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What do you think of Roseberry as a name for a girl.
I know it's not listed as a name on the database, but since it is a surname and surnames as first names are increasingly popular these days what do you think? Could it work in the first name spot?
I know it's not listed as a name on the database, but since it is a surname and surnames as first names are increasingly popular these days what do you think? Could it work in the first name spot?
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Only if you want people to mistake your child for having a stuffy nose and saying her name is Rosemary. That's what it sounds like.
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that's what I thought too...
I can just hear the conversation now...
"What is your name?"
"Roseberry"
"Oh, Rosemary?"
"No, Roseberry!"
"Do you have a cold my dear?"
I can just hear the conversation now...
"What is your name?"
"Roseberry"
"Oh, Rosemary?"
"No, Roseberry!"
"Do you have a cold my dear?"
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YES!
Why not!?
Why not!?
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I'm sorry, but it sounds like someone with a cold was trying to say Rosemary.
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It reminds me of Goldberry, like from LOTR.
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I think Roseberry would get confused a lot with Rosemary. It also reminds me of a name of a Briarberry Bear (toy line) that Anna used to play with. All of the bears had berry in their names (Berry Ellen, etc.). Anna had three with names similar to hers and her sisters (Berry Ann, Berry Kate, forgot the third one). There may have been a Berry Rose or Rose Berry as well.
Re: the name itself, it sounds very sweet but my first thought is that is SHOULD be Rosemary! Or maybe it's Rosemary with a head cold.
Re: the name itself, it sounds very sweet but my first thought is that is SHOULD be Rosemary! Or maybe it's Rosemary with a head cold.
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Sickeningly sweet...
...but passable for a middle name.
...but passable for a middle name.
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Ditto
Though I don't even like it for a mn.
Though I don't even like it for a mn.
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Agree.
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This.
I don't like it either, but it's passable for a MN (although I'd go with something else). It's also popular for cosmetics - you know, those silly names they give to shades of pink or whatever.
I don't like it either, but it's passable for a MN (although I'd go with something else). It's also popular for cosmetics - you know, those silly names they give to shades of pink or whatever.
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It's a sweet idea. But I'm afraid Roseberry sounds like Rosemary with a cold.
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I don't like the "berry" part. It sounds like a fruit. I'm not into fruit names. I don't like Cherry or Peach, either.
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extremely sweet
maybe too sweet for some, but very quirky and I like it. You could always use rose, Rosie or Ros as a less frou-frou nickname.
maybe too sweet for some, but very quirky and I like it. You could always use rose, Rosie or Ros as a less frou-frou nickname.
This message was edited 9/14/2010, 7:47 AM
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Agree with Norah and Llewella - it sounds like Rosemary with a bad cold.
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Hmm. Sounds like a kind of tea. It's a little too cute for me... it would be nice on a fairy or a pixie, but not on a human. Plus, to me it sounds kind of like you're saying "Rosemary" but have a head cold.
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I like it!
I normally dislike surnames as female names, but Roseberry is adorable. It's a little cutesy, but not much more than Rosemary or some other surnames. With the right middle name, Roseberry could make a great first name.
I normally dislike surnames as female names, but Roseberry is adorable. It's a little cutesy, but not much more than Rosemary or some other surnames. With the right middle name, Roseberry could make a great first name.
This message was edited 9/14/2010, 7:02 AM
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We already have a member who uses the posting name Amaryllis. Since she took the name first I suggest you either change your posting name or add something to it to avoid confusion.
We already have a member who uses the posting name Amaryllis. Since she took the name first I suggest you either change your posting name or add something to it to avoid confusion.
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I'll change it.
I didn't realise someone else was already named Amaryllis, since I used it to register and it wasn't taken. I'll think of a new posting name.
I didn't realise someone else was already named Amaryllis, since I used it to register and it wasn't taken. I'll think of a new posting name.
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oh that's right
I was wondering why it looked familiar. I think it's Fer who changed her name to Amaryllis, right?
I was wondering why it looked familiar. I think it's Fer who changed her name to Amaryllis, right?
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Ditto
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I knew a couple w/ cats named Rosebury and Ashbury... I think you'd have people immediately labelling the kid as having hippy parents w/ a fn like that... esp. since many people haven't even heard Roseberry as a surname.
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um... NO!
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It bothers me because it sounds like someone saying Rosemary with a cold. I also agree with PP that it sounds like a fragrance. But if a Roseberry is an actual thing (if it is, I've never heard of it), then I suppose it would be an acceptable name.
This message was edited 9/14/2010, 4:32 AM
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I don't think a Roseberry is anything, other than a surname, originating from a place called Newton-under-Roseberry in North East England. The village is located at the foot of a hill called Roseberry Topping.
It is, funnily enough, where my English family originates from, and I have family still living in the village today.
My research has shown the original name for Roseberry Topping was Odins-Beorg (Old Norse meaing Odins Hill). As English evolved over the years, the name changed several times, eventually becoming Ouseberry Toppen. The village was at that time, obviously called Newton-under-Ouseberry, and it is the 'R' in under that [somehow] influenced the changing of Ouseberry to Rouseberry, which then became Roseberry. Thus the hill is now called Rosberry Topping and the village is Newton-under-Roseberry.
Roseberry doesn't even really appear to mean anything, as it's so very different to the original name of Odins-Beorg.
This is Roseberry Topping...
Anyhow, not surprisingly, I don't think it works as a first name.
It is, funnily enough, where my English family originates from, and I have family still living in the village today.
My research has shown the original name for Roseberry Topping was Odins-Beorg (Old Norse meaing Odins Hill). As English evolved over the years, the name changed several times, eventually becoming Ouseberry Toppen. The village was at that time, obviously called Newton-under-Ouseberry, and it is the 'R' in under that [somehow] influenced the changing of Ouseberry to Rouseberry, which then became Roseberry. Thus the hill is now called Rosberry Topping and the village is Newton-under-Roseberry.
Roseberry doesn't even really appear to mean anything, as it's so very different to the original name of Odins-Beorg.
This is Roseberry Topping...
Anyhow, not surprisingly, I don't think it works as a first name.
This message was edited 9/14/2010, 11:20 PM
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Interesting bit of history.
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maybe someone else's term for rosehips?
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IMO, no. It seems more like a name for a fragrance or flavour, than a person.
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