?)
Story - Store (?)
Ember - Emb (could be worse)

I now want a short animated film about this. Venus is the raddled, experienced older mother hen (puppy) stripper, Apricot is the naive youngster just starting out, angst-ridden nerd stripper puppy Story secretly yearns to go to university, and Ember is the one with the big throaty bark who saves the club by turning it into a cabaret that takes in waifs and strays.

I can see it being produced by Netflix. A bit like Glow, but with puppies and in a strip club.

I'm assuming you don't want to give your child a more traditional name.

How about:
Elbow,
Swarfega,
Nantwich, or
Abcess?

Peaches... jesus christ what happened to calling your child something normal like Emily or Bethan.

Peaches, Apricot, Apple etc - please only do this If you can afford to send your daughter to one of the top 5 most expensive private schools in the country.

Anywhere else that child is going to be absolutely ripped to shreds and loathe you for it

So none of the 4 names appeals at all - none of them are girls' names. I like Cherry, I know a Cherry, she's lovely but she does get annoyed when people call her Cherie, with a pseudo french accent. Cherry also doesn't work too well with jean - Cherry Jean. Say it out loud , difficult to get your tongue around.

If you're sticking with Jean...how about Norma Jean ?

@Spaghetti0h

Any suggestions then please?

What about names like: Willow Indigo nn Indi Wren Dusty Bluebell Beatrix nn Trixie Chloe nn Coco Pixie Seren Merryn Zennor

Lowenna (the last 4 are all Cornish names)