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Am not pregnant but thinking on the off chance of ds3 - how about the name Byron?

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Jazzicatz · 20/07/2008 20:20

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Jazzicatz · 20/07/2008 20:28

No comments? I thought it sounded quite romantic?

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ruty · 20/07/2008 20:30

not too keen sorry. but probably popular in America.

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Heated · 20/07/2008 20:31

Well, apart from being mad, bad and dangerous to know, there is the incest connotation...

Having said that, Byron is used in the US.

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Jazzicatz · 20/07/2008 20:33

A resounding 'no' then?

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wheresthehamster · 20/07/2008 20:33

It always looks like someone's misspelt Bryon to me. Not that Bryon is a popular way of spelling Brian/Bryan but you get my drift!

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ruty · 20/07/2008 20:37

i mean i wouldn't call my child Wordsworth either..

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Jazzicatz · 20/07/2008 20:40

Now there's a thought Ruty!

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lizziemun · 20/07/2008 20:45

Not sure if i like it. But it could be because my dh knows a Bryon and he is the most boring person on this planet. Although having said that he is a nice person and will do anything for anyone.

Just bore you to tears in the process .

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kitsmummy · 20/07/2008 21:05

Really sorry but I think it sounds grossly, horribly pretentious. Btw I met a Byron a few months ago, parents quite chavvy and it struck me as the most awful name choice for a child. And I do like unusual names, just not this one.

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minouminou · 20/07/2008 23:33

We have twins round here called Blake and Byron
don't do it
It doesn't even SOUND that nice as a name, somehow....(repeats name to self)....nah.....s'orrible.

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llareggub · 20/07/2008 23:35

I know a Byron.

He was a newsagent and used to serenade his customers with his guitar playing, wearing a cowboy hat and mayoral chain.

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Anglepoise · 20/07/2008 23:35

Afraid the only ones I've encountered have been the children of clients in (messy, depressing, legally aided) family law, so not too sold!

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Hannah81 · 20/07/2008 23:36

My dad's name is Byron,
how about Breyen? That is my 11wk old DS2's name- -I love it - not many people have that name - none that i know of anyway.
x

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minouminou · 20/07/2008 23:37

i like llareggub's byron, though!

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mrswoolf · 20/07/2008 23:38

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Ledodgy · 20/07/2008 23:58

I once knew a byron he was very handsome.

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FAQ · 21/07/2008 00:04

I like Byron - when I saw the thread title I thought of Byron Black ex-professional tennis player

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TwoFir · 21/07/2008 08:41

Bye Ron Too flouncy!

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olyoly · 21/07/2008 16:06

My dh likes this name as well, but I just can't get behind it. It seems a bit pretentious, maybe?

That said, I knew a Byron and he was lovely. It isn't so popular in the US though - not in top 500.

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Sidge · 21/07/2008 16:18

I met a woman who had called her baby son Byron.

Oh, after the poet? says me.

Oh no, after the bloke on Storymakers, says her.

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lljkk · 21/07/2008 16:20

I know a 20 month old Byron (in England). Not my taste, either, but I'm getting used to it.

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MadamBovary · 21/07/2008 19:03

But what if it's a girl? You could call her Bryony (IS that the correct spelling?)

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kittywise · 21/07/2008 19:10

I do like the name but only for those in fiction or poets. if I came across a child called Byron i'd think he and his parents should be avoided at all costs.

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janeite · 21/07/2008 19:22

I went to school with a Byron, who was drop dead gorgeous - and knew it.

Not a name I would pick tbh.

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Takver · 21/07/2008 20:13

Loads of Byrons in Wales, nothing wrong with it at all IMO. Does make me think rather of elderly Welsh farmers though, come to think of it, but they are all very nice

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