Sapphire

[Babyhasnoname]

I know it's not the most popular but is it unusable?

It sounds like a stripper name

1. Could this person be taken seriously as a lawyer, Dr etc? Eg I'd never hire a lawyer called Poppy or Molly or Milly etc.

I really like it, I love all gem/stone names.

I'd never hire a lawyer called Poppy or Molly or Milly etc.

Why?

I absolutely love the name Sapphire - it’s gorgeous.

Ed Sheeran’s latest song is a bit annoying, but otherwise a pretty name.

I like it but for us it does have naughty girl connotations - 2 sapphires in dd3’s class, one permanently excluded and the other spends lots of time in isolation. In our area it tends to be stereotypical council house and naughty. Names evolve and in a different area of the UK it’ll have a totally different vibe and as adults that tends to change again.

I really loved it and it was on my list for both of my daughters however we went with something else in the end. I think it's so pretty.

That's so ridiculous. It's only going to be to your detriment if you judge how good someone is at their job by whatever weird personal connotations their name conjurs up for you, rather than real credentials!!

Saffron is elegant; Sapphire is a stripper name, sorry

I don't agree that Poppy, Milly or Molly are problematic but I do agree with the point in general that certain names may have negative connotations that wrongly or not may hinder life opportunities or ease of access to opportunities, or how they are treated or perceived, and that parents should consider this. It's not fair or how it should be, but it's the reality

Nooooooo

I agree

She was saffron.

Plenty will be called them in ten years

No she wasn't. Joanne Lumley was Sapphire in Sapphire and Steel.

I think you are thinking of Julia Sawalha as Saffy/Saffron in Ab Fab

Joanna Lumley didn't have a bowl haircut in Sapphire & Steel. She had rhe 'Purdey cut' in The New Avengers.

I love it.

Sapphire and Sapphira - both great choices.

Joanna is also a great name.

I was about to say the same but just checked to see if anyone else had said it first. I know it well as am of an age where we all had the Purdey haircut at some point!

And meant to add on my last post that I think Sapphire is a beautiful name. Have never seen it mentioned on here before and feel that it is just the right kind of unusual. Go for it, OP.

I know a Sapphira and people just think she’s said Sophia 😐

Is a spice better than a stripper though?

I know a Sapphire, she’s 16 and hates it. Goes by the name of Saffy.

I think of the dad's girlfriend in the Billionaire Boy BBC adaptation. It's classic stripper unfortunately, which is a shame as in essence it's not terrible, but the connotations aren't great.