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Be honest, what would you think if you met a baby boy named...

111 replies

LaWeasel · 05/09/2011 09:16

Hunter.

DH loves it. I actually do like it too, but living in ruralish England think everyone will think we are bloody bonkers.

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AitchTwoOh · 05/09/2011 14:59

i think re the cunt thing, that a forty year old hunter will not have bumped up against the word quite as much as a child now. of course it's always been in use, but nowadays it's more akin to fuck, so would be like calling your child mucker or hucker.

i do LIKE hunter btw, as a name, and think that if your maiden name had been hunter, for example, then you would be a lot closer to getting a yes from me. but with no family associations and given that he will be called cunty throughout his young life, i think on balance it's not a good name right now.

goodnightmoon · 05/09/2011 14:56

most children today will have never heard of Gladiators (and I as an adult have zero idea of their names) so that reference is definitely irrelevant.

I don't see anything wrong with it. Names like Hunter and Archer have a long history.

The rhyming isn't great but what name doesn't have some stupid rhyme or slur attached to it?

seeker · 05/09/2011 14:54

Even if you're not of a fragile disposition, having a name that rhymed with cunt would get very waring after a while.

eatyourveg · 05/09/2011 14:43

Strong name conjuring up images of rugby playing child with freckles and messy hair. Don't know why. The rhyming connotations would worry me if I had a child with a fragile disposition who wasn't able to give as good as he got in the playground.

bemybebe · 05/09/2011 14:39

I know a person named Hunter. Very successful and fun 40-odd year old guy. Super name.

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AitchTwoOh · 05/09/2011 14:33

i had thought along mc lines too, but no. seriously. so. much. worse.

EdithWeston · 05/09/2011 14:11

I thought of the writer Hunter Davies. Despite him, I'd assume the holder was from the US. It's not a name I like, sorry.

seeker · 05/09/2011 14:10

Rhymes with cunt
Is the name of a person who kills things either as a job or for fun.
Is try too hard look at me I'm a cool whacky person.

poppydaisy · 05/09/2011 14:03

I like Hunter and know a lovely 7 year old one.

mamsnet · 05/09/2011 13:18

don't like it at all.

carpetlover · 05/09/2011 13:16

It's not Hunter MacDuff is it?

Anyway, to me it sounds American in the way that names like Chad do. But DD1 has two Rorys in her class, one is English and is a boy and the other, a girl, has American parents. They have said that Rory is a very popular girls name in the States, much more than for boys.

But, it's your child and it's an accepted name, regardless of taste so really personal taste rather than abuse territory like if you wanted to call him Arsehole or some such!

AitchTwoOh · 05/09/2011 13:07

it is not farquar, but it is absolutely in that ballpark. but worse. don't guess, though... just in case.

SecretSquirrell · 05/09/2011 13:05

It's a type of horse or welly.

Absolutely great if you're a country pursuits type, totally wanky if you're not.

ItsMeAndMyPuppyNow · 05/09/2011 13:05

Has to be Farquhar, then!

AitchTwoOh · 05/09/2011 13:01

my eyes are actually BOGGLING! i cannot freaking well BELIEVE that. that is one of the trickiest surnames on the planet and they teamed it with hunter/munter/cunter. omg!

gillybean2 · 05/09/2011 12:59

AitchTwoOh - not even close. I PM you the actual name...

MmeLindor. · 05/09/2011 12:59

I know a Hunter. American colleagues of DH.

I actually quite like it but don't think I would have used it.

Cunter, on the other hand...

Notnapping · 05/09/2011 12:56

Tbh I'd think wellies!

oohlaalaa · 05/09/2011 12:54

Gladiators!!

ShoutyHamster · 05/09/2011 12:53

I like it actually, but think you might end up regretting it.

How about Heath? Now that is an amazing name.

AitchTwoOh · 05/09/2011 12:27

oh do say she's called Hunter McGillycuddy....

sherbetpips · 05/09/2011 12:26

I am guessing he isnt a labrador