Wow at responses on this thread, I would have rated Autumn as a traditional conservative American name, miles away from 'hippy'.

Lovely if born in the autumn, especially if a redhead- but a bit American-sounding?! ( or would that be 'Fall' I love the nature names like Violet, Pearl etc but go for those with a bit of a trad and vintage slant rather than hippy...

I have a friend with a dd called Autumn. Have always thought it was rather nice.

is that the same as the courtroom test eg Defendant or Barrister

Emily is pretty common- there are 2 in dd2's nursery class. I agree that Autumn doesn't pass the boardroom/promotion test, and it also seems silly if she isn't going to be born in Autumn.

Eden is gorgeous - not hard sounding at all. I don't like Autumn, sorry.

i dont think it matters when she is born, she's not going to have to give her DOB every time she introduces herself

autumn kelly horah who just married can-i-sell-it-yes-i-can Prince Peter

i wanted to call my dd summer as she was born on 21st june mid summers day etc but my xhusbant was a tosser

Autumn is LOVELY!

Not sure on Eden though

Too modern for me I think. I have never come across an Autumn before though if you are looking for a more unusual name. Have come across Summer before, which I have to say that I do prefer, but still not my choice of name.

LOL Unquietdad!!!!

Sorry, I don't like Autumn hugely, but you need to like it, that's the most important thing isn't it?

Funny how you don't get Springs and Winters.

Autumn? I'd leaf well alone.

I bet nobody in her class will be called Emily.

Whereas there are 2 Autumns already at ds1's school, and one moving up next year too. There's also a Summer.

Colditz - Emily isn't an original name at all!

love the name Autumn. If I had a girl I wanted to call her Autumn Rose, but DH said it sounded like a strippers name

I think when you're choosing names, it's important to remember that the peson you're naming is going to be a baby for 2 years, a child for another 14, and an adult for maybe 70. Just think what it would be like to spend 70 years with a name that your parents thought was incredibly sweet when you were a baby!

My ds has a friend called Autumn - and people are alwasy calling her Summer by mistake. It's as if they know it's a season - byt don't remember which one!

Eden is gorgeous, and a bit unusual. I liked Autumn until I clicked on popmum's link and thought "Autumn Kelly" looked a bit silly written down - don't know why though

Vernal
Vernon
Imbolc
Spring
all spring related

Ete
Etty
Beltaine
Summer
all summer related

Lunasa
Autumn
autumn related

Samhain
hiver
Evar
Winter
Nicolas
Natalie
winter related names

I like Eden.
But prefer Lillith (Adam's first wife who didn't do everything he told her to do!).

No, please don't.

Give her a nice name, an original one that nobody else will have. Like Emily or something.

chavtastic " autumn" maybe 20 years ago it was unique now its up there with kylie

I like both, but Autumn is my favourite of the two.

There's a character called Eden in Barbara Vine's "A Dark-Adapted Eye". Not a very nice character.

I like them both

LOVE eden, cant stand Autumn. sorry
i know an eden, her parents actually ARE hippies- in fact they live in a commune

I only know one Eden, but he's a boy....

I knew a male Eden who always said it would be a good girls name. I wanted to use it for DD but for the fact that DS is Edward!! If you think it's too grown up you can always call her Edie which is lovely.

Don't mind Autumn but it really needs to be given to someone actually born in the Autumn.

I used to have a maths teacher called Autumn Daws and she had red hair also. I quite like the name.

There was a girl at my secondary school called Autumn. I'm afraid she was rather badly teased (not by me, I hasten to add)

Isn't autumn the name of a girl princess annes son is marrying this year (a canadian I think).

ah yes, here

I met an Autumn once. She had red hair so I thought it kind of suited her but it isn't a name I would choose myself.

Eden is horrible. Sorry.

I thought the name Clover was a bit twee / margarine / cow like but DH knows a Clover in his non twee-like work and it does seem quite cool as a result. I wonder if Autumn / Eden etc would be similar

I dont like it

Stripper, sorry.

