What do you think of

Velvet

for a girl

I met a transgender (pre-snip) stipper once. Their name was Velvet.

As a result of this, I am personally not too keen on it. My opinion only...

Not sure what i really think of the name but it wouldn't be a name i would call my daughter...it's nice and all but not for me!

it does sound quite "stripperish"...would she (your future child) like the name if she has a serious job or has to have it on a name badge? called out at assembly? I am quite conservative with names tho...just my opinion

Not for me. Not at all. Sorry, Ray, this one just seems really wrong to me.

I think it'd grow on me. :)

sorry i dont like it. i aggre sounds stripperish

I don't like it because I couldn't help associating it with Cotton, Wool, Nylon, Polyester... I would be more inclined to go with Violet, or have Velvet as a middle name, perhaps even part 2 of a hyphenated first name.

However, like Nelle I think it would grow on me.

What about it with something else?

These might be weird but hey I'll give it a shot. V names slash Velvetish names lol.

Velvianne
Viviette
Verity
Velviyah
Velvelynn
Velvene
Elvet
Elvetta

Depends how unique you want to be and what else you like the sound of to what you could work it with.

I like it, not sure if I would like it for a long time though iykwim?
I keep thinking of Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet! lol

Its a name someone I know called their daughter.
It reminds me of the Velveteen Rabbit, shes very cute but yeah I was wondering what people thought cos the only other thing it reminded me of was a nightclub that was open for about 3 weeks in Melb.

I think I like the idea of a middle name though ;)

i like it but i wouldnt call my own child velvet. a nice alternative could be violet?

I thought it could grow on me but once I read that it sounded stripperish I have to agree. I like Hollo's idea of Violet, sounds similar.

Sorry, just wanted to be honest.

Well I like it ;)

But probably prefer it as a middle name :)

I prefer something a bit softer like Violet.

Although it wouldn't be a pick of mine, I do quite like it - Elizabeth Taylor played the role of Velvet in National Velvet - love that movie!!

Oh Cookie, I like Elvet! Elvette? Pretty! :D Amazing what a difference one letter makes!

Elvet reminds me of Elevit! lol

Not too sure about Velvet- I think it's to do with the connotations maybe? But reading through and considering materials I was reminded that I once saw the name "Calico" as a suggestion, which I thought was kind of cute. (Girl)

I second LIMESLICE ... my 1st reaction was the movie ... i thought of horses ... and then later of the Velvet soap ... But yeh do kind of like as a name but wouldn't use myself for those reasons mentioned prior ;)

I'm not keen on Velvet, but do you like Lux? I think it was one of the characters out of a movie and I've seen it in the birth notices a couple of times and thought you might like it?

PS - Rayray, my most favourite girl's name in the world has only ever been suggested by you in baby name lists! I found this out when I did a search on here....! As far as I know, no other BB'ers have this name for their bubs.