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Byron?!

37 replies

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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suspiria · 16/03/2011 16:41

I know a 9 year old Byron and I'm afraid I can confirm TheVisitor is correct.

KristinaM · 16/03/2011 16:41

No please don't
It's too much to live up to

JiltedJohnsJulie · 16/03/2011 16:40

TheVisitor, think you may know the same Byron as me Grin

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Renaissance227 · 16/03/2011 16:40

Thanks redrobin. I'm not sure I can see a baby called Byron either! Still unsure.

Any other suggestions anyone?

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Renaissance227 · 16/03/2011 16:38

The reaction I am getting from you TheVisitor is the reaction that is putting me off using the name.

Thanks for your opinions freshmint and MadreInglese

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redrobin · 16/03/2011 16:37

i know a byron, he was my tutor at university, he was a drunken old lech, but quite grand. can't quite equate it with baby, but Lord Byron....quite romantic!

TheVisitor · 16/03/2011 16:36

and I apologise profusely for that erroneous apostrophe.

TheVisitor · 16/03/2011 16:35

The only Byron's I know are screeched at full volume.

MadreInglese · 16/03/2011 16:34

I know a Byron, he is a personal trainer

freshmint · 16/03/2011 16:34

yes, why not!
if it sounds good with your surname. he will be teased at times and he will be distinctive (and will barely have to use his surname as he'll be the only byron anybody knows) but it is a legitimate name...

tall and athletic byron sounds cool IMO

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Renaissance227 · 16/03/2011 16:19

Our family is full of tall and athletic men, so is Byron a good idea?

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freshmint · 16/03/2011 16:16

I know a man called byron
he is about 70 and very fat
every time I see him I think he is ill-named

If you and your DH's family run to handsome, tall men with floppy hair then I think it is a possibility. If they are small, swarthy with a tendency to stoutness and baldness I'd say no