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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 · 14/04/2011 11:36

branston you could always call him pickle as a nn Smile

freesias · 14/04/2011 11:31

branwell

kenton
kendal
kenyon

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bebemooneedsabreak · 14/04/2011 11:31

yeah that's why I picked Bran originally... thought they'd really like it...

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Tuggy · 14/04/2011 11:29

Well Bran is a welsh name apparently. babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Bran.html welsh for raven

Tuggy · 14/04/2011 11:28

Branford
Brant
Branley

Carter
Carson
Kelvin

Brant William Carter xxxx

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bebemooneedsabreak · 14/04/2011 11:26

what like 'Branflake?' that's what the PIL said Wink never seen MIL face so :( before actually

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bebemooneedsabreak · 14/04/2011 11:24

P.s. wanted things welsh origins if possible (for dh's family) but easy for my American family to pronounce (thus not too welsh)

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notanumber · 14/04/2011 11:22

Branwell as in Branwell Brontë. He was a painter and poet (and the brother of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne)

What bout Branflake? Grin

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bebemooneedsabreak · 14/04/2011 11:20

Branwell is interesting- too like Bramwell apples??
Wanted Bran-X because I like the name Bran (which Dh has agreed on, but it feels funny as a first name because it's single syllable and I know I'd end up lengthening it somehow or another anyhow... Oh, and PIL went strongly :( :( at it).

The hard 'C' or 'K' names rolls of the tongue nicely with our last name thus the positioning.

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notanumber · 14/04/2011 11:13

Ok, I'm not wild about the names tbh (not that you asked, but it's all about meeeeeee, innit) but I would favour:

Branwell Conrad William.

notanumber · 14/04/2011 11:09

Wait!

Brando (A Streetcar Named Desire )
Branwell (nice literary link)

Why so set on Bran(something)?

notanumber · 14/04/2011 11:05

I am stumped on the two syllable Bran name.

For middle names I can offer:

Calvin
Kendall
Ciaran/Kieran
Conrad
Curtis

Bran(something) William Conrad?