Can you think of any food word that would sound like a nice name for a person (if it weren't a food)?
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For instance, Paprika would make a cute name, just of its own look and sound.
And I could see a case for Lazanya. (Gosh, maybe it’s already been used, and not for a frozen dinner.)
These are in addition to all the sweet names collected by rebbel’s recent question—which are often used as pet names because they’re sweet; they’re not given names chosen for sound, meaning, and association.
How about Celery, Marmalade, and Jalapeño? They’re as good as Sherry, Marianne, and Elinora.
Calorie is also pretty, and Margarine is practically a name already.
What’s in your fridge or cupboard that would sound just as good on a birth certificate?
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Asparagus. “Asparagus, please bring me a cup of coffee!!”
I’m rooting for Aubergine.
I had a college friend who said if she had a boy someday, she wanted to name him Vichyssoise.
Mayo.
Or dill.
And coco.
Maybe mango.
But probably not spotted dick.
Unless he could be a really good dancer. Then I’d totally date him. But no babies.
I think.
Papaya.
“Meet my grandparents, Papaya and Banana!”
@flutherother I was making a list of made up names for a novel, and one of them was “Harry Couvert”
@JLoon I went to college with a guy named Dave Mayo.
@zenvelo – I’ll bet he was an officer and a gentleman ;)
We used to have a customer named Rod Mayo.
Sashimi sounds like a cool name for a Samurai :P
@LuckyGuy in my country Peach is a legit name for people. It’s quite common too.
I know a Cookie (not her real name).
Mango used to be on SNL.
I think the Spanish for strawberry could be cute. The word is Fresa, pronounced fray-sa.
Coco. Of course Chanel was coco.
Amandine
Anise
Beans
Daikon
Endive (French pronunciation)
Harissa
Kale
Nori
Rye
Persimmon
Taffy
Tamarind
Venison
Cabbage
Honey
Brisket
Chip
Taco
Salmon
Shark
Roquefort
Coffee
Apple
Orange
Gooseberry
Chai
Latte
Bacon
@snowberry I named my dog Roquefort…he looks like moldy cheese. :)
^^ Which prompts the old joke. “My dog has no nose.” “How does he smell?” “Terrible!”
@zenvelo, we’ll on rainy days he is certainly is pungent!!!
Candy. (When I was a kid I had a friend with that name. Even as a kid I always thought it was….uncomfortable. As an adult I now know it’s a stripper / prostitute name, which doesn’t clear anything up! What were her parents thinking?)
^ We knew a couple who named their daughter Portia Candy Fox.
It’s like they were guaranteeing her a life in porn.
Candy was the first “dirty” book I read in junior high.
^^^ Maybe they were thinking of Candace, or trying to encourage some artistic expression…
^^^^ @JLoon common 60s saying: “Candy is dandy but sex won’t rot your teeth.”
hmmmmmmm. I may just go down to town hall and officially change my name after pondering this question.
Headcheese
rocky mountain oyster
ladyfinger
woodcock
One curious thing here is seeing how people’s ideas of a nice name differ. I was thinking of sight and sound, and I can’t see points for “Cabbage” or “Headcheese” on either count. Different aesthetics, I guess.
I keep wandering back to Calorie. Never thought of it before, but really, if we like Carol and Valerie, it seems a natural. A pretty name wasted on a unit of energy.
I bet there are also a lot of beautiful names belonging to ugly things, and vice versa. But that’s a matter for another question.
@kneesox And then of course there are ugly names for ugly things as well; “smegma” always comes to mind. I would not name anyone that!
Nectarine. Tahini. Coriander. Quesadilla?
Sometimes I call my husband “Broccolo”, not sure if that counts.
I came here to suggest “Saffron”, which really sounds quite nice to me. There’s a children’s book series by Hillary McKay about a girl named Saffron and her siblings, Indigo and Cadmium. I love “Indigo” in particular. Maybe I’ll give that name to a dog someday.
I was thinking Kale or Lambchop.
This got me thinking of food names that WOULDN’T sound good as names. Kumquat came to mind quickly. Eggplant was a quick second.
Two people named Kale are within my friends-of-friends circle. I just couldn’t really imagine holding this beautiful little newborn dumpling for the first time and saying “You know what? I think I’ll name him(or her—one is a her) after a green, leafy, cruciferous vegetable that is rich in nutrients.”
Kale is also a Saiyan warrior. Along with her friend Caulifla.
This question is really hard. The ideas we associate with food words are so immutable, that it’s difficult to imagine the word without the meaning hanging over it.
Like, I think Coffee sounds good, but I might just be saying that because the word evokes ideas of America, sweetness, deepness and complexity. If it didn’t mean that bean juice most of us drink, I don’t know what I would think about the word.
That said, I like the name Chanterelle.
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