Thoughts? Peridot- Middle Name

BCfan1 · October 2012

Hi Baby Namers,

Getting ready to start trying to conceive number 2 and have been (of course) brain storming baby names.

What are everyone's thoughts on Peridot pronounced (PEHR-ee-doh) as a fun middle name? It is the oddly perfect combination of my three grandmother's names (Pearl, Dorothy (Dot) and Emerald (gem stone)) and I think it has a pretty sound. Any first names would be more conventional and user-friendly.

Love it? Hate it? Indifferent?

Thanks for your opinions!

eyris · October 2012

I really like it. I love color names but they don't tend to go over well on this board.

I also like the significance and I think it's cute.

Do you have any idea of what the FN would be?

Helenahhandbasket · October 2012

I really like it!

I will say that I do love "gem" names in general (dd's mn is Pearl, and I would love to do another gem mn for a future child). It's awesome that you also have the family significance connection as well.

MoreThanABride · October 2012

Dislike, mostly because I prefer names that everyone will know how to pronounce when they see it.

CeCe8579 · October 2012

I like it as a MN. Great meaning!

WashingtonQueen · October 2012

I think it is great in the middle name spot. Very cute!

lightgetsin · October 2012

no

BCfan1 · October 2012

tmsgrl:
no

lol

Thanks for your opinions, everyone! We still have time to work out the kinks (at least nine months!) and come up with potential first names. I can see how it looks like "Period" if you are glancing fast, eeks!

kayjay10 · October 2012

toothpastechica:

For a first name I wouldn't use it, but for a middle name, paired with a classic or more common first name I think its great and its fun. I also think that the middle name spot is kind of for using family names and you have incorporated family with this name, so I like it.

This!

ZoeMay06 · October 2012

I kind of love it! I like gem names in general (DD#1's 1st MN is Jade and DD#2's 2nd MN will be Pearl) and this one is refreshing.

madamsmurfette · October 2012

I hate it. I know how to pronounce it and know it is the August birthstone, which makes me hate it more. Unless the gemstone is an established name (like Pearl or Ruby), taking a non-name gemstone and using it as a name sounds trashy to me, i.e. Diamond, Sapphire, Amethyst. I think you can honor your grandmothers in a better way.

abbieaggie · October 2012

I know what a Peridot is and my birthday is not in August. I think the sentiment behind it is great and as a mn no worries on it being pronounced incorrectly at school or mixed up with the word period.

My grandmothers name are Mary Prudence and Patricia Broussard... so I may just be used to unusual mn.

ShawMich · October 2012

I like it because it has significance to you and your family.

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