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nice names if they didn't have another meaning

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rattleskuttle · 21/05/2007 09:13

some words sound so nice. shame they can't be used as babies' names:

girls:
chlamydia
anaesthesia

boys:
scrotum (little scrote for short)

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WendyWeber · 21/05/2007 09:17

DD1 likes Chevron

choosyfloosy · 21/05/2007 09:19

Rayon
Insomnia

cathcart · 21/05/2007 09:19

dh likes Felony!

escape · 21/05/2007 09:20

Felony is Luuurvely!!

lulumama · 21/05/2007 09:28

candida

PetronellaPinkPants · 21/05/2007 09:29

Orla for girls
means foreskin in hebrew (allegedly)

diamondsparkle · 21/05/2007 09:30

I once read in the paper about a Japanese couple who came to UK and heard a beautiful word which they then named their daughter.

Diarrhoea!!!!!!!

Little baby Diarrhoea!!!

Boco · 21/05/2007 09:32

Amoeba

Boco · 21/05/2007 09:32

My grandma was a social worker and worked with an African family who named their baby boy Latrine

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rattleskuttle · 21/05/2007 09:36

lol. i like ariel but the farking washing powder's put me off

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GrumpyOldHorsewoman · 21/05/2007 09:47

I was just thinking of that yesterday,Rattle. I love Ariel, too but would reject it on the basis of its laundry connotations.

choosyfloosy · 21/05/2007 09:48

Dystocia
Chlorine

softmusk · 21/05/2007 09:49

dyson

suedonim · 21/05/2007 09:51

My mum claims that there are twins in Africa called Syphilis and Gonorrhoea. Also, Sodom and Gomorrah have a nice ring to them.

WendyWeber · 21/05/2007 09:54

rubella

kateyp · 21/05/2007 09:59

Melaena is a good one (which I believe some have called their little girls) (It is the medical term for bloody poo)

And I have gone right off Amelia since my friend pointed out what it means. Again - medically speaking - congential abscence of am arm or leg.

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rattleskuttle · 21/05/2007 10:15

clandestine would be a lovely girls name

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Boco · 21/05/2007 10:21

Enema

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rattleskuttle · 21/05/2007 10:22

i hadn't stopped to think that names do have a meaning. how long does it take before the meaning is disregarded, i wonder? perhaps i should have been braver and gone for clandestine, felony, etc but then my dcs would probably hate me
my friend called her son raphael which i think is a beautiful name. he's now about 17/18 and the blasted mutant turtles became popular shortly after he was born. so he was teased for about the next 10 years.

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OtterInnit · 21/05/2007 10:23

latrine - bless

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rattleskuttle · 21/05/2007 10:24

urinal, too - sounds like a strong, no-nonsense boys name

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rattleskuttle · 21/05/2007 11:34

changed my mind about "urinal" - sounds a bit like "lionel"

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WanderingTrolley · 21/05/2007 11:36

Euthanasia

I think she was a Russian princess or summat...

fridayschild · 21/05/2007 13:51

joking apart, Cameron means something like crooked nose - Ds2 had a lucky escape when we bought a baby names book which included meanings

mrsmalumbas · 21/05/2007 13:52

Areola