What words would make lovely sounding baby names if they didn’t mean what they do?

[OliveLeader]

In light of the rise of pretty-sounding nouns which work beautifully as names (Wren, Aurora, River etc), what are some words that you think would make beautiful sounding names if the words didn’t have the meaning they do?

For instance, I have a soft spot for Farfalle. Elegant and feminine, but slightly chic! Paella would also very much work in this vibe.

Or for a boy, isn’t Faucet quite noble and yet sensitive?

I can picture an absolutely adorable little Miasma and her brother Artery - don’t they just sound nice?

Labia chlamydia

Germolene
Windowlene
Vaseline

There's a Dutch name Siemen, pronounced semen - see Siemens electronics.

As a child my imaginary friend was called Diarrhoea, I swore blind it was not a word I had heard before but just a beautiful name I'd invented 🤣

Pudenda and areola. Beautiful twin girls

Paranoia always sounded good for a girl.

DorianMeile I once told a friend I wanted to name my child this!

Thrush
Cornea
Verruca
Urticaria
Urethra
Fundus
Volley
Gauze
Sambuca
Tequila
Jamaica
Marijuana
Xerox
Zero
Hero

Dipsomania
Asphyxia

I’ve always thought that Gethsemane would be a great name for a girl.

Please tell me they were a good friend and told you? 😅

Hebrides

Gammon

Chicory

Gateaux

Remedy

Vaseline

Whippy

Gurgles and strudel - cats

Retina, Slave, Halitosis, Antenna, Arson, Nougat, Fragility, Carvery, Dementia.

Couple of people have suggested Coriander, including the OP for a boy. That would be helpful if you didn’t know which gender your child would choose when they are older - Lynda Snell’s stepdaughter on The Archers is called Coriander.

I think Clementine isn’t that unusual. Winston Churchill’s wife was Clementine, and another had a song (she wore herring boxes without topses as sandals) and a film named after her, if she ever existed.

Gethsemane, nn Geth or Sem, would work for a boy, too.

Vagina

Melanoma

Croupe (for a boy)

Dementia is gorgeous 😆
especially if you pronounce it De-men-tee-ah

Gigolo

Eczema - really flaky, always cancelling plans last minute

Paedophilia? 😬 m

anything ending in -philia really is objectively a pretty word without the meanings!

Melena.

Beautiful sounding name for a girl, foul-smelling medical emergency.

Rubella
Epiphany
Vivacious

chowder

Colditz

I see no particular reason why Stream wouldn’t work. After all there are plenty of people named River and Ocean. They’re just normal names that no one bats an eye lid at.