try this for a name..

scarlett29

Garnet

Its one of my friends names and iv always loved it but i don't want it for my childs name, anywhos i thought u guys might like it

 

scarlett29

its just not a name you hear often and i havent seen it in any baby name books or anything

Becky262

To me, it's one of those names that is trying so hard to be classy, like Tiffany, Precious or Diamond, that it just ends up trashy.  I wouldn't take not finding it in normal baby name books as a good sign either (I also don't find Moon Unit or Dweezil in name books for a very good reason).

I think Ruby would be a better alternative, still unique without being over the top

sunnyday016

NMS at all.

scarlett29

alrighty i guess i relate names to people and shes deff not trashy i think its a really cool name you dont hear often and i know she always gets compliments on it

narabug

It's nms, but it is in the baby name book that I own.

HappyMrsK

It's one of the FL State University colors so that's what I think of. I don't like it as a name for a person.

But you are right, it's not something you hear every day as a name.

Nanna

This is actually a fairly popular name in my mom's family tree - it's a man's name, though.  I also know of a handful of my grandparent's friends with this name, again all men.  Maybe it's a generational Canadian/British thing?

cailiejan

 

This is actually my grandfathers name....which is used for middle names for most of the male grandkids now. And actually my wedding ring doesn't have a diamond in it, it has a great big Garnet set in it to honor him, as he has since pasted away.

BellaBlues

NMS - sounds very old fashioned to me, and not in a good way.

BerlinMum

I also know a few Garnets, but they are all men.

I actually think it works better as a boy's name, than for a girl.

Nanna

OK, I'm kind of LOLing at cailiejan's response since it validates my speculation.  SEE???  Canadian.  :-)