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I can’t have Olive can I :(

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MrsB2019x · 27/09/2024 20:16

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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Skybluepinky · 28/09/2024 19:49

Olive was the ugly one from on the buses.

SheilaFentiman · 28/09/2024 19:53

Skybluepinky · 28/09/2024 19:49

Olive was the ugly one from on the buses.

Wait! There was an Olive in On the Buses? That is BRAND NEW INFORMATION!!

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MrsB2019x · 28/09/2024 22:40

SheilaFentiman · 28/09/2024 19:53

Wait! There was an Olive in On the Buses? That is BRAND NEW INFORMATION!!

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AutumnTimeForCosy24 · 29/09/2024 08:15

KezzaMucklowe · 27/09/2024 20:20

There's nothing wrong with Olive Brown

@KezzaMucklowe

theres everything wrong with Olive brown

its worse than Willow Green or Clementine Orange, at least they describe nice colors.

AutumnTimeForCosy24 · 29/09/2024 08:41

SheilaFentiman · 28/09/2024 19:53

Wait! There was an Olive in On the Buses? That is BRAND NEW INFORMATION!!

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@SheilaFentiman

Only if you watched it with ear defenders on, she was one of the main characters!

KezzaMucklowe · 29/09/2024 10:59

AutumnTimeForCosy24 · 29/09/2024 08:15

@KezzaMucklowe

theres everything wrong with Olive brown

its worse than Willow Green or Clementine Orange, at least they describe nice colors.

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Nope completely disagree. I think it's nice. Not everyone in rl will over analyse someone's name the way they do on here.
Op if you like it go for it.

diddl · 29/09/2024 11:50

Nope completely disagree. I think it's nice. Not everyone in rl will over analyse someone's name the way they do on here.
Op if you like it go for it.

I agree with this tbh.

We thought about how names sounded with the surname, did the initials work.

Think that was it!

AngelicKaty · 29/09/2024 20:49

MrsB2019x · 28/09/2024 08:10

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. 😅😅

What about Ava instead? 😉😂

AngelicKaty · 29/09/2024 20:51

AutumnTimeForCosy24 · 29/09/2024 08:15

@KezzaMucklowe

theres everything wrong with Olive brown

its worse than Willow Green or Clementine Orange, at least they describe nice colors.

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I went to infants' school with a Teresa Green. I'm utterly convinced her parents did it deliberately.

SweetSakura · 29/09/2024 21:00

AngelicKaty · 29/09/2024 20:51

I went to infants' school with a Teresa Green. I'm utterly convinced her parents did it deliberately.

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AutumnTimeForCosy24 · 29/09/2024 21:38

AngelicKaty · 29/09/2024 20:51

I went to infants' school with a Teresa Green. I'm utterly convinced her parents did it deliberately.

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@AngelicKaty

well that would make them a right pair of twats wouldn't it!!

poor kid.

Loub1987 · 29/09/2024 21:55

IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 27/09/2024 21:55

It's one of the least glamourous names I can think of. It's like Beryl, Vera, Bertha.

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I love all those names so I am clearly out of step with the times!

Pooeys · 29/09/2024 23:00

Have met a few Olives recently. Their parents are intelligent, and mainly professional people who really wouldn’t care about a program back in the 70s !

Charlotte120221 · 30/09/2024 16:31

Flora?
Iris?
Stella?
Mabel?
Rosa?
Imogen?
Annabel?

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LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 30/09/2024 19:36

AngelicKaty · Yesterday 20:51
I went to infants' school with a Teresa Green. I'm utterly convinced her parents did it deliberately.

There was one at my school too! Shock (A Teresa Green!) I wonder if we went to the same school! (Secondary it was. Late 1970s/early 1980s.)

AngelicKaty · 30/09/2024 19:42

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 30/09/2024 19:36

AngelicKaty · Yesterday 20:51
I went to infants' school with a Teresa Green. I'm utterly convinced her parents did it deliberately.

There was one at my school too! Shock (A Teresa Green!) I wonder if we went to the same school! (Secondary it was. Late 1970s/early 1980s.)

No, mine was primary school, 1966. Glad my friend's parents weren't the only "dafties". 😂

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 30/09/2024 20:54

AngelicKaty · 30/09/2024 19:42

No, mine was primary school, 1966. Glad my friend's parents weren't the only "dafties". 😂

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grumpymacgrumpface · 01/10/2024 14:13

I’ve never really understood the name Olive. Flowery names - Rose, Lily, Daisy - make sense. But who wants to be named after an olive?

Smiggl · 01/10/2024 14:22

grumpymacgrumpface · 01/10/2024 14:13

I’ve never really understood the name Olive. Flowery names - Rose, Lily, Daisy - make sense. But who wants to be named after an olive?

Agree - also they are not pretty to look at and are bitter to taste.

They are a type of fruit called a drupe, or stone fruit, and are related to mangoes, cherries, peaches, almonds, and pistachios.

What about Mango or Pistachio? Cherry and Peach is quite sweet though.

Drivingoverlemons · 01/10/2024 19:59

Evidently the name comes from the Latin word for olive tree (Oliva) and is associated with peace (from the bible).

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