Names that are too sweet

Too sugary sweet and inconsequential for a modern girl.

Honey entered the US Top 1000 for the first time ever in 2024, following the lead of parents in England, who've elevated this nickname-name to the Top 300 girls' names in the UK. Honey's popularity in the UK can be credited to its status as a cute British celebrity baby name, used by actress Kate Winslet, chef Jamie Oliver, and TV presenter Fearne Cotton, among others.

You can call your daughter Sugar, but only as a term of endearment. Her real name has to be something, almost anything, else.

For a girl, we'd say Val-en-teen, though many would insist on pronouncing it like the holiday.