i am 28 weeks pregnant have gone for the name bracken willow for our little girl

[tinkisgoingtohaveapumpkin]

what do people think

[PuppyMonkey]

Makes me think of the woman from Doctors. very earthy dear. I like Pumpkin too.

[Flum]

Bracken! Seriously? TBH I think it is ridiculous.

[Neenztwinz]

is this a wind-up

[MissusH]

very, erm woody...

[MorticiaAnnSpookington]

I thought of poor child in Doctors too....what about Fern,Heather,Horsetail ?

[Thomcat]

I think if it's the name you have gone for it shouldn't matter what anyone else thinks.

You might hate the names I've gone for too but that's ok, cos they are my kids {smile]

If you like it that's all that matters.

[moyasmum]

one or the other,i think but not really both.
Bracken is nice and in a few years we may be tripping over them, but i still think of it as a puppys name.
Willow is nice.

[SongbirdScreamsInTheDeadOfNite]

Willow's lovely, it was on my short list but I thought if she has my short fat dumpy legs, it will be the most ridiculous name! Bracken, I'm afraid, I don't like. My first dog (a great big beagle) was called Bracken which was OK, but for a little girl? No, sorry.

[SongbirdScreamsInTheDeadOfNite]

Actually, I think I'm with moyasmum - I might warm to the name Bracken if there was a different middle name. It sounds like Broken Willow to me, which is a bit Native American

[filz]

willow is nice but bracken just reminds me of something dogs piss up when you take them a walk in the woods

[seeker]

I know 3 Brackens - an English Spaniel, a pony and a tortoiseshell cat. It suits all three of them perfectly.

[tinkisgoingtohaveapumpkin]

will teach me for asking

[Moominpappa]

Bracken - invasive, smothering species with carcinogenic properties that is a bugger to get rid of..... So, not really a name I'd go for personally.

[Sparkletastic]

Willow - yes

Bracken - noooooooooooooooo

[hifi]

ooh, where r bracken?

[SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore]

I like Willow but not Bracken. It will make you sound like a new age hippy.

I met a bracken on the way to school. He was meeting up with his labrador friend

[mrsmaidamess]

How about twiglet birdsnest? But agree, if you like it, what the hey!

[MerlinsBeard]

i think its a wind up

I knew a goat called Bracken once

[piratecat]

i had a pony called bracken.
tbh if you like Bracken and this isn't a wind up, I think a les woody name as a second name would be more complimentary,

Bracken Rose (more flower than wood)
Bracken Jane

that type of thing?

[kittywise]

Oh gOd, here we go again

it is an awful choice of made up names

Find something else

[jennifersofia]

Sorry, Bracken reminds me of bracken - see Moominpapa's post. I like Willow though.

[JamInMyWellies]

I like it. As far as I know I think Bracken is a Scottish name.

[kittywise]

Ds likes a series of books called 'fleabag monkeyface'

[rempy]

do you live in a yurt?

[Boco]

Bracken is a bit harsh sounding. It's the ACK noise with the BR, not very feminine, like nACKered and CACK and RACK and HACKED OFF and LACKING IN TACT.

Willow is pretty. Willow rhymes with pillow and billow. You don't really need to know that, but I pointed it out anyway.