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Advice on boys and girls names. Is the boy name plain silly?

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Namingdilemmasagain · 12/02/2011 21:16

Hello,

Baby due any day now.

We think we will go for Aoife for a girl, but I can't help thinking Vivienne is cool (but not sure as it has Angelina associations now, I was thinking more of Vivien Leigh).

Always, always have trouble with boys names. Quite like:

Hugh
Bran
maybe Lachlan,

and here is the odd one - Severin. Am I just too hormonal?!! Would it be one to regret?

Any help/other suggestions appreciated.

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cece · 12/02/2011 21:27

Blakes 7 baddie

I like Hugh best.

Severin and Bran both a bit too Hmm for me.

hester · 12/02/2011 21:26

Wasn't the oily Alan Rickman character in harry Potter called Severus Snape? A bit too close to Severin, maybe?

I think Bran is ill-advised, for many reasons.

I like Aoife very much. On the irish theme, how about Oisin for a boy?

LeChatRouge · 12/02/2011 21:25

I absolutely love Aoife, I would have liked to use this, but alas, no girl babies for me! I would have pronounced it phonetically though, more like a-fee, rather than the ee-fer.

Not sure about your boy choices - I like unusual names, Severin doesn't work for me, I like Louis - how popular is this nowadays? Lots when my eldest was born....

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Namingdilemmasagain · 12/02/2011 21:25

No, I'm not Irish but dp is and all other children have Irish names.

Think I'm too young for this Blakes 7 of which you speak! Wink

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Darnsarfupnorf · 12/02/2011 21:25

Louis definetly Grin

pointydog · 12/02/2011 21:24

Ah! The big baldie baddie?

Greenshadow · 12/02/2011 21:23

Think Severin was female in Blakes 7 - wasn't she the big baddie?

evamummy · 12/02/2011 21:22

I like Aoife (are you Irish?) very much.

I also like Severin for a boy. I know a lovely french one.

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Namingdilemmasagain · 12/02/2011 21:22

Severin is from the Velvet Underground song 'Venus in Furs' and I know, it's a bit risque.

Bran means Raven in Irish, but can appreciate its teasing potential here.

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pointydog · 12/02/2011 21:21

Lachlan quit epopula r in scotland these days

pointydog · 12/02/2011 21:20

Severin - was he in Blake's 7?

BikeRunSki · 12/02/2011 21:20

Louis, outright winner from me.

BikeRunSki · 12/02/2011 21:19

Severin - only come across this as a surname so, I suppose it could work like Spencer, Connor, Bradley, Harvey and so on.

Bran though...Hmm

Rather Lachlan though.

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Namingdilemmasagain · 12/02/2011 21:19

Oh and Louis?

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