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Pull out your baby name books...

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bebemooneedsabreak · 14/04/2011 10:38

I want a 2 syllable male name starting with Bran- not Brandon, Brannon or Branson (as those have all been vetoed by dh). Have your books got any other choices?

Also I need 2 syllable 'K' or hard 'C' name, like Kenneth (which dh also vetoed as sounding 30's middle class), for a middle name...

(My original thought was Brannon William Kenneth) but like I said dh was all :( abt the B and the K names...

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freesias · 15/04/2011 10:05

i met a little brannigan today which i thought was quite sweet .

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bebemooneedsabreak · 15/04/2011 09:51

Thanks for the help ladies we're all sorted (for now Wink) for names! and in only 1 day of really trying! Grin

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Janoschi · 14/04/2011 17:31

Madoc could be shortened to Doc. Which in my opinion is waaaaay cool.

WalterFlipschicks · 14/04/2011 16:30

Grin Mavis David!!! Yes you would slip into that, and I suppose it's not girly if your are calling it to a boy.
A friend of mine has a son with the nn Cassie

BikeRunSki · 14/04/2011 16:04

Nick names are what you make of them and they tend to generate themselves.

There is a TV show on at the minute featuring two blokes on a canal boat. One of them in known by his nn "Mave" (His surname is Davis, so I can only guess Mavis Davis) but he does not seem to mind.

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bebemooneedsabreak · 14/04/2011 15:38

Maddy does look girlly, but it's kinda what you'd fall into... unless we call him Doc for short Grin

Melinda- Branwyll looks interesting... hmmm I might still get a little Bran Grin

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Tuggy · 14/04/2011 15:04

Madock looks better to me than Madoc. Madoc looks 'unfinished' somehow.

WalterFlipschicks · 14/04/2011 13:48

Yippee!! Although Maddy is a bit girly imo? Not sure...

MelinaM · 14/04/2011 13:44

Love Branwell, how about:

Branard
Branch ...yes apparently soGrin
Brandell
Brandt
Brannon
Branwill
Branwyll ...a lovely Welsh name.

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bebemooneedsabreak · 14/04/2011 13:22

Dh has ok'd Madoc (would Maddy be too cliche for a shortened version?)

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WalterFlipschicks · 14/04/2011 12:45

Ooh that's lovely, Madoc William Carter, I like that a lot!!

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bebemooneedsabreak · 14/04/2011 12:39

I like that one Walter :)

Madoc William Carter have a feeling dh will/did veto Madoc last time too tho will run it by him...

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meditrina · 14/04/2011 12:38

Abraham shortened to Bram?

With Kenelm, Cedric, Cillian, Caradoc?

WalterFlipschicks · 14/04/2011 12:33

This is nothing like you have asked for but a welsh name I found in my baby names book and loved it!

Madoc?

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bebemooneedsabreak · 14/04/2011 12:29

Bryn is a girl's name in America and was vetoed with the first baby, tho I might bring it up again.

Do you mean Bran would sound more like Brains? lol good Welsh connection Wink

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BikeRunSki · 14/04/2011 12:23

The apples are called Bramley, not Bramwell.

Is Branwen a name? Sounds like it could be, could be a bit Welsh.

I like Branwell.

PaganOfBologna · 14/04/2011 12:20

Bryn is lovely Smile

Bran from the Welsh for Raven is actually pronounced with a long a sound Braaaan, not like it is in Brandon etc.

EricNorthmansMistress · 14/04/2011 12:19

If you like welsh, how about Bryn? I really like it, and it's a complete name. Bran sounds silly IMO, it's a foodstuff, not a name. I do like Branwell because of the Bronte connection but all your other Bran names are a bit...well Grin

Bram is also an alternative, as in Dracula Grin I'd totally go for that.

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bebemooneedsabreak · 14/04/2011 12:16

I truly feel the need for 2 syllables for first name. Dylan is too normal... and it would get shortened to Dill

and :P :P Wink about missing out on Bran.

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Janoschi · 14/04/2011 12:12

Branton could be a suggestion...?

Also how about Bram, ie Abraham?

notanumber · 14/04/2011 12:10

Dylan William Carter

Drew William Carter

Rhys William Carter

Penn William Carter

I'm trying to satisfy the Cymry/American requirements and also tap into your taste... Am I off beam?

Janoschi · 14/04/2011 12:09

Kendrick for a middle name?

notanumber · 14/04/2011 12:05

Ok. So Bran in all its forms is out then.

Good. Bran is not really very nice.

There are lovely Welsh names out there. How about Brynn (not too far off Bran Smile)?

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bebemooneedsabreak · 14/04/2011 11:48

branwell is too made up according to dh...

might have to let Bran go i guess

carter might be staying tho :)

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bebemooneedsabreak · 14/04/2011 11:36

lol thanks :)

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