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HelpRe: Plum, Peach and Apricot
in reply to a message by Jude
I really don't like fruit names except for Clementine but don't really associate Clementine with the fruit as it isn't the common name we use for it where I come from.
Plum can be really cute in some combos as a middle name. I've seen it used by others on here in hypothetical combos and thought how nice and unexpected it sounded but it is definitely not for me. Plum is too close to the word 'plump' and I'm Australian and watch a tonne of cricket and I also associate it with the term a "plum ball".
Peach is just cheesy and often used in a sarcastic negative way colloquially where I'm from. Like "he/she was a real peach" meaning that they were actually really grumpy/angry/rude.
Apricot sounds silly and like you're trying too hard to be different and I don't know what nickname you'd get for it. Ape? Apey? I would not want to introduce myself as 'Apricot' to people...embarrassing.
I really think food names mostly work if they actually have a double meaning. Like Olive works because it is also a color and also has the positive association of an olive branch. Clementine works because it is the female version of Clement and (I believe) was applied to a fruit later.
I can't think of any other 'food' names that I think are appropriate, especially in the first name position, for a human child.
Plum can be really cute in some combos as a middle name. I've seen it used by others on here in hypothetical combos and thought how nice and unexpected it sounded but it is definitely not for me. Plum is too close to the word 'plump' and I'm Australian and watch a tonne of cricket and I also associate it with the term a "plum ball".
Peach is just cheesy and often used in a sarcastic negative way colloquially where I'm from. Like "he/she was a real peach" meaning that they were actually really grumpy/angry/rude.
Apricot sounds silly and like you're trying too hard to be different and I don't know what nickname you'd get for it. Ape? Apey? I would not want to introduce myself as 'Apricot' to people...embarrassing.
I really think food names mostly work if they actually have a double meaning. Like Olive works because it is also a color and also has the positive association of an olive branch. Clementine works because it is the female version of Clement and (I believe) was applied to a fruit later.
I can't think of any other 'food' names that I think are appropriate, especially in the first name position, for a human child.
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