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Using words as baby names is a trend that doesn’t appear to be slowing down any time soon.
And while there’s nothing wrong with using a word as a name (they are lovely names!), it’s the original meaning that often trips some people up.
But what if we didn’t care? What if we put all meanings aside and just picked whatever baby name we like?
A recent post on Twitter asked people to do just that.
“Which word do you think would make a pretty baby name if it didn’t mean what it meant? I’m going with Omelette,” said writer Sarah Gibbs.
And the responses have been genuinely excellent.
“I used to think ‘Courgette’ was a character in Les Miserables until I listened properly,” replied one person.
Another revealed: “Utensil. If you spelled it Eutencille, it would look quite convincing.”
“I’ve always liked Catastrophe and Apostrophe,” chimed another.
Another confessed, “Chlamydia – sounds like a Greek goddess.”
“Sequin is a brilliant name. Luckily for my child, I don’t plan to have one,” another commented.
“My go-to names are all cured meats. ‘Mortadella! Come out of the water RIGHT NOW.’ And, ‘Tell Prosciutto and Soppressatta to come back here because I’m putting out the food,'” said another.
Nameberry took this tweet and trend one step further to compile a list of the most popular words that have been used as names.
“We scoured the data and found some truly unexpected words that five or more sets of parents used for their children in 2018,” they wrote in their article.
Here’s what they came up with:
If you could choose any name, regardless of its meaning, what would you choose?
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