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Words that would be lovely names if they didn’t have their meaning

177 replies

neonheart · 22/03/2025 18:53

Mine are:

Rubella
Chlorine
Brioche

Im sure there are more?

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SoOxon · 22/03/2025 19:30

ArielHawksquill · 22/03/2025 19:22

Lots of medical words make great posh kid names 😀

posh twins Polio and Pellagra
girl twins Anaesthesia and Asphyxia

also Typhus

these sound like senators in “I Claudius” - I would be proud to burden a male heir
with such a moniker

Calliopespa · 22/03/2025 19:31

Anna- Phylaxis

Kissedbyfire1 · 22/03/2025 19:31

Patella

YoungSoak · 22/03/2025 19:32

Vulva
Placenta

BunnyLake · 22/03/2025 19:34

Zoflora
Mango (for a boy)
Dingo (boy)
Bruschetta

BeholdOurButterStinketh · 22/03/2025 19:36

Tramadol
Suppository (or Suppositoria for a girl)
Broccoli
Urine (pronounced oo-REE-nee)
Paraphilia
Testicles (Greek-inspired, ending like Hercules)
Ricicles (as above)
Ljubljana

Iknowaboutpopular · 22/03/2025 19:38

Bloomer
Umbrella
Soda
Paella
Analysis
Vasectomy

Iknowaboutpopular · 22/03/2025 19:39

I also like Bubble.

Fatloss · 22/03/2025 19:41

Ischmia
vascular

music has them as well
Crotchet
Arpeggio
Castrato
Piccolo

MyUmberSeal · 22/03/2025 19:42

Iknowaboutpopular · 22/03/2025 19:38

Bloomer
Umbrella
Soda
Paella
Analysis
Vasectomy

Oh as a total name this would amazing, can you imagine at her wedding…

I do take thee, Bloomer, umbrella soda paella analysis vasectomy, to be my lawful wedded wife. Reminds me of the vicar of dibley episode when Alice marries Hugo, all those middle names 😂🤣.

MissRoseDurward · 22/03/2025 19:42

I know a millennial Isis. It’s a beautiful name!

Isis was an Ancient Egyptian goddess millennia before she was anything else.

There was a Candida at my primary school too. Voltaire wrote a book about a young man called Candide.

HelloJackieULookNice · 22/03/2025 19:42

Cerebellum is very pretty.

I knew someone whose childhood imaginary friends were called Jealous and Violence.

pambeesleyhalpert · 22/03/2025 19:43

velvet, I think it’s a character in the trolls film and I watched it while pregnant and was convinced it would be the perfect name. I still think it’s lovely

C080889 · 22/03/2025 19:44

Areola

Calliopespa · 22/03/2025 19:45

Syphilis

Fatloss · 22/03/2025 19:45

venlafaxine
lamotrigine
Amlodipine
leviteracetam nn levi

BaronessBomburst · 22/03/2025 19:48

Velvet gets used as a name from time to time. Velvet Brown rode The Piebald.

MyHappyGreenAnt · 22/03/2025 19:48

Inertia!

Calliopespa · 22/03/2025 19:49

Similar to Imogen, Imodium is pretty.

Sleepinggreyhounds · 22/03/2025 19:50

SoOxon · 22/03/2025 19:12

Epiphany and Antebellum

I actually knew a Rwandan woman called Epiphanie.

Calliopespa · 22/03/2025 19:52

Sleepinggreyhounds · 22/03/2025 19:50

I actually knew a Rwandan woman called Epiphanie.

The spelling Epi-Fanny would have been better.

Walkbyall · 22/03/2025 19:53

Angina. Angie for short. Lashes, Duvet and Diva are all lovely sounding words 😆

Calliopespa · 22/03/2025 19:55

Phimosis ( tight foreskin)

Iknowaboutpopular · 22/03/2025 20:00

Duvet Angina Phimosis is a great name!

@Walkbyall @Calliopespa

ReadingSoManyThreads · 22/03/2025 20:01

Sperm
Windowsill
Plank

Would be my top picks for my next 3 sprogs.