Have I just found that sought after rare yet simple and pretty girl's name?

[RubiMama]

Bay.

Opinions please

I would only throw a name to MN if i wanted put off it tbh.

Any name i actually like would be kept completely to myself.

I quite like Bay. Many years ago before it became hugely derided as a 'chav' name I loved the idea of Bayley for a girl, with the y spelling, which was nicely reminicent of both Bay trees and coastal loveliness, eg 'sitting on the dock of the'....

I like Bay Reminds me of bay leaves, which is a nice thing! Have also heard Sage used as a name.

MN hate everything that isn't 'classical'

Does rather put me in mind of horses, windows, cooking and trees, but not as bad as some. Wouldn't get laughed at in school as much as, ummm, ok, it might.

Think I prefer Laurel if you're channeling trees, Sash if you're thinking windows and Dun if it has to be a horse colour . OK, probably not the latter...

It reminds me of baying for blood actually. Sorry. But guess it is better when you know somebody with the name. Laurel nice though I think of Stan.

Exactly! Bay trees and leaves and the Dock of the Bay all nice associations.
There does seem to be a general consensus on MN for rather more boring classical names I reckon.

I'm not sure if it is a consensus for classical names so much as a reaction against made up names

No

Baby

Bay = horse to me.

Gold help her if she has unfortunate teeth,

Dun, that's another colour for a horse.

Or you could go for the more exotic Palomino.

Hrm. But she didn't make it up. A cursory google suggests it's been common on Babycentre for girls since their records began in the mid-90s and I'm pretty sure it's been used long before then.

I don't understand this 'made-up name' thing. Surely at some point in history, someone said 'Ah, I'm going to make up the name Jane' and thus, Jane became a name. The only difference is age.

Maybe a name has to stand the test of time and be trialled by lots of other people before it's good enough for the average boring Mumsnetter.

Bay

Is Okay

Sorry but any name that is a colour of a horse is out for me, test of time or not.

Bayley reminds me of my favourite drink.
Sage reminds me of one of the two leprechauns on Live and Kicking (BBC) "Sage and Onion"

Bay would grow on me too i think. (I'm not a horsey person so i wouldn't have made that association anyway)

If i ever have another little girl i'd love to call her Elsie.

Elsie is a wonderful name and not that common where i'm from.

ok, bad teeth would be a bad thing, but there's no horsey genes amongst us!

Agree that people started making up names at some point. Ruby, Lavender, Rose, Lily, Pearl were all faddy Victorian inventions at one point and they ended up becoming standardly used names over time. And didn't Wendy actually come from Peter Pan and have no precedent?

Anyway, re: Bay, I didn't invent it!

I dont think you have OP, back tothe drawing board,

I don't mind Bay. I prefer Skye, which seems to me the same 'sort' of name but more recognisable as a girl's name IYKWIM.

Bay... makes me think of parking bay....

Bay....Watch

I've only heard it used by Kirsty Allsop for her son

Other than that, it's as others have said - Bay Watch, parking bay, bay horse, bay leaf etc. Sorry!

I thought Bay was a boy's name? Kirstie Allsop's son is Bay isn't he?

My DH would love to name a baby after the VW campervan.

Makes me think of Morecombe.

if you and your partner LOVE it, then you should use it, regardless of what a load of people on the internet think. it's your child after all.

Buster is a bloody excellent name