Opal

[Anonymous]

14 weeks so have plenty of time to change our mind but right now I really love Opal. It’s my husbands late Grandmother name and I find it so cute. I know old lady names are trending but wondering if Opal is going to sound to childish in 25 years?

We know an infant Mabel, Olive, Cecil, Euphemia and Homer… so surely Opal isn’t too out there?

Last name is very very common (think Smith) middle name undecided so suggestions welcome.

[Anonymous]

It’s ok. Not my favorite, but acceptable.

Opal Corina
Opal Virginia
Opal Cecilia
Opal Josephine
Opal Miranda
Opal Margaret
Opal Maria
Opal Juliet
Opal Veronica
Opal Natasha

[Anonymous]

I like it. There are people who will find it too old fashioned, but what matters is how her peers will view it. I’ve recently met some young children named Rhoda and Nigel, so I agree with you that Opal will fit right in.

[Anonymous]

Opal Irene
Opal Genevieve
Opal Ophelia
Opal Sylvia
Opal Izabelle

[Anonymous]

Everyone will ask her if she was born in October. It's an ugly name. Don't do something because it's trendy. You may think it's cute for a baby but this baby will grow up to be a 14 yr old screaming "I hate you" while wearing inappropriate clothes one day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone will ask her if she was born in October. It's an ugly name. Don't do something because it's trendy. You may think it's cute for a baby but this baby will grow up to be a 14 yr old screaming "I hate you" while wearing inappropriate clothes one day.

Um, 14 year olds who behave like that - and that's a lot of them - are going to do that no matter what you name them.

Opal's a very pretty name, OP. Doesn't sound any more childish than other names and less so than names I've seen like Minnie and Daisy and Jimmy (all actual names I have seen that are not nicknames but the person's given name). It will grow with her.

[Anonymous]

I really dislike it for a child.

Kinda cute for my next cat though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really dislike it for a child.

Kinda cute for my next cat though.

yeah, it'd be okay for a cat or fish. Not a person.

[Anonymous]

Brings back fond memories of my great aunts Pearl, Ruby and Opal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brings back fond memories of my great aunts Pearl, Ruby and Opal.

Were they triplets who dressed the same?

[Anonymous]

Sounds very Andy of Mayberry to me.

Also, it triggered in my mind another bad name: Rolex.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:14 weeks so have plenty of time to change our mind but right now I really love Opal. It’s my husbands late Grandmother name and I find it so cute. I know old lady names are trending but wondering if Opal is going to sound to childish in 25 years?

We know an infant Mabel, Olive, Cecil, Euphemia and Homer… so surely Opal isn’t too out there?

Last name is very very common (think Smith) middle name undecided so suggestions welcome. [/quote

Sorry op but to me Opal is a mouthful.

Here are some other suggestions:

Olivia, Frances, Martha, Octavia, Alice, Lucy, Linnea, Lily

[Anonymous]

Awful. If you must, then only if she is born in October.

[Anonymous]

I think it's really pretty and definitely in the category of some of the vintage names that are coming back into style. I do agree that it's more for an October baby but I don't think it's that big of a deal.

For a middle name I like
Opal Marie
Opal Elizabeth
Opal Marissa

[Anonymous]

Opal Sarah
Opal Rebecca
Opal Claire
Opal Piper
Opal Harper
Opal Millie
Opal Hadley
Opal Cynthia