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Do you like Honey for a girl?
I love the color and, well, honey.
I don't think I'd ever use it but I do think it's kind of nice for a character.
Oh and I saw it has been in the top 500 for a while in the UK. For everyone from the UK: is "honey" used as a term of endearment where you live? Just wondering. In the UK I've mostly heard love or darling so I'm wondering if honey is not really used and that's why it's kind of popular as a name?
I love the color and, well, honey.
I don't think I'd ever use it but I do think it's kind of nice for a character.
Oh and I saw it has been in the top 500 for a while in the UK. For everyone from the UK: is "honey" used as a term of endearment where you live? Just wondering. In the UK I've mostly heard love or darling so I'm wondering if honey is not really used and that's why it's kind of popular as a name?
This message was edited 10/18/2020, 4:56 PM
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I love honey, the food. It could be a good name for a character.
It's not a name that commands respect for a real woman.
It's not a name that commands respect for a real woman.
This message was edited 10/20/2020, 6:30 PM
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This message was edited 10/20/2020, 2:14 PM
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It would make a sweet nickname, but I dislike Honey as a given name. My dad's British and he often calls my mother honey - he's from a town near Manchester.
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I'm no Brit, though they have been known to mistake me for one of them. I've never heard 'honey' except, as others have suggested, in pop lyrics where I think it is universal but originally American.
I've heard 'hinny' though! Only regionally. I've never eaten a singin' hinny, but maybe I should make some. And I've also heard 'hen', and 'pet'.
I've heard 'hinny' though! Only regionally. I've never eaten a singin' hinny, but maybe I should make some. And I've also heard 'hen', and 'pet'.
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Nah, not really a fan. Too sugary sweet, although my dad once had a colleague who’s name was Honey but apparently she was not sweet or nice at all.
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It is used as a term of endearment in the U.K., but the shortened Hon/hun is probably more common.
I don’t mind Honey as a name, although it’s not really my style.
I don’t mind Honey as a name, although it’s not really my style.
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It is used as a term of endearment here (obviously person dependent) and not so generally as love ir darling. I used to have Honey on my list, and I do think it works.
I do remember watching a show with a Honey throwing a tantrum, and the voiceover guy being all 'well, Honey's not being too sweet rn' and it kinda bugged me. Not because she was being misbehaved, but it was just so condescending and specifically centred around her name.
I do remember watching a show with a Honey throwing a tantrum, and the voiceover guy being all 'well, Honey's not being too sweet rn' and it kinda bugged me. Not because she was being misbehaved, but it was just so condescending and specifically centred around her name.
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I think it’s fine for a pet, not really for a person.
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Too Virginia Woolf-y. I think its saccarine.
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Ok, so I actually kind of love Honey as a name! I’m from Australia and actually call my DH “Honey” ALL the time, so much so that our youngest will often call his daddy “Honey”, which is incredibly cute! My favourite combos are Eve Honey, which my DH said once when we were expecting #2 and I said, “What do you think about Eve, Honey?” and his reply was “Eve Honey”? I’ve loved it ever since! The other combo I love is Clover Honey, but that’s more of a GP for me.
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Funnily enough, clover honey is actually a type of honey! lol
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Yes I know, that’s why I like it :)
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I don't like it as a name
This message was edited 10/18/2020, 6:27 PM
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Nah.
It's a term of endearment for everyone, where I come from. I call my husband "honey", all the time. For me, it would be weird to call a kid that.
I do like the imagery, and the flavor and color of honey, though, so I can understand its appeal.
It's a term of endearment for everyone, where I come from. I call my husband "honey", all the time. For me, it would be weird to call a kid that.
I do like the imagery, and the flavor and color of honey, though, so I can understand its appeal.
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I'm not British...
but I can tell you honey is used as a term of endearment over there. Harry Styles uses the term honey in Adore You. (I'd walk through fire for you, just let me adore you / Oh, honey...) But you're right, love and darling are way more common to Brits.
but I can tell you honey is used as a term of endearment over there. Harry Styles uses the term honey in Adore You. (I'd walk through fire for you, just let me adore you / Oh, honey...) But you're right, love and darling are way more common to Brits.
This message was edited 10/18/2020, 5:14 PM
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You're right, it is known as a term of endearment, but it's not as common as "love" or even "cock" (where I live, a very regional term that I grant you, and not representative of the whole of the UK - don't ask me the etymology because I can't tell you lmfao). "Babe" is more common than "honey". I think "honey" is used more for kids as opposed to partners?
although "Babe" is very... idk 1980s / 1990s ? It's a bit dated
Edit: I've also heard "pigeon" used far more than "honey"
although "Babe" is very... idk 1980s / 1990s ? It's a bit dated
Edit: I've also heard "pigeon" used far more than "honey"
This message was edited 10/19/2020, 3:53 AM
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Pigeon?!
I'm also in the UK and have never heard that!
I do hear honey or more often hon/hun though.
I'm also in the UK and have never heard that!
I do hear honey or more often hon/hun though.
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Duck or ducky is more common than pigeon where I am. That and bab. (Not babe, Bab. Any Brits could probably now work out where I am...)
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Yeah pigeon and duck. Don't know exactly where they're most common, but pigeon is usually reserved for children (from what I understand anyway). We have a thing for poultry apparently lmao
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I think most US pop songs include the word "honey", or "baby". That's very common.
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My opinion is pretty much yours. I knew somebody named Honey and overall she was not a nice person. I would never use it, but it’s not bad. I like the color and honey.
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Thanks! I edited my original post so if you are from the UK please check it again, thanks :)
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