I quite like it now

We use the less famous 'pop star/newsreader' test, I'd say Autumn would be good for popstar, maybe less so for a newsreader?

I really like it!

not just the boardroom

this is the famous 'playroom, bedroom, boardroom' test

- 'Autumn, come on, we're going on the slides!' 'Autumn, come in for your tea THIS MINUTE'

- 'Oh Autumn... oh... oh, Autumn that feels so good...'

- 'And our next speaker will be Autumn Foster to give us a rundown of the company's ethical management strategy over the next five years'

<<chanted in a slightly American schoolchild accent>>

Good mor-ning, Miss Autumn . . .

I'm not fond of Autumn or reasons given by Puppymonkey...but Eden's lovely...and I'd never heard it before.

TBh, Autumn just sounds like you're trying too hard to be cool. It's naff.

TBh, Autumn just sounds like you're trying too hard to be cool. It's naff.

I like it. But I have latent hippy tendencies.

and number one in the charts this week, up ten places, its Autumn Smith-Cooper

I like Eden and Autumn too, but am wondering about calling a girl born in summer, Autumn.

Is she/are you going to get fed up with everyone asking her if she was born in autumn as the first question? If not, sounds fine to me - although slightly sad/pensive autumn being the beginning of the end of the year and all that . . .

I t hink you have to cover everything

"this is Captain Autumn Smith speaking..."

i think autumn sounds perfectly fine for boardroom. it is sort of solemn and stately.

however i do think that anyone called this shoudl be born between sept and nov.

I guess some of us have more ambition for our kids

TBH, I do choose names based on how it would sound in the boardroom! You have to consider everything when choosing a name.

As someone with a slightly porny surname I have to be VERY careful

Nothing at all Mrs Ruffalo. The problem (for me) would be if you were not the kaftan wearing type but everyone assumed that you were on the basis of your child's name.

I think it would work in the 'adult business'

That isnt what you meant though is it!

Sorry - the name itself is quite sweet but is a little 'American stripper' sounding.

Oh come on, Badger, you don't choose a name for how it will sound in the boardroom do you?

'And may I introduce Autumn Cooper, our managing director'

i like it, there's an actress in mad men called january jones. it's super cool without being cheesy

Whats wrong with wearing a kaftan to parents' evening?

Do you think Autumn would work for an adult in business (if that's where they ended up??)?

My dd goes to pre-school with a little boy called Autumn. I quite like the name.

I like the sound of it, but if I were a teacher, I think I would expect you to turn up in a kaftan to parents' evening.

Eden is actually rather lovely

remember she'll be an 'older child / adult' for an awful lot longer than she'll be a newborn

I don't like it. It conjures up images of an American Beauty Queen.

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I think it is sweet, I also like May, April, Tuesday, Ruby, Poppy, Daisy lots of names that are not only names for people.

No apologies needed on this thread

As long as your surname isn't Forecast it'll probably be fine

As long as your surname isn't Forecast it'll probably be fine

like eden.i know an ebren too thats sweet

I don't like the name Summer either, or Spring. Winter is kind of funky but we couldn't go for that as it would clash

i dont think its 'hippy' i think its bit dull(sorry sorry sorry!)my childrens names are bit boring (traditional)though!

We don't go for traditional but don't want ultra hippy either. Bog standard middle class city folk here.

Eden is another contender but PFB has a very soft name and our surname is quite harsh, so worried Eden may be a bit hard though think it would suit an older child/ adult but maybe not a newborn.

Because its a season. And no, I don't like the name Summer either.

I really like it. I really like Summer too. Not the season, the name.

She would be born in the summer.....!
Why don't you like it? (not saying you should or anything, just interested).

too hippy for me, but I am a dullard traditionalist of the Emma / Alice / Rose persuasion

not sure.
what else you got?

Not if shes born in Spring!

No, sorry, Don't like it.

What do you think?