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I love tupelo as a word and could learn to love it as a name. The sounds are certainly pleasant.

It's probably the toop sound, which is just very unusual in a name and sounds sort of comical, that has prevented the use of the word as a name. Probably someone somewhere has done it a time or two, but I think it would sound very goofy and hokey, like a character in a "Fried Green Tomatoes" or "Where the Crawdads Sing" wannabe novel.

This is a regional thing I guess, but I immediately think of Tupelo Honey restaurants (I looked them up, and they only seem to exist in a few places in Virginia and North Carolina). I also do think of tupelo honey as a food product.

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If those aren't factors where you live, then yeah, I agree it'd be a fun sounding flower/tree name. A little out there like Oleander and Topaz but interesting...it sounds like Tula (masculine) and Maipelo (feminine), both of which I've encountered IRL and thought were cool. Although it's still Southern seeming because of the Mississippi association (so if someone minded that, they might not want to use it)? Like Magnolia maybe.

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And there is clover honey and maple syrup, which doesn't stop me from vaguely liking Clover or Maple, so I guess if I saw Tupelo in more contexts I could warm to it more...I'd already like Tupelo as a name better than Cypress.

This message was edited 9/11/2023, 8:58 AM

I don't think it could work IRL. It's where Elvis Presley was born so it might appeal to an Elvis fan who's searching for a dog name. Elvis, Priscilla and Tupelo would be a nice pup trio.

This message was edited 9/11/2023, 10:53 AM

Don't like it at all

I don't think it would work as a name. It has a strange sound and it's too unusual.

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I think it's worth-mentioning that in Spanish, "tu pelo" means "your hair".