New possibility - Briar

[raindropsonroses]

Our other main contender is Verity.
What do you think of Briar, is it naff or nice?

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Doesn't sound like a name to me. Or very attractive. Briony is nice though I know a little girl called Verity, and think it's pretty.

It reminds me of Brer (?sp) Rabbit getting stuck in a briar patch. Can kind of see it working on a ravishing beauty with long auburn locks but bit of a hard one to carry off I think.

Its not a name.

No.

I know a Bryher (after the Silley Isle), I quite like it

I really like it. Ive never heard it as a name before but I imediately associated it with Briar Rose and as such think of it as a girls name. Its different but not weird. Infinately better than Verity IMO which I really dislike.

No no no

Verity or perhaps even Felicity? Both are nice although Verity does make me think of ferrets.....which I find slightly off-putting but you may not!

Briar is a bit strange and reminds me of Briar Rose (sleeping beauty I think - am sure it's been mentioned). Not to pursued I don't think

Not to BE pursued I meant (sorry - unsettled baby, can't concentrate)...

How about Bryher - sounds the same and is my favourite island on the Scillies. It's used down here in Cornwall a bit - but then again so is Chayla.

It would be a no no for me (the local mental health ward is the Briary)

What about Briony? That's quite similar

Bryony better if you are after planty hedgy type names.

Bryony better if you are after planty hedgy type names.

My friend called her dd Bryher after the island

naff

I'm sorry - but I cannot understand this obsession with wanting to find the most unusual name going for your child...Its getting like America ...whats wrong with traditional names ? I have come across the following names in the last month - Gaius, Marrek, Kaii and these kids are spawned by Sharons, Nigels and Lisa's...Its faintly ridiculous and somewhere in a baby name book in the future it will state alongside such names 'popular in 2006-2010'...and then everyone will be sick of these types of names...hopefully...

I don;t think that Briar is outlandish and modern. Quite traditional.

I think Briar is G.O.R.G.E.O.U.S.

not as keen on Verity, but it's ok