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Aver? Unisex names?

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gsevari3 · 13/08/2010 15:09

DP suggested the name Aver for our unborn baby girl. Wondered what you all think? We have a DS, aged 4, with a pretty normal name though I think they go okay together. Maybe it's my hormones talking but I think I do like Aver alot.

Also wondered what your views are on unisex names? The obvious one would be Ashley (think Ashley from Corrie, Ashley Cole, etc..) but a friend of mine recently called her little girl Samuel. Hmm?

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onimolap · 13/08/2010 15:17

Unisex names that spring to mind are Alex, Jo, Sam, Sydney, Troy, Cameron and Blaise. Also nicknames like Georgie, Jamie, Phil and Eddie.

I'm not sure about Aver - would it be pronounced like the verb, or as "Ava"?

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Haliborange · 13/08/2010 20:14

Unisex names are fine, but is Aver even a name? I always thought it was a verb (to aver).

I quite like the "girls with geeky boy's names " thing doing the rounds. Dexter, Dylan/Dillan and Ellis are good I think. I also like Meredith (which is a boy's name to me but obviously works either way.)

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SherbetDibDab · 13/08/2010 20:17

Does it sound a bit like 'Have Her'?

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mathanxiety · 13/08/2010 21:24

It is a verb, meaning to positively declare something.

Avery is much nicer, and is actually a name, and Arden and Aven are both nice imo, as is Aster. Samuel is taking things a bit too far, though. I know a girl with the middle name of Michael.

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Haliborange · 13/08/2010 21:47

Oooh, I love Arden. So pretty. seriously considered it for DD2.

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Atlasive · 17/08/2010 23:40

Avery reminds me of this business stationery company, and aviaries. I have never heard of Aver. I'd go for Ava or Evelyn instead.

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rowingboat · 18/08/2010 00:07

I quite like it!
I remember on here a while ago there was a poster who had a girl called Persephone who had her named abbreviated to Percy. I think that's an absolute classic.

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rowingboat · 18/08/2010 00:08

Just wondering, if you live somewhere where they pronounce a last syllable 'r' like Scotland it wouldn't sound so much like Ava, but otherwise it really will just sound like Ava.

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Appletrees · 18/08/2010 00:09

Arden harden sorry.

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Appletrees · 18/08/2010 00:12

To ardently aver. Or Gaynor Arden? There are so many pretty names out there. Why risk it.