Dublin as a name?

[user1495211362]

Thoughts? Would you think boy or girl?

[villainousbroodmare]

Silly. But I'm Irish.
Boy, probably.

[wickerlampshade]

Daft. Is your other child called Birmingham?

[MerlinEmrys]

I'd think boy.

I'd also be thinking he was conceived on a drunken hen or stag weekend.

I don't like it!

[CricketRuntAndRashers]

Boy.

Middle or first name?

[RusholmeRuffian]

I wouldn't have a clue if it was a boy or girl but I would think it was weird either way.

[HeyCat]

I'd have assumed girl.

It means black pool which I'm not sure is great if you care about meanings.

[Lightship]

If you would call your offspring Wolverhampton, Hove, or Dundee.

[MollyHuaCha]

Please no.

[Thatextrainch]

Meh, its not to my taste but If people can register Venezuela and Brooklyn, why not Dublin?

[barrygetamoveonplease]

How about Grimsby?
Great Yarmouth?
Bray?
Dun Laoghaire?
or Ballsbridge?
See what I mean?

How about Douglas - that's a town, though admittedly not a large town.

[shaggedthruahedgebackwards]

I wouldn't have a clue whether it was a boy or girl

It's not to my taste but no worse than Chelsea, Brooklyn, Siena, Lourdes etc I suppose

[Northgate]

I can't separate it from the city in my head.

I wouldn't have any idea whether it was a boy or a girl either.

[originalbiglymavis]

Grimsby!😹

[DelphiniumBlue]

Why would you do that to a baby?

[TheCraicDealer]

I just keep thinking of my English DP doing his Bono impression, going "Bubblin' Dublin". Just no.

[Cheerybigbottom]

Boy. But I'd feel sorry for him.

[LadyMonicaBaddingham]

Aargh. I would think Aargh. Please don't do this to a child, get a dog or something and call that Dublin...

[SingaSong12]

I'd think boy. You are setting them up for a lifetime of answering why are you called that?/Are you Irish?/is your family Irish?

[troodiedoo]

I'd think daft parents.

It's not like there is a shortage of proper names. Come on.

[caoraich]

I would think very much no.

I do know a little girl called Aberdeen whose brother is Galway.

Their parents can be semi-forgiven as they're Australian and met while backpacking around Europe

[SpornStar]

If you're going to pick an Irish place name, at least pick a place that is scenic and picturesque like Kerry...or Dingle or Muff maybe?

[niceupthedance]

Muff 😂

[Annonymiss123]

I'd also be thinking he was conceived on a drunken hen or stag weekend

I'd be thinking s/he was named on a drunken weekend!

I'd think daft parents. It's not like there is a shortage of proper names. Come on
^^ This x100!!!!

[WindwardCircle]

I'd assume a child named Dublin was an American girl whose parents grandparents x 5 were Irish immigrants and the parents really want everyone to know this.

[lazydog]

Boy, but it's an absolutely awful name. And if I encountered a child with that name I'd definitely wonder whether he was saddled with it because of that stupid trend of naming a child after where they were conceived, which is far TMI in my opinion.