What do you think about Loveday?

[Cortina]

We've got a run of the mill surname and I'm considering this. DH also Cornish but many won't get the Cornish connection and might think it is an American made up type name?

It's brave, but I don't see why you should just go for it.....

fking mad

No no no....the child has to go to school!
Might sound nice in a novel, nice when you are explaining to folk when dc is born about the meaning etc, but in rl kids (and adults) are very very closed-minded and cruel.

Know a male Loveday,He is African,a beautiful name.

I love it too

It is a surname. Don't do it.

Oh, god, what is wrong with a normal name? So what if your surname is 'run of the mill', why do you need to burden your child with something ridiculous to be 'unique'?

Loveday is an utterly normal traditional name. It is not made up. I just isn't used very widely.

But, obviously, judging from the last few posts, I was wrong earlier when I said that most people would know it is a traditional Cornish name !

Yes, well, Walter is a normal name, too, but it's not in common use much anymore because it's naff.

Like Loveday.

Aww, I know a lovely little Walter. 10 years old. His Mom is American .

I love it, but you'd have to be brave! Not many people will know the Cornish connections and you'll /she'll be getting raised eyebrows forever.

I absolutely love it. Is on my list if I ever have another DD.

Late to the party, but I know an older lady named Loveday, and its very pretty. I do think that name goes better with an unusual surname however, as it can sometimes sound a little jarring putting an unusual name with a very plain sur.

Yes, but there must be a cornish connection, or it is just silly.

So if your cornish - excellent choice.

Just read that you are Cornish - lovely name for your daughter.

I read a book, set in Cornwall, with a Loveday in as a child, and have loved the name ever since.

xx

I love it, we had one Loveday at school, she wasn't teased about her name as far as I recall.

It's on my sister's name list at the moment along with Lamorna.

Morwenna and Jenna are nice but very over used in my area.

TBH, anything is better than Endellion.

:o

Is it just me or does Endellion sound like a boy's name? Reminds me of Enys .

Loveday is cute, but not sure about using it as a first name outside Cornwall. It was traditionally a popular name in the Cornish Methodist community I believe, like Charity, Hope, Prudence etc. There is a Loveday in the Poldark novels too .

Loveday is a startlingly beautiful name. When dd was born I really wanted it, but her mum didn't. So we compromised. And called her something else. She wanted Hermione. That didn't happen either.

Saintjohn is also a traditional name (I don't know the right spelling though), but it doesn't make it sound less silly.

For some reason Loveday reminds me of an Angela Brazil type really old fashioned school story - the kind I used to pick up at sales of work when I was a child and were really, really dated even then.

I don't like it, by the way.

I like it but I am not sure whether I would like being the one called that. it creates too much reactions. It's like Marmite.

It's a brave choice, for sure. It would do a great middle name.