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Plum?

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missyfafa · 21/04/2010 18:42

Is Plum a proper name or just a nickname for something? Anyone know. Is it cute or too much?

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MonkeyMargot · 21/04/2010 20:52

It's our DD's middle name. Chickened out as a first name as thought it might not suit should she become a banker/lawyer in future. But I do love it :-)

SardineJam · 22/04/2010 11:07

3 girls were registered with Plum as a firstname, here in the UK, last year

oldandmiserable · 22/04/2010 12:32

Plum is an insult. 'He's a right Plum'. Or a slang name for a testicle.

Lovethesea · 22/04/2010 12:41

Thought of Plum baby food ... then testicles ... then 'a right plum'.

Just can't imagine the kind of person who could carry it off. Fine if it's a family nn but on the BC it would be horribly cutey and makes me think of plump too.

HarderToKidnap · 22/04/2010 19:22

I know a girl called Plummie. That is actually her given name on her birth certificate. She comes from a family of people with mad names though.

whatwasthatagain · 22/04/2010 19:30

Isn't there a Plum Sykes? I actually quite like it, but would probably never be brave enough to use it. Oh go for it, others clearly have. Read of a girl named Honeysuckle in the paper yesterday which again is fab, but brave

warthog · 22/04/2010 19:31

terrible terrible terrible. bloody awful.

am i being clear enough?

NotanOtter · 22/04/2010 21:59

adorable
you have to be posh

debaronz · 22/04/2010 22:08

Sorry, I don't like it.

serinBrightside · 22/04/2010 22:59

DH said "What? they are going to call it plump?"

twosofar · 23/04/2010 07:39

Plum Sykes is really Victoria.

My parents used to refer to all Victorias as "Victoria Plum" when I was a child (which was a fairly long time ago

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