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Nelson

22 replies

boodleboot · 07/05/2010 20:45

my dh has suggested Nelson for a boy....great namesake Nelson Mandela...WDYT?

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FightingDwarf · 07/05/2010 20:50

Makes me think of Nelson Muntz from the Simpsons rather than Nelson Mandela...

Also would get shortened to Nel/Nelly which is a bit girlie.

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Magaly · 07/05/2010 20:50

Not keen.

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LynetteScavo · 07/05/2010 20:52

As a child I had a hamster called Nelson. Because he only had one eye like Lord Nelson.

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weaselm4 · 07/05/2010 20:55

Yes, tragically I thought of Nelson from the Simpsons before I thought of Nelson Mandela. Depends how much you like the Simpsons . I once knew a Bart...

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beccas · 07/05/2010 20:56

Nelson is on my list.... I like a lot

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Magaly · 07/05/2010 20:56

i really loved the name Bart,, but the whole under achiever thing put me off a bit. I thought, if my child is as lazy as I am..... AND called Bart to boot. Lovely name though.

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PosyPetrovaPauline · 07/05/2010 21:21

i know a very beautiful 10 month old Nelson

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Nevergoogle · 07/05/2010 21:24

i like it. makes me think mandela too.

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boodleboot · 07/05/2010 22:06

i love simpsons but it honestly doesnt make me think of that nelson....

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oceryo · 07/05/2010 23:10

The first one I think of is Horatio Nelson.

(How about Horatio?)

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CakeandRoses · 08/05/2010 10:50

What a great name! I thought of Mandela followed by Horatio.

Weirdly, despite the the famous Nelsons, I've never thought of it as a name - if that makes any sense.

Lovely sounds to it too.

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annasophia · 08/05/2010 11:26

I like it. Works well in other languages too.

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MamaLazarou · 08/05/2010 12:49

I love Nelson. I would definitely have shortlisted it if it went with our surname.

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cananybodyhelp · 08/05/2010 12:50

it's my cat's name

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lljkk · 08/05/2010 13:32

I know an 11m. old Nelson; his mom is North American, though, living in Norfolk, well, you see the connection...

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cyteen · 08/05/2010 13:34

It's my friend's dog's name.

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PollyTicks · 08/05/2010 14:19

Love it.

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beccagrace2 · 08/05/2010 15:00

our dd, a cocker spaniel, is nelson after the stunning town on new zealands south island!

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GladioliBuckets · 09/05/2010 18:16

Well if nobody else will say it I will,
Haha!

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SirBoobAlot · 09/05/2010 19:39

"England Expects That Every Man Shall Do His Duty".

I like it Was my bumps nickname

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Lovethesea · 09/05/2010 19:48

If I heard it called in the park I would expect an english bull terrier type dog to run past .....

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yummymummie1 · 10/05/2010 21:07

i know someone called nelson and i think it is brilliant!and so does he! you should defo use it ! x

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