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Biba

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carol35 · 14/10/2008 16:46

I saw this in name book for a girl and I think I'm liking it. wdyt?

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Majeika · 14/10/2008 16:47

Beeeeba?

or

Byyba?

Not keen. sounds like a nickname for Beatrice or Belinda or something.

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MrsMattie · 14/10/2008 16:48

Fashion label, isn't it? I'm sure some sleb has used this recently.

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Nbg · 14/10/2008 16:48

It reminds me of the clothing, Mary Quant etc, but I do like it.

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MorticiaAnnSpookington · 14/10/2008 16:49

doesn't Anna Ryder Ricahrdson have a Bibi or something like that- Biba was Barbara Hulanicki's nickname and the name of her iconic shop

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carol35 · 14/10/2008 16:51

It's beeba

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nooka · 14/10/2008 16:55

Nickname only I think.

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Majeika · 14/10/2008 16:55

CBeebies?

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janeite · 14/10/2008 16:56

Not keen sorry; it is a fashion label and sounds a bit "try hard" imho. Then again, I am now teaching my fifth Armani, so I may be biased!

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Kathyis6incheshigh · 14/10/2008 16:57

There was that couple on Grand Designs with a dd called Biba and everyone on MN was going 'what did he just say her name was? Beaver?'

therefore a bit risky IMO....

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jujumaman · 14/10/2008 17:02

I had two friends at school called Biba, one was really Rebecca and one was Elizabeth

So if you like it (and I do) but think it a bit risky you could always go for a longer name like that and called her Biba for short and then it's up to her when she's older whether to stick with it or not.

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JackieNoHeadJustABloodyStump · 14/10/2008 17:02

I remember that Grand Designs, but quite like it.

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Takver · 14/10/2008 17:54

I know a Bibi (short for Habiba), good name IMO.

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frazzledoldbag34 · 14/10/2008 19:26

Hee hee LOL at 'Beaver'?

Seriously though, Biba - hmmmmmm
I think it might be a bit 'trying to be cool', but on the other hand not offensive.
Actually not sure.
Sorry, not very helpful am I?

(Too busy laughing at Beaver!)

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GloriaStits · 14/10/2008 20:38

Normally I just read names threads for a laugh but have to intervene here. BIBA is fairly standard medical abbreviation for "bought in by ambulance". Up there with the usual medical names- candida, melina, carina, IV

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frazzledoldbag34 · 14/10/2008 20:47

Be quite appropriate if you get rushed in to hospital in labour in an ambulance then. Perfect!

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TheSmallClanger · 14/10/2008 22:00

What's the medical connotation of Carina then?

Biba is phonetically identical to the German word for beaver. It's awful, and children shouldn't be named after shops or consumer goods.

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Kaplumbagadort · 14/10/2008 22:05

I know a Biba. Makes me think of the website Bebo!

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anniemac · 14/10/2008 22:09

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Posey · 14/10/2008 22:15

I know one too, at dc's school. It suits her down to the ground. I like it.

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Posey · 14/10/2008 22:17

I know one too, at dc's school. It suits her down to the ground. I like it.

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LittleMissBliss · 14/10/2008 22:18

I like it!

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pointygravedogger · 14/10/2008 22:28

terrible

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mrswoolf · 14/10/2008 23:22

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TheodoresMummy · 16/10/2008 17:23

I like it

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nimble · 16/10/2008 20:55

I think its pretty and like the association to the fabulous store. Go with it if you like and sod the rest.

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