Message: "WDYTO Coriander" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] WDYTO Coriander

by fishl_x

6/19/2009, 8:30 PM

Is it usable? I really just think of it as a GP but it's one of my favourites right now. I think it'd be a neat name to have, I mean I wouldn't really mind being named after a spice. I'd probably joke about it but to be honest I don't really remember ever hearing about the spice until I came across this name. Then I thought about the meaning of the spice and I found out that in the "language of flowers" Coriander means lust, but there are still worse meanings for names out there right? So I don't know but I still think it's a pretty neat name haha.

Any combos? WDYT?

#Coriander

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- Zuchinni

6/20/2009, 10:20 PM

You say cilantro and I say Coriander? Not just a spice.

Coriander refers to the leaves (well the entire plant actually) but I see here people are referencing the coriander seed spice only. It's called both cilantro and coriander but I only call it the latter as that's what all my Indian friends call it.

- rainbow_Maya

6/20/2009, 8:32 AM

I love it! It is one of my gp out there for boys alongside Oleander (ok, no herb), Bramble (also not quite), Caraway, Sage and - best of all! - Herb! :-)
I think it can totally work, the -ander ending makes it sound familiar to names like Alexander and Cori- is also a sound familiar with names.

For combos: how about mixing Coriander with a couple of spices in your kitchen and trying out which smell best? Wouldn't that be a great naming story?!

- Anthroponomastics

6/20/2009, 6:46 AM

I like it. It's a lot better than Ginger (if you're thinking of spices)!
It sounds very English.
Coriander Elizabeth
Coriander Martha
Coriander Marie
Coriander Mary
Coriander Beatrice
Coriander Adele
Coriander Frances
Coriander Margaret
Coriander Katherine

- Miranda

6/20/2009, 4:42 AM

I think of a strainer and the spice and a boxer (you, know with boxing gloves in a ring, not the dog.)

I think I'd prefer Corinder and on a boy. You didn't say boy or girl.

- Andromache (Hannah Ruth)

6/20/2009, 4:23 AM

Not as a name. I like Corisande (koh-ree-SAN-duh) which sounds similar.

- Speranza +1

6/20/2009, 2:36 AM

It's ok - I wouldn't use it myself. The lust association is a bit off-putting.

I used to know someone who wanted to call her daughters Coriander and Nutmeg - Cori and Meg.

- rainbow_Maya

6/20/2009, 8:35 AM

Aw! Thats cute!

- Zuchinni

6/20/2009, 1:56 AM

Freshly chopped coriander leaves, yummy :)

I adore the plant (and seeds) but it's not for me as a name. There's much worse though. I'd be more keen for it as a middle name.

- KrisMichelle

6/19/2009, 9:27 PM

Which gender would Coriander be? I don't think it's horrible, but I don't really care for it.

- Guinevere (vomiting)

6/19/2009, 9:04 PM

I don't really consider it usable, for a first name at least. You're right in saying that there are worse meanings for names out there though. ;)

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