I can’t have Olive can I :(

[MrsB2019x]

18 weeks with a baby girl.
I adore the name Olive but our surname is Brown.
Olive Brown.
It’s a bit too Dulux colour chart isn’t it :(

Any other suggestions welcome! (Or change my mind and convince me Olive Brown isn’t ridiculous 😅)

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There's no reason for anyone else to know this but Harriet Brown was Greta Garbo's alias when travelling...

God no!

I think Olive would make a lovely middle name

Not sure that you should bother taking notice of a thread that has Eva has a suggestion for Brown as a surname Op!

It's a blessing that the name doesn't go with your surname as Olive is hideous! Olivia is nice.

Wow I wasn’t expecting this to blow up as much as it has 😅

I’m 33 and aware of On The Buses as I know my mum (66) used to watch it, but I have no idea about any of the characters etc.

There have been some lovely suggestions on here, I really love Freya and Alice but they’re already names in the family ☹️ so anything like those is always welcome! I’m not one for fancy/flairey names like Persephone etc.

Eva is a definite no. 😅😅

Surname won’t be changing, I’ve been a Brown for 5 years and we also have a 3 year old DD with that surname

Bit of a tangent but if your surname’s Brown check out the Cressida Cowell books when she’s older. My DD loved ‘That rabbit belongs to Emily Brown’

Olive brown sounds like a character in a novel, I love it.

Lovely name. Just do it

Do you like

Clara
Mabel
Elsie
Florence
Phoebe
Heidi
Thea
Lila
Willow
Audrey
Martha
Ada
Nancy
Harriet
Georgia
Matilda
Layla
Eliza
Margot
Lucy
Isla

We're married but DD has both our surnames - purely as we have different nationalities.

I do like Phoebe, Georgia, Martha, Harriet and Lila. Also love Florence but that’s also in the family 😅 I have too many cousins!

Olivia is every second child's name in schools right now. Why would you give your child such a common name.

Elsie, Lila, Willow, Ada, Georgia, Matilda, Layla, Isla- NO. The rest are lovely. Particularly Martha.

Martha is lovely 🥰

Martha Brown sounds like a scullery maid with a greasy apron and a sour face.

The person who suggested Eva has had a quick Google I think

The comment has gone anyway.

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Well at the very least OP you'll know that Olive Brown prompted some heated discussion on MN. I can imagine in years to come: "My name is Olive, Olive Brown" and people saying, "Good lord, THE Olive Brown?"

About your DCs safety? Why?

Some of the names suggested are nice but the nicknames aren't

Florence Flo/flow Brown
Lucy Luce/Loose Brown
Isabelle Izzy Brown

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@WestwardHo1
strangely enough I've heard that same phrase said about Lester Bird and Rob Braddick

I think it sounds weird. Olives aren’t brown usually so it just sounds a bit ‘wrong’ and yucky