Honest opinions on Honey

What do you think about the first name [name_f]Honey[/name_f]?
What middle name would you put with it?
Thanks x

i think honey is playful, whimsical, and sweet, and i’m totally hear for its rise in popularity. :honey_pot:

if i used it, i’d opt for honey eveline or mabel honey! here are a few more ideas…

honey lou
honey adeline
honey tate
honey greer
honey charlotte
honey blake
honey matilda
honey isla
honey eloise
honey kate
honey margo
honey brynn
honey sloane
honey alora
honey joss

hope this helps! :tulip:

I think its super cute, but honestly I would probably only use it as a nickname, just to give her options in the future. I would use a more familiar middle to kind of balance it out, personally I like softer sounds with it.

[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_u]Marie[/name_u]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Faith[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_u]Louise[/name_u]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_u]Francis[/name_u]

If you’re interested in a name that could get you the nickname honey I would suggest…

[name_f]Briony[/name_f]
[name_f]Ahona[/name_f]
[name_u]Honor[/name_u]
[name_f]Honesty[/name_f]

I think it would make a super cute nickname :honey_pot::honeybee::bear: Plus, there would be loads of cute themes to incorporate, like bees or [name_f]Winnie[/name_f] the Pooh!

I would have a hard time with that as a legal name for myself or for my child. When just thinking of the food honey, it seems better. However, I also think of the pet name of honey that people often call their significant others, which that turns me off with using it as a given name. It rubs me the wrong way thinking of having a teenage daughter being called [name_f]Honey[/name_f] by older men.

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It is not a name I would want for myself.

Though one could argue it’s a lovely word/nature name, akin to [name_f]Maple[/name_f] or [name_f]Clementine[/name_f], the fact remains that it is a very widely used term of endearment… so it still feels like [name_f]Sweetie[/name_f] or [name_u]Baby[/name_u] instead. I wouldn’t want any of my male bosses calling me [name_f]Honey[/name_f]. It could be awkward for anyone who regularly uses that term for their spouse to get used to using the word to address this woman they work with or socialize with.

If it’s your (or anyone’s) absolute favorite name, go ahead and consider using it, but with eyes wide open that it could make people uncomfortable.

It’s a good name for the coffee shop test: You order coffee and when they ask your name, you say “Honey”. Pay attention to how you feel saying it. Pay attention to how they react to it. If you feel comfortable wearing the name, it’s probably a winner! If you don’t, don’t use it.

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I have met about five Honeys (how, idk?) and they’ve all carried it off very well. For me, it’s a little sweet, but I think it has some spark to it too. I think so long as you’re not in a place where ‘Honey’ is dropped casually as a general term of endearment, it’s usable!

[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Adele[/name_f]

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[name_f]Honey[/name_f] is sweet, whimsical, playful and packed full of youth. I know a few Honey’s one is 16, one is 7 (but spelt Hunni which I’m not keen on) and the other is 2. I think [name_f]Honey[/name_f] works but I would pair with a stronger middle name.

[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Leonora[/name_f]

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helps :honey_pot:

I really like the name [name_f]Honey[/name_f]. [name_f]My[/name_f] partner and I have put [name_f]Honey[/name_f] in the middle spot for one of our combos. We have gone for middle rather than first purely because it’s a term of endearment, used commonly near us. It just puts me off using it as a first name. That being said, I do really like the name and I think it flows really nicely with a lot of names when it’s in the middle spot.

With [name_f]Honey[/name_f] as a first name, I agree with @tori101 suggestions of a stronger middle name. I particularly like her suggestions of [name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Ramona[/name_f] and [name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]. :smiling_face:

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I don’t think [name_f]Honey[/name_f] is really usable. I see it just as a term of endearment.
If I have to pick a middle name, I think [name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Camilla[/name_f] sounds pretty.

To be quite frank, I don’t think it’s appropriate as a legal first name.

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I don’t like [name_f]Honey[/name_f]. I think it would be a seriously awkward first name to have since it is also a term of endearment - I don’t want strangers to call me “honey”.
I also think it wouldn’t work well on an adult even if it wasn’t a term of endearment.

it’s beautiful! love [name_f]Honey[/name_f]

I like [name_f]Honey[/name_f], but all I think my mom’s new puppy [name_f]Honey[/name_f]. But I think it can work, with a more traditional name

[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
[name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]

I really don’t like it. I can only see [name_f]Honey[/name_f] as a little girl, not as a grown woman with a strong, powerful life. [name_m]Can[/name_m] you see [name_f]Honey[/name_f] being a weightlifter, a judge, an MBA student, a teacher, a mother? I can’t.
Save [name_f]Honey[/name_f] for her middle name or as a nickname.

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huh, I actually see it working better on a grown woman then a little girl.

Is ‘honey’ not a common term of endearment in the UK? [name_u]Ive[/name_u] never really thought about it, so genuinely curious.

i 100% agree with this! i think it works fine as a nickname or potentially even a middle name, but as a first i have a hard time seeing it working. if i was a woman, i would not want to be called a term of endearment so often by older men (with the justification of it being my first name!).

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I love the name! I tend to prefer that style of name (noun/word names) in the middle spot more than the first, but I think it’s nice overall (:

If I used that style of name in the first spot, I’d probably “balance” it with a more familiar or classic middle name. [name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_u]Vivian[/name_u], [name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Louisa[/name_f].

I love it. I think it’s so lovely! (It was one of my almost-names, and I think it would’ve suited me.)

If I had a [name_f]Honey[/name_f], she’d probably be [name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] or [name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Beth[/name_f]. :honey_pot:

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Not where I am at least (though it might be different in other areas of the UK).

Sometimes a few older women might be like, are you okay, honey usually in a caring manner, like I’ve got one nurse who uses it - but I honestly don’t hear it very often these days. ‘Love’ or ‘lovey’, or occasionally ‘darling’ get thrown about a bit, but not ‘honey’. Maybe it’s a cultural thing or a shift, in that people have been told not to use it - and my family just haven’t ever used it :person_shrugging:

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