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Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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My surname is Gallagher...

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TheComforter · 03/12/2015 13:45

I can't use Joel, can I?

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celtictoast · 03/12/2015 13:51

I vote no, sorry!

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nancy75 · 03/12/2015 13:52

I don't think you can, although my mum has a friend with children called Tom & Grace and their surname is Jones!

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squoosh · 03/12/2015 13:58

No you cannot.

Imagine being called Gary Potter or Saul McCartney.

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TheComforter · 03/12/2015 15:35

I know, I know. I just think Joel is so cool.

Boo hiss.

My other fave is Clement.

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TheComforter · 03/12/2015 15:39

Imagine being called Gary Potter or Saul McCartney.

This is a fun game.

Stan Widdicombe

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Sophronia · 03/12/2015 15:39

I like Clement!

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wuckfit · 03/12/2015 15:41

Harry Barlow

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TheComforter · 03/12/2015 15:42

Rita Andre

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TeaPleaseLouise · 03/12/2015 15:43

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 03/12/2015 15:45

I agree Louise.

Joel is a cool name. Noel, is what, 50? No one Joel's age will have a scooby who some old niche, second fiddle to his brother, musician with similar name is.

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Tiggeryoubastard · 03/12/2015 15:47

I thought you would suggest Frank.

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CremeBrulee · 03/12/2015 15:48

I think you can. I didn't get the Noel connection (and I am definitely of the Oasis generation) and was pondering why not. I assumed there must have been a Joel in Frank Gallagher's crowd in Shameless!

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squoosh · 03/12/2015 15:48

Noel Gallagher may not mean anything to the kid's friends but you don't go through life just interacting with people who are the same age as you.

Joel Gallagher is a comedy name.

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MaisieDotes · 03/12/2015 15:49

tigger I thought that too

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Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 03/12/2015 15:50

No I wouldn't.

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TeaPleaseLouise · 03/12/2015 15:59

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ThereIsIron · 03/12/2015 16:00

No, you must use Rory

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squoosh · 03/12/2015 16:04

Oasis have that air about them of a band who will be on the cover of Mojo magazine in 2072. I'd be thrilled if I never had to hear another busker wail Wonder-feckin-wall at me but I won't hold my breath!

Civilizations will rise and fall but two things we can rely on will be a cockroaches, and buskers singing Wonderwall.