Food names?

What do you think of food names being used on children? What are your favourite food inspired names?

Girls: [name]Clementine[/name], [name]Dolce[/name], [name]Amarantha[/name]
Boys: [name]Caesar[/name], [name]Basil[/name] and [name]Bartlett[/name]

Girls- [name]Honey[/name], [name]Apple[/name], [name]Pepper[/name], [name]Cinnamon[/name], [name]Saffron[/name], [name]Sage[/name], [name]Olive[/name], [name]Lolly[/name], [name]Cherry[/name], [name]Plum[/name], [name]Candy[/name]…

Most aren’t really for me. I think a food in another language could be cuter cause it’s less associated with an actual object…[name]Melina[/name] is raspberry in Russian.

[name]Olive[/name] and [name]Rosemary[/name] :slight_smile:

Ooh, cool topic. :slight_smile:

I have always liked:

GIRLS
[name]Minta[/name]
[name]Curry[/name]
[name]Tea[/name] ([name]TAY[/name]-uh)
[name]Pepper[/name]

BOYS
[name]Basil[/name]
[name]Curran[/name] (a mix of “curry” and “currant”)

Depends on the food item. Names like [name]Honey[/name], [name]Sugar[/name], [name]Cherry[/name], etc I think are a very bad idea because they are stripper names. Names like the ones you mentioned, i.e. [name]Clementine[/name], [name]Basil[/name], etc are neat.

[name]Bailey[/name] (like the liqueur), [name]Basil[/name], [name]Sage[/name], Lemonjello (kidding). That’s about it.

i love food and spice/herb names, a lot of these would be middle name contenders for me. Starred my favs for fn.

Girls:
[name]Yarrow[/name]*
[name]Clementine[/name]*
[name]Pomeline[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Plum[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]* (as in hazelnut)
[name]Lavender[/name]
[name]Lemon[/name]

Boys:
[name]Kale[/name]
[name]Fennel[/name]/Fenn*

Girls or boys:
[name]Basil[/name]
[name]Sage[/name]*
Coriander

Cute nicknames:
Chai
[name]Poppy[/name]
[name]Mace[/name]

I like [name]Olive[/name] and some spice/seed names: Coriander, Caraway, [name]Poppy[/name], [name]Rosemary[/name]

I think that Ceaser and [name]Bartlett[/name] don’t really count as food names, they are foods that were named after people. Names first, food second. I do like [name]Olive[/name], [name]Basil[/name] and [name]Clementine[/name] though.

[name]Honey[/name], [name]Poppy[/name]… and can’t remember any other.

[name]Sage[/name], [name]Saffron[/name], [name]Olive[/name]. [name]Love[/name] [name]Clementine[/name], too, but I’ve never associated it with the fruit.

[name]Apple[/name]! I know it gets a lot of flack, but it’s lovely.

Also, love [name]Saffron[/name] & [name]Pepper[/name]!

I knew someone would point that out :wink: but really, most people who aren’t name nerds think of [name]Caesar[/name] salad or [name]Little[/name] [name]Caesar[/name]'s when they hear [name]Caesar[/name]. (or [name]Caesar[/name] [name]Milan[/name]) and a pear when they hear [name]Bartlett[/name]. :slight_smile: they’re still pretty food-y. I do love [name]Olive[/name] as well!

Also, to my knowledge, [name]Clementine[/name] is no more associated with the fruit than [name]Bartlett[/name]… I believe they were named after a grower bearing the name [name]Clement[/name] in some form or another :smiley:

I like [name]Clementine[/name] and [name]Bartlett[/name] but not as siblings.

That’s really neat! Sort of like McIntosh apples :slight_smile:

Actually, these aren’t food names but I like them for food reasons:

[name]Meg[/name] (reminds me of nutmeg)
[name]Nella[/name] (reminds me of vanilla)

Exactly! There’s probably some poor soul out there named HoneyCrisp and Granny [name]Smith[/name], come to think of it.

Boys - [name]Basil[/name], and if [name]Bartlett[/name] counts I guess [name]Jonathan[/name] should too. :wink: I like [name]Jonathan[/name].

Girls - I have known two Cinnamons. I wouldn’t use it myself, but I would use [name]Cassia[/name]/[name]Keziah[/name]. I also like [name]Saffron[/name], [name]Rosemary[/name], [name]Honey[/name], [name]Clover[/name], [name]Hazel[/name], and [name]Pepper[/name] as a nickname for [name]Penelope[/name]. I have seen Peppermint recommended as a name but I am not brave enough.

From other languages, [name]Rimona[/name] (pomegranate) and [name]Tamar[/name] (date palm) are my favourites.

Maybe it’s spelled like Ghranni Smytth. :wink: and I could probably say with 100% confidence that there is a Hunee’Crysp or something out there. :stuck_out_tongue: I don’t think McIntosh would be so bad, it would fit in with the Mc/[name]Mac[/name] trend. I would never use it, but hey. It might float someone’s boat lol.