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Beryl

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tummytickler · 19/08/2009 18:55

What do you think of Beryl??
I think i am starting to love it, but would love some opinions please (I have no intentions of talking about names in rl as evryone goes [hmm[!).
Does it go well with Eli, Amos, Pearl and Iris?
Is it going to become immensely trendy/faddy as i am really trying to avoid anything faddy if at all possible.
TIA

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Thunderduck · 19/08/2009 19:42

Because it just sounds daft that's why.

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tummytickler · 19/08/2009 19:43

abouteve - , Amos is no longer in it though, so i hear!
I might have to look for a character list and make sure i avoid the names!
I will look like a crazy Emmerdale fan!

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TsarChasm · 19/08/2009 19:46

Noooo!

But I don't understand why the mn consensus is no to Beryl when all the other old peoples names that keep cropping up are met with such delight.

I'm not into all these ironic elderly names at all, so can't identify why some are good and others not.

piscesmoon · 19/08/2009 19:51

NO

piscesmoon · 19/08/2009 19:53

'I'm not into all these ironic elderly names at all, so can't identify why some are good and others not.

I'm with you TsarChasm-I don't know why anyone wants to revive any of them. People should ask some of the old ladies if they actually like their names-generally they don't! Or not the ones that I have asked.

pogleswife · 19/08/2009 19:59

Just be aware - Beryl the peril ( from the beano or dandy). But in itself a pretty jewel name.

magbags · 19/08/2009 20:07

I really don't like it. Does sound to me like an old lady name (and not in a good way).

MaggieBeauLeo · 19/08/2009 21:05

I like Beryl. It fits in well with Pearl.

Beryl doesn't seem to crusty and old to me. I prefer Meryl though.

MaggieBeauLeo · 19/08/2009 21:07

Piscesmoon, in answer to why people might want to revive old names, if you just shut your eyes, let go of your preconceptions and murmur 'beryl'... is it not a soft sound? I think it is. I know it's subjective though.

RealityIsDetoxing · 19/08/2009 21:07

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JeMenFous · 19/08/2009 21:09

PMSL interesting name

but..............Berry sounds quite nice for all ages as a nn

choosyfloosy · 19/08/2009 21:09

If there is one name I would have said would not be revived, this was it... but i have seen it twice on MN in the past week now, so clearly it's about to have a moment.

I'm afraid I just don't like it... but if you do, that's the main thing. Probably if you like it, your family is cool enough to pull it off.

Does Coral do anything for you? I think it's prettier.

Wallace · 19/08/2009 21:17

I actually really like it

I think thundetrduck must be sctottish - here "Pearl" is pronounced more like "peril" and rhymes with "Beryl"

snorkle · 19/08/2009 22:19

Beryl was actually extremely popular for just a very few years. They are all late 70s/early 80s now. One Beryl I know had 4 others in her class at school. I think that's what sets it apart from the other old names - it was only popular for a very short time.

SoupDragon · 19/08/2009 22:32

"I'm not into all these ironic elderly names at all"

Except in 80 years time, the nursing homes will be full of Storms, Indias and Phoebes and they will be the "ironic elderly names".

MaggieBeauLeo · 19/08/2009 23:30

Yeah I remember when my cousin's daughter Emily was born in about 1988 I thnk and we all thoguth it was an ironic old lady name. we just thought of emily bishop.

piscesmoon · 20/08/2009 07:39

Before that the nursing homes will be full of the Traceys and Waynes-and I still won't like them! It is the reason that I like the classic names-they don't automatically age a person. Elsie is likely to be over 80yrs or under 5 yrs, but Elizabeth can be any age.

MaggieBeauLeo · 20/08/2009 10:30

In as little as 25 years there could be a tracey in a nursing home!

I know of a Tracey. She is about 45 I think. When she was born, her elderly great aunt (now dead) said "but that's a man's name!".

thedollshouse · 20/08/2009 10:33

I think Beryl is a great name if you have a bubble perm. A bit daft otherwise.

MiniLlace · 20/08/2009 12:20

Haha yes I might think of Beryl if we have another daughter (Im the crazy one calling her DD Finty!) .. at first blush you think hmmm Beryl - but Be or BeBE ... quite cute nicknames

SJLTM · 20/08/2009 13:53

Agree with MaggieBeauLeo.... I know a MERYL , I love it.

iceagethree · 20/08/2009 13:53

the peril

PuppyMonkey · 20/08/2009 13:56

Beryl is the name of a woman in her 60s who works down the bingo.

KAEKAE · 20/08/2009 14:48

Reminds me of a 1950's large pink rounded faced woman with a tight perm. I dislike it sorry.

totalmisfit · 20/08/2009 20:45

if you like it, and you're sure it's not just the hormones deciding on names for you, then go for it. I love the name Sylvie, for instance, and got a very similar response to that name, when i asked for opinions on my favourite names so far. I've decided that i don't give a monkeys and i'll go for it anyway if only i can talk dh round!