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Moth for a girl?

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RainyWednesday · 15/05/2008 23:06

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LyraSilvertongue · 15/05/2008 23:15

You may laugh, but there's a girl in DS1's class called Moth.

Spidermama · 15/05/2008 23:16

Darnit Bree you sucked my mind. I felt it.

BreeVanderCampLGJ · 15/05/2008 23:16

Or if you want to be more traditional...you could always go for

WASP

controlfreakyagain · 15/05/2008 23:17

lyra, i bloody well would laugh if i met her (or rather her loving mama).....

Spidermama · 15/05/2008 23:17

No Lyra. Really?

BreeVanderCampLGJ · 15/05/2008 23:17

Lyra Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Surely that comes under the heading child abuse.??

WendyWeber · 15/05/2008 23:18

Oh, are we having a let's take the piss night?

(God, I hope so, aaaaargh otherwise)

funnypeculiar · 15/05/2008 23:18

Ah, now, my dad apparently quite seriously suggested I be called Drusophela (sp) - the latin for fruitfly - as he thought it 'sounded lovely'. My mother thankfully vetoed it.

LyraSilvertongue · 15/05/2008 23:20
Wink
anorak · 15/05/2008 23:21

I agree I don't think much of moth, but I notice the OP hasn't come back - do you think you've scared her off taking the piss so gleefully?

anorak · 15/05/2008 23:22

X posts Wendy

Spidermama · 15/05/2008 23:22

Come back Wednesday. Were you serious? I think at this late hour you can't expect to get away with Moth. And I'm the one who staunchly defends unusual names normally.

To be fair I have had a life long phobia of moths.

LyraSilvertongue · 15/05/2008 23:24

Her little sister's called Bluebottle.

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RainyWednesday · 15/05/2008 23:24

Ouch

I was shopping online.

It's the name my grandmother is known by, so it has pretty good connotations for me.

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controlfreakyagain · 15/05/2008 23:25

if she's crying in a corner it's a small price to pay for dropping this name as a sane idea for her poor dd...

controlfreakyagain · 15/05/2008 23:25

ooops. hi there weds!

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RainyWednesday · 15/05/2008 23:26
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LyraSilvertongue · 15/05/2008 23:27

I thought you were joking.

Spidermama · 15/05/2008 23:28

Aw sorry wednes. There's been a piss take name theme so people thought you were adding to it.

I think as a nickname (your grandmother is known by it) its probably really nice. Unusual names always seem so much more acceptable, cool, charming etc when they are established.

MNers famously have conservative tastes in names. Don't let it get to you.

BreeVanderCampLGJ · 15/05/2008 23:29

I have a male friend who answers to the name of Goo, can't even remember why........we are soooo old.

But that is ok, because it is amongst friends. It is not on any official documents.

Ledodgy · 15/05/2008 23:30

Butterfly is better it's the old would you rather be a butterfly for a day or a moth for a lifetime thing...

funnypeculiar · 15/05/2008 23:30

I like it as a nickname, I must say - suggestive of something rather etherial (sp), mysterious, feminine.

But I think it's a tough one as your given name (& I quite like 'unusual' names)
Sorry

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RainyWednesday · 15/05/2008 23:31

Don't worry, I'm not sure I've ever had a thread get to two pages before

I am serious-ish - I like it as a name but already have a couple of girls' names lined up so would have to have a lot of daughters before I used it (and I have an inkling this LO is a boy).

With my grandmother it was apparently short for mother.

I'm not taking people who approved of Tabitha all that seriously

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DefinitelyNotMARINAWheeler · 15/05/2008 23:33

You are a very good sport RainyWednesday
And those are lovely reasons for choosing an unusual name
What are you thinking of if it is a boy, then...

ravenAK · 15/05/2008 23:34

I immediately thought as in Midsummer Night's Dream tbh.

Would make a great middle name esp. if family nickname. Probably a bit much as a first name!