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My husband and I are both keen on Reacher for our boy but don't know if I'm brave enough! So what do people think?

I actually like it, but immediately reminded me of 'Treacher' the house elf in Harry Potter! But we are in a similar situation where everyone will find associations with non-common names.

First thought - Jack Reacher (from Lee Childs' series of novels)

Second thought - reach-around yes my mind is in the gutter

Seriously?

That means ' straw' ( as in drinking straw ) in Dutch and all i can think about when i hear it xx Do you have any others you like we can vote on

It's a minor character from a terry prattchet book x we always joked about it as a name but when we got pregnant looked more at old traditional names (Albert etc) but as we get closer to the birth I can't help feeling the need to name him something a bit more original x

Seriously?

'Reaching' is a way of saying trying to puke (retching) in some parts.

Not round here thankfully! Gosh, didn't expect such a strong reaction!

Thought it sounded a bit like American names in the vein of Chase and Hunter! I didn't think it was that out there!

No, it's awful.

I also hate Chase and Hunter. Especially Hunter. WTF would someone name their child after a person who kills other living things?

Nooo! I also think of Jack Reacher. Although I enjoy the books I can't equate the name with a baby.

Hmmm, I'm normally all for unusual names but I'm afraid my first thought was retching/vomiting too. Sorry! I suppose people would get used to it in time though and to those that knew him it would just be his name iykwim. Personally I would be a little concerned about teasing at school. Why not put it on the shortlist and see how you feel when he's here. I had some unusual names on my list but when dd arrived none of them seemed right and ended up with something fairly classic that really suits her. :-)

Retcher. Sorry.

No, it's really awful.

'Reach' means being sick and 'reach around' means.....well here is the definition from wikitionary 'Manual stimulation of a sexual partner's genitals during anal or vaginal intercourse from behind.'

Tally I think you mean "Retching" actually.

MrsMushroom in some parts it's reaching, probably an accent thing making retching become reaching.

MrsMushroom I mean reaching, where I grew up it is retching, where I moved to it is reaching

It's regional innit

You are kidding right? Are you a troll?

It's the name of Tom cruise latest film.

To add
Lee child is the author of a series of books about Jack Reacher. Excellent series if you like crime thriller with guns in.

Tom cruise bought the rights to make a film.

Pretty much all of Lee childs fan base are horrified. There is a Facebook page about how shit Tom cruise is and how Lee Child sold his soul to the devil.

On top of everything else, it rhymes with teacher.

and preacher.

Absolutely terrible. No.

All that but 'reaching' : stretching out to grab something. It's just not a nice thing to 'be' is it? Reaching

Just feels a bit futile and like hard work Y'know?

If you're going to use a random word as a name there are far nicer words with more positive connotations