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Seth

34 replies

strawberrylion · 28/01/2011 00:17

What does everyone think? Part of me loves it but don't know if I could actually use it?! I loved Noah but that's too popular now...do we think this will get as popular??!

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Sarsaparilllla · 02/02/2011 15:11

I love it :)

shouldnotbehere · 02/02/2011 13:18

I love the name too.

rusmum · 29/01/2011 22:08

i teach one and love it. ist one i have met anda contender for dc 3 if we get a blue one x fancied oscar but too popular now

Whipmawhopma · 29/01/2011 21:30

It is becoming more popular, but I like it anyway. I do know a 60-y-o Seth, and his names suits him very well.

mamaduckbone · 29/01/2011 21:28

Love love love it - would have been our ds's name if our surname hadn't started with S and made it sound stupid.
I think cool quirky Seth from the OC (have a secret love for the OC) rather than old farmer from Emmerdale

RachelHRD · 29/01/2011 21:26

I have a Seth and people always comment how lovely his name is. Seff isn't generally a problem - only with a few younger children who struggle generally with pronunciation!

I love the fact that I don't know another Seth in the area!

annasophia · 29/01/2011 21:04

What about Theo - are they all known as Feo??

seeker · 29/01/2011 14:32

Honestly, do consider the "Seff" problem. It would drive me insane if I had a Seth! In my ds's class, as well and Efan I mentioned already, there's a Judiff. And I know an Ediff as wall. And there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. Nothing!

MackerelOfFact · 29/01/2011 13:27

Try calling it before you use it though, it is very difficult to enunciate loudly. The 'e' sound is the only bit you can say in a raised voice!

BelligerentGhoul · 28/01/2011 22:32

Nearly everybody on here seems to love it but I really don't like it. Like Noah though.

JojoMags · 28/01/2011 22:30

Always think Seth should be short for something - doesn't quite sound like a name in its own right. Also strongly associated with Emmerdale character and the smell if pigs (even though I haven't watched for years - honest ), and also with Seth in Cold Comfort Farm - all brooding and slightly repellent sexuality. That might just be me though .

Cataline · 28/01/2011 21:36

Very lovely!!!

MarionCole · 28/01/2011 21:35

I have a Seth so of course I think it's a fine name. I have never met another child called Seth. Oddly for such a simple name, I find I have to spell it for people more than I think I should have to.

Icoulddoitbetter · 28/01/2011 21:34

I love it but unfortunately my DH doesn't (doesn't like Noah either though I love that too) so we have a different but still biblical sounding name.

Go for it!

Rainydaze · 28/01/2011 21:33

Makes me think of Cold Comfort Farm.

SoMuchToBits · 28/01/2011 21:31

It reminds me of Sethstarkaddersmum. I like her so that's fine!

AngryPixie · 28/01/2011 21:29

I adore it!

minkiemoo · 28/01/2011 21:13

LOVE LOVE LOVE the name Seth - it's a front runner name for me if we have a boy in 5 weeks, but as I chose the name for DD1 I know I should let DH have final say on the next DC.

A bit worried about 'Seff' now though as we live in the South East:)

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strawberrylion · 28/01/2011 20:21

Great thank you for all the feedback!! We live up 'norf' so the seff thing shouldn't be too much of a problem?? Also a two syllable surname...you've all made me feel more confident about it now thanks

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deemented · 28/01/2011 20:07

I absolutely love it.

Had set my heart on it when pregnant with DS3, had a thread on here about it, told all my friends what we were going to call him, they said they hated it, but we perservered anyway. He was going to be Seth Elijah.

Then he was born, and he was Seth... for all of five minutes - he looked nothing like a Seth and it didn't suit him at all.

In the end we went for our second choice, but i still want it on our list for next time.

Fantastic name IMO.

IrritaGirl · 28/01/2011 20:03

Fantastic name!

memphis83 · 28/01/2011 20:03

love it was going to use this myself but as seeker says above seff is annoying, i took 6 months trying to retrain my dh's brain to say th not ff

sethstarkaddersmackerel · 28/01/2011 20:02

it is a good name if you want your ds to grow up full of lounging animal grace, seduce all the local girls then go off to America to be in the talkies.

shinydiscoball · 28/01/2011 20:00

Absolutely love it - it was our name for a boy, but just found out we're having a girl! :o

skyberry · 28/01/2011 13:52

Love it. Was one of the names I considered for DS.

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