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Linton?

30 replies

Grumpy19 · 22/11/2020 15:12

What do you think?
I'm thinking Bronte sounding.
For a boy.
Thoughts welcome šŸ™‚

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Sexnotgender · 22/11/2020 15:16

Not a fan, probably because in Scotland there is an east and west Linton so just makes me think of that.

What about Lyndon?

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Grumpy19 · 22/11/2020 15:20

Hmm, not a fan of Lyndon as I know one who is a bit of a drunk!

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Zolaanna · 22/11/2020 15:20

It's a village in Cambridgeshire. I don't like it at all the name that is not the place, they have a zoo though.

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FelicityPike · 22/11/2020 15:20

Lynton is a nicer way to spell it.

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ShitXmasCracker · 22/11/2020 15:22

Not nice. Makes me think of lint.

Lyndon slightly better.

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Tolleshunt · 22/11/2020 15:23

It has unhappy connotations for me because of Wuthering Heights.

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TeaAndHobnob · 22/11/2020 15:23

Are you a fan of Linton Kwesi Johnson OP?

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user1493494961 · 22/11/2020 15:23

It's a surname.

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Grumpy19 · 22/11/2020 15:25

Ok. It's looking like a no so far.

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SingleHandSue · 22/11/2020 15:25

As long as the middle names are Travel and Tavern...

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rooarsome · 22/11/2020 15:29

I also associate it with Edgar Linton from Wuthering Heights

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MaltedMilk88 · 22/11/2020 15:29

Not for me but if you like it that's all that really matters

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TotalBitch · 22/11/2020 15:29

Not keen... I know a Lincoln, which again, isn't to my taste, but you might like. There is also the Irish name Finton?

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Squiffany · 22/11/2020 15:30

Linton-on-Ouse is a village in Yorkshire. Makes me think of that.

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icedaisy · 22/11/2020 15:35

Village in Scottish Borders to me

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BurningEars · 22/11/2020 15:37

I donā€™t like it.

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BurningEars · 22/11/2020 15:37

What about Clinton?

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joybrightnice · 22/11/2020 15:39

It's a village near me so no and reminds me of lint.

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BowiesJumper · 22/11/2020 15:49

Travel tavern...

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TheMarzipanDildo · 22/11/2020 15:52

Linton has fairly unfortunate connotations in Wuthering Heights doesnā€™t it? I mean all of the characters are dodgy in that book.

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melisande99 · 22/11/2020 15:52

It's the wimp from Wuthering Heights, isn't it? Isabella and Heathcliif's snivelling, selfish son?

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ShouldHaveCouldHaveWouldHave · 22/11/2020 16:20

Thereā€™s a Lynton in my family, I like it.

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AlexaShutUp · 22/11/2020 16:22

Sorry, I think of Lynton Crosby, which is not a positive association.

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Grumpy19 · 22/11/2020 16:23

Ok. Thanks. Back to the drawing board! šŸ¤£

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TheNanny23 · 23/11/2020 15:03

I have a friend with that surname so Iā€™d assume if I heard a boy called Linton that his friends were calling him by his surname.

Clint or Carlton?

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