Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Your honest thoughts on these?

60 replies

popsicle1984 · 13/03/2011 11:03

Clementine
Octavia
Ivy
Athena
Pearl
Blossom
Tabitha
Skye
India
Savannah

Chester
Balthazar
Roman
Thaddeus
Seth
Saxon
Jasper

What springs to mind immediately? Too chavvy? Too posh? Any suggestions these lists make you think I might like?? So many names!! How do people choose?!

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Ilovemyscrumples · 13/03/2011 12:54

Clementine- Oh My Darlin' Oh My Darlin'
Octavia - Don't like
Ivy - Old lady name
Athena - OK
Pearl - Old lady name
Blossom - Bit too girly/cutsie. Maybe as a middle name.
Tabitha - Cats name
Skye - Gorgeous
India - Nice, love Indie as a nn
Savannah - Lovely

Chester - OK
Balthazar - Don't like
Roman - Don't like
Thaddeus - ???
Seth - Cool
Saxon - OK
Jasper - OK

collision · 13/03/2011 12:23

Clementine pretty

Octavia - pretty

Ivy - too old lady

Athena - not keen

Pearl - pretty

Blossom - not sure it travels well through life and not sure I would want to be called Blossom at my age.
Tabitha - nah
Skye- nah
India - nope
Savannah - could be considered chavvy

Chester - clown's name

Balthazar - a big name for a little boy. A lot to live up to
Roman - quite cool

Thaddeus - not sure

Seth - like it

Saxon - Sax for short - Sex as a nn! Open to bullying?

Jasper - Carrott?

Do the test....

'This is your Captain Balthazar Maynard speaking...'

'All rise for Judge Blossom Foster.....'

'This is Octavia Duncan, for ITV, in the Gulf...'

pumpkinpoppet · 13/03/2011 12:18

Clementine - lovely, (you'll need to beware 'Tina' though)
Octavia - nice as traditional but not used much. (Not sure how/whether it'll be shortened though)
Ivy - great
Athena - love it
Pearl - ok
Blossom - not keen, it's the CV factor for me - will she be overlooked? But if this doesn't bother you, why not.
Tabitha - great
Skye - conjures up too many stereotypes for me (CV factor again)
India - only if you have Asian connections
Savannah - alright

Chester - alright, not sure though
Balthazar - too hard to say (sorry - doesn't work for me)
Roman - like
Thaddeus - love this (best of all your names)
Seth - not sure
Saxon - not heard this one before, it's a grower, i think
Jasper - love this too

mummydarlingsausage · 13/03/2011 12:04

Octavia and Thaddeus are my favourites from your list

BelligerentGhoul · 13/03/2011 11:41

Not overly fond of many of those tbh but I ADORE Thaddeus. I didn't end up having boys and everybody laughed when I suggested it but I've loved it since I was about 12!

Don't really like any of your girls' names, sorry - but would pick Pearl over the others.

MillsAndDoom · 13/03/2011 11:39

Agree with cece except I like Pearl

Hope88 · 13/03/2011 11:35

I love Clementine.

India is O.K.

Not sure about the boys names.

Ooopsadaisy · 13/03/2011 11:12

The only one I like is Ivy.

cece · 13/03/2011 11:07

Clementine - oranges
Octavia - you have a lot of children!
Ivy - old lady and not in a good way
Athena - posters
Pearl - in theory I should like this but I don't
Blossom - ha ha
Tabitha - cats name
Skye - chav
India - either very chav or very posh
Savannah - trying to hard

Chester - awful, a bit chav
Balthazar - ha ha ha ha ha, NO!
Roman - getting more popula
Thaddeus - er?
Seth - OK
Saxon - awful
Jasper - wasps

Sorry

barmbrack · 13/03/2011 11:04

Ivy
India
Pearl

Ok but I don't like the others

Don't really like any of your boys ones. Sorry.

Girls - a bit airy-fairy.
Boys - all a bit try-hard.