The struggle for a girls name that is also a familiar word continues.....

[Thankyouandgoodnight]

Please can you help!!

e.g. things like.....(and don't worry about whether or not you like them as names or not):

Olive
Meadow
Ember
Sage
Autumn

"Ever" is nice, but might make people think your name is really "Heather" and you're just common.

Clementine
Dawn
Summer
Tree
Star
Lettice (!)
Silver
Posy

I possibly had a brainwave in the night....

...Damson...... what do you think of that? Too much like Tamsin?

I have come across a Chance, Melody and Rhapsody through work

Honor is lovely - there's a sweet girl at ds's school called that

Lazylou - their parents must be Captain Scarlet fans !

anyone said

Liberty

yet?

You do know that jasper means wasp in the west country don't you?

Feather is nice - think I remember an Angela Carter heroine being called Feather

Damson is too much like jam, rather than too much like Tamsin.

Do you not like anything that has been suggested?

Glory?

Treacletart - the Angela Carter heroine was called Fevvers, in Nights at the Circus. And very brilliant she was too...

I like Damson. What about Plum? Sort of similar.

Ebony
Willow
Blossom

Heath
Misty
posy
blythe
Hope
marina
ocean (e) for French i think
skye
amber
tuppence
tiger
bonnie

We know of a girl called ...'cushion'...

Epiphany (knew a Rwandan girl called it)

Patience

Clover
Rowan

Harmony
Mercedes
Paris
Savanna
Faith
Charity

Cleo - as in Renault Cleo.

I always fancied Umbrella but dh wouldn't let me

Some lovely suggestions and some ones too.

I love Berry, Clover, Skye, Meadow, Leaf (as a mn) summer, Amber (like the sound of Ember but an ember is dying, so that meaning is bad for me0)

Melody sounds like a stuck up cow but it's a lovely name. The one I knew thought the queen was rough round the edges, but Melody is still a lovely sound with a good meaning.

Clio is a Goddess not a car, as I'm sure Lollipop Mum knows!

I love Clio! Gorgeous.

Joy and Hazel are two beautiful ones.

Keziah was Jemimah's sister in the bible.

Apple is awful. I don't get that one at all, but I love Posy and Tansy, although Tansy is not a fam.word.

Oh these names are wonderful - really loving these names - how very Wicker man! I wish I had the nerve with DD. These are the kind of names I adore Epiphany is BEAUTIFUL!

This is great - you are all doing me proud as they say. I am coming up with a fab list of names that I like and DH has said that most of them are possibles which is amazing. Thank you and please keep em coming and all comments welcome.

By the way - any thoughts on Viola or Cello? I love Violet but DH says it's like violent....

Epiphany! I like that too. If she were born on the 6th of January you could definitely use that at least as a mn!?

Cello now sadly reminds me of Tranny and Susinner.

I love violet, but it is close to violent. That does take away something from it. also, Viola would be the spanish for he rapes. Violar a alguién would be to rape somebody and viola - he rapes. I know that's probably crazy mentioning that.

What about Laurel and Ivy and Briony? Camellia? Petunia? Silver with Silvie for short (I really like that)

Epiphany sounds great but if you're not evangelical Christians you may find yourself constantly having to explain/justify it.

I think you're fretting too much about Violet. It may be a bit like violent but the much stronger association in most people's minds will be with a colour and a very pretty, fragrant flower. Likewise viola - few people will make the association with Spanish rapists but most will think of flowers or music. Cello is, if I may say so, daft. Anyway, shouldn't it be Violoncello Trombone Glockenspiel?