I know this is probably a mad idea...

[Kwini]

but what think ye of Prairie as a girl's name? I quite like the sound of it, as well as the landscape it evokes (which has family significance for me)...

(And it's not as hippy dippy as Meadow, surely?)

It's simply beautiful. For me it says gently blowing grasses under a wide pale blue sky, freedom, fresh air, and (if they hadn't all been killed off)a lone, doe eyed bison wandering at will across the vasty plain.

Sounds ok...I think of meercats though and a little house

prairie dog would kill it for me...

We love it!!

Terrible. It is every bit as hippy dippy as Meadow

It's up there with Savannah (yuk -sorry to anyone who as a Savannah)- why do you want to call your child after a huge area of grassland - you wouldn't pick Tundra, would you?

I think Tundra might have resonance with Mighty Boosh fans.

It's a very plain name

Ah, see I used to love Savannah - but it's rather too trendy now, methinks...

Ho ho, scurryfunge

This is a pretty academic discussion as I doubt DH will go for it...but still, fun to dream!

Prairie is nicer than Meadow, but please avoid Dawn as a middle name. Or Mary.

A tiny bit of wee crept out at Hully's comments

Prairie Mary love it mathanxiety

Prairie is nice but will it go with you surname?

I also like:

Hillock
Grassyknoll
Oxbow (more of a boys name really)
Reservoir
Copse

Pasture
Flatland
Moorland
Heath?

I like Copse very much

Also suggest Undertow

Copse is lovely because it's pretty much:

a) Nickname proof
b) Unusual but not, y'know, stupid

I have a nephew called Barricade. He loves his name and it goes so well with his sister's name. Which is Balustrade.

I know an Architrave and Antimacassar aswell....Archie and Cassie for short...very pretty

I think you are all being a bit silly now, aren't you?

Sorry miss.....got carried away...won't do it again....not for a while anyway

I hope that remark wasn't directed at me Hully

Babynames is not the place for tomfoolery and tittering.

Show Of Hands sing about an Undertow you know.

Prairie puts me in mind of The Lion King which is a bit, you know, dead dads and evil uncles but quite evocative of modern dysfunctional families.

Oh yes. Prairie works on many levels.

Tomfoolery and Tittering are my 2nd cousins on my mothers' side