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I was playing around with the random renamed out of boredom, and one of the names it comes up with is Coriander... I knew it was a spice, I never knew people actually named their child after it.
The entry says it's a female name, and it's usage is English (rare).
Anyway, I just wanted to know what you guys thought. I personally do not like it. It's odd, and just doesn't sound like a name to me. But, that's just my opinion. I don't know, maybe someone else will like it.
The entry says it's a female name, and it's usage is English (rare).
Anyway, I just wanted to know what you guys thought. I personally do not like it. It's odd, and just doesn't sound like a name to me. But, that's just my opinion. I don't know, maybe someone else will like it.
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I saw it once, used in an old book of retold fairy tales or myths or something, for the human heroine; a rather typical girl who had a hard life until magical intervention Changed Everything. As a kid I thought it unconvincing and I still do. Nickname-wise, where I live there are plenty of Corrie people, but they're all Cornelia and I don't think that is very much better! So, no.
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I actually like the sound but I've read that it's derived from the Greek word for bedbug and people would associate the smell of coriander with people infested with the bugs. I wouldn't use it on a child but I think it would be okay on a pet.
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I'd use it - in curries and salads and soups :) It's an attractive word in its way, but definitely not very name-like. Don't you call it cilantro in the US?
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Maybe it's just me, but when I hear coriander, I think of the seeds, and for cilantro, I think of the leaves. I'm in the US. It sounds like a mash-up of Cory and Alexander, but I don't think it makes a good name either.
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Yeah, I only ever hear cilantro, not coriander (only knew of coriander from Sweeney Todd), but from what I've read cilantro refers more to the leaves, and coriander is the seeds, like you said. :)
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Hmmm.
A very long hmmm.
I don't really like it, but it's not entirely awful. It sounds like it could be a name, and you could escape it by using Cori for everyday.
It's very kitchen-y name, but then so is Sage and Basil which are both generally accepted names.
I wouldn't use it myself, and I'd be a little surprised if I heard it, but nothing more than that. It has a nice sound, and in the end it is just another plant name like Sage and Saffron, only more uncommon.
A very long hmmm.
I don't really like it, but it's not entirely awful. It sounds like it could be a name, and you could escape it by using Cori for everyday.
It's very kitchen-y name, but then so is Sage and Basil which are both generally accepted names.
I wouldn't use it myself, and I'd be a little surprised if I heard it, but nothing more than that. It has a nice sound, and in the end it is just another plant name like Sage and Saffron, only more uncommon.
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