Tallon

[BarbieLovesKen]

Bah! am just clutching at straws, arent I??

Could I please have your honest opinions on Tallon - an ancient Irish (boy's) name meaning gift.

[collision]

tis dreadful

more like a claw

[Megglevache]

Claws ins't it?

[Mumbybumby]

Makes me think of birds of prey, sorry!

[Megglevache]

Theodore, Dieter, Ivan and Jonas all mean gift too

[SingingSands]

I knew a family at school who had this as a surname.

It's awful for a first name! What about something similar, but less "claw" related. Callan? That's Irish.

[DooinMeCleanin]

I like it.

[BarbieLovesKen]

(bangs head off wall...............





{grin]

[greenzebra]

ive heard worse, think its alright

reminds me of a mate at college who wanted to name all his kids after animals.
Wolf, fox, wren, hawk. I bet he never thought of tallon

[AllieW]

Is it actually pronounced as seen? If so, I'm afraid I dislike it for the reasons others have given above.

[BarbieLovesKen]

PML... "I've heard worse"

Just what we were going for

[Bunbaker]

I'm just cringing at the nicknames he will get at school. Please don't do it.

[greenzebra]

sorry for the I heard worse comment. Im one of those peeps that seam to say that alot.

The more I say the name the more I like it. Tallon, its a good name.

[BarbieLovesKen]

Thanks a mill all. Na, think Im turned off it now!! . Had just stumbled across it on a site and said I'd ask...

[CrawlingInMySkin]

I love it but I am a Farscape fan

[CoteDAzur]

Means "heel" in French, fwiw.

[ShatnersBassoon]

It's a brand of stationery too.

[GooseyLoosey]

I just think Claw and I speak as someone very familiar with Irish names.

[FreudianSlippery]

Not too keen personally, because of the claw thing.

I'm guessing you'd like a fairly unusual name, so here's a few

Warwick
Reeve
Eoin
Rafferty

[HappySeven]

There's a Tallen in my DH's family. Was a bit weird to start with and people always ask you to repeat it but I've got used to it over the years.

[MollysChambers]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[ghosteditor]

crawling me too

How about Talyn?

[FranSanDisco]

Erm, that would be a no from me. There is a Tarin in ds's class though not keen on that either probably cos he's a handful and his mum is orange. No help from me there then .

[AllieW]

Another alternative, although it's Welsh rather than Irish, is Taliesin.

[seashore]

I actually like Tallon but it's too west coast USA.

[cheesesarnie]

i know a tallon!im not keen but it does suit him.he has a sister called ebren which is sweet