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Byron?!

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Renaissance227 · 16/03/2011 16:14

Nobody is looking at my first thread so here goes....
We've agreed on a girl's name but cannot think of a boy's.
Byron is on the table but I am unsure.
Any ideas?

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bemybebe · 16/03/2011 17:39

The only Byron i know is the neighbour's cat. Sounds lovely though.

freshmint · 16/03/2011 17:33

thank you!

JiltedJohnsJulie · 16/03/2011 17:01

Lovely names Freshmint. Love the name Bertrand too and that song always makes me Smile

freshmint · 16/03/2011 16:57

my kids are miles theodore matthew and charles somerset alexander

so I have spent many hours musing over boys names

freshmint · 16/03/2011 16:57

love bertrand
placky or not

sounds a bit like byron

freshmint · 16/03/2011 16:56

There hasn't been a peter born for about 30 years - you could revive it
ditto Paul

I think Paul is quite cool

ApocalypseCheeseToastie · 16/03/2011 16:55

I had an uncle Aubrey. He was a professor in summat... very wealthy n all

JiltedJohnsJulie · 16/03/2011 16:55

Bertrand is nice as a middle name, maybe you could have as his first name Grin

freshmint · 16/03/2011 16:54

oh that's a pity I know two lovely ones

you do know that once you give your child a name it becomes his and the horrid bloke disappears from your memory? but I know what you mean

tobias
wallace
Huish
Hugh
Humphrey (I like this name too)

freshmint · 16/03/2011 16:53

gawain
benedict
florian
fergus
felix
xavier (I like this name)
bertrand
philip

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Renaissance227 · 16/03/2011 16:52

Thanks freshmint
I like Ivan but we have one in the family already.
Don't like Jonty.
Lawrence isn't bad.
Michael would be his middle name.
Once knew a horrible and very strange Marcus which is unfortunate because I do kinda like that name.

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freshmint · 16/03/2011 16:51

Lucas
Drew
Egbert
Aubrey
Dudley

(I'm sorry, I'm getting silly now)

ApocalypseCheeseToastie · 16/03/2011 16:51

If you want summat not too common among the poshes, call him David...

Adams nice too... imagine it Dr Adam Cudgerknickers

Other than that...

Elliot ?

William ?

Erm... Sebastian

Oh and Solomon.... gotta love a sol

freshmint · 16/03/2011 16:50

hahahaha jiltedjohn

but v sad

freshmint · 16/03/2011 16:50

Hmm
Ivan
Jonty
Lawrence
Michael (hardly any of those around at the moment)
Marcus

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Renaissance227 · 16/03/2011 16:49

Don't like Sebastian or Valentine! Yuk!

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 16/03/2011 16:48

Nowt posh about the Byron I know Grin

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Renaissance227 · 16/03/2011 16:48

Never thought of it as a posh Brian before but now I do maybe it is definitely out of the window!

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 16/03/2011 16:47

The only Valentine I've ever known died in a crack den.

ApocalypseCheeseToastie · 16/03/2011 16:46

Call him Sebastian and ave done wivvit

ApocalypseCheeseToastie · 16/03/2011 16:46

Nah, just a posh Brian innit ?

JiltedJohnsJulie · 16/03/2011 16:46

DS, who is one of his best mates, says "he's not a clever chap". Lovely though.

Have often wondered how is parents came up with a name that really doesn't suit him. The only think I can think of is Byron comes up on the titles for Noddy and his Mum must have been watching a lot of Milkshake Grin

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Renaissance227 · 16/03/2011 16:45

I liked Henry but I was the only one!
Not needing an upperclass name. Just something traditional and unusual without sounding stupid and/or old fashioned.

I did like Edmund but having read King Lear I think not!

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freshmint · 16/03/2011 16:43

hmm
if you want something different and a bit old fashioned and a bit upper class maybe Gilbert? Esmund/Edmund? Peregrine? Roland? Giles?

Not entirely sure what you are looking for. Cant' relate Byron to anything else! Valentine?

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Renaissance227 · 16/03/2011 16:43

So due to a few of you knowing some naughty posh little Byrons it is off the table as a name I could use?

Any other suggestions?

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