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Thoughts on Regan??

38 replies

LuckyOwl28 · 17/09/2014 21:29

As a potential sister for Bethany.

I have 2 months to go and husband and I still can't agree on a girls name.

I love Rosie, he hates it.

Regan just came up on a film and he likes. Unsure what I think!

Thoughts?

Would probably be Regan Lea (pronounced Lee)

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Glitterkitten24 · 17/09/2014 21:31

My first thought is the film, the exorcist. Sorry

toryalane · 17/09/2014 21:32

King Lear! Sorry.

tippytappywriter · 17/09/2014 21:35

Ronald Regan was my first thought.

LuckyOwl28 · 17/09/2014 21:35

Don't mind so much about King Lear!

Didn't know the link to the Exorcist myself so maybe not everyone would?

Hmm..

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HollyBen · 17/09/2014 21:35

My first thought was Ronald... Having said that I really like it

SeptemberBabies · 17/09/2014 21:35

Was the film The Exorcist?

SeptemberBabies · 17/09/2014 21:36

Crossed post. It's the girl in the exorcist.

LadyWithLapdog · 17/09/2014 21:37

Ronald Regan. For the same reason I'd never like Margaret again.

OneDayWhenIGrowUp · 17/09/2014 21:38

I know a Regan, she's lovely, so I think it's a lovely name. Pronounced ''Ree-gan'' rather than ''Ray-gan''.

Not sure about Regan Lea though.

Regan Rose? (or Rosalie/Rosalea?)

LuckyOwl28 · 17/09/2014 21:39

lol this will definitely put my husband off, he has a thing about little girl ghosts and demons

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Gunznroses · 17/09/2014 21:39

It is the girl in the exorcist. Grim!

TheFillyjonk · 17/09/2014 21:42

Why would you not mind about King Lear?

Regan, although less egocentric and wicked than her sister Goneril, manipulated others into torture for her own gain. Regan ordering Cornwall to pluck out Gloucester's other eye springs to mind - yuck!

Plus you have the Exorcist connotations AND Ronald Reagan...

LuckyOwl28 · 17/09/2014 21:43

onedaywhenIgrowup

The reason my husband doesn't like Rosie is his inexplicable hate for any names involving flowers. Rosie apparently sounds too much like Rose.

I was set on Rosanna Lea which I thought we could shorten to Rosie but he was having none of it :(

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TheFillyjonk · 17/09/2014 21:44

And please don't consider the name Goneril Grin

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 17/09/2014 21:45

The Sweeney.

LuckyOwl28 · 17/09/2014 21:45

thefillyjonk

If it was a name with a really popular, current reference that the majority of our friends and family would instantly think of... that would be offputting.

Thankfully the vast majority of those people are unfamiliar with Shakespearean literature so that's why I'm not too worried! Grin

More people are likely to know The Exorcist though Sad

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specialsubject · 17/09/2014 21:46

The Sweeney...


SHUT IT!!!

(sorry)

RadioMusicola · 17/09/2014 21:46

Robyn?

RiverTam · 17/09/2014 21:46

I once had a total workplace pash on a beautiful 19-year-old Canadian boy called Regan (he looked like Christian Slater)(this was 20-odd years ago when CS was beautiful)

Itsfab · 17/09/2014 21:47

It is Ronald Reagan so not the same but I thought it was a boys name so I would say no.

OneDayWhenIGrowUp · 17/09/2014 21:48

Oh Rosanna Lea sounds lovely. Silly Mr Owl.

Littlefish · 17/09/2014 21:49

Please don't call your dd Rosie Lea. It's Cockney rhyming slang for a cup of tea. There's also Gypsy Rose Lee, famous American burlesque dancer.

Regan makes me think of Ronald Regan. Sorry.

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LuckyOwl28 · 17/09/2014 21:52

littlefish

Thanks but I'm not going over the whole Rosie Lea debate again... was a 6 pager!

I ended up with Rosanna Lea as a compromise. Lea is a middle name not double barrelled so the reference doesn't worry me too much anyway. More to the point husband still didn't like it!

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minipie · 17/09/2014 22:11

What about:

Raine/Raina
Megan
Maeve
Robyn
Ramona
Romy
Raven

KenDoddsDadsDog · 17/09/2014 22:26

Name of Gazza's son.

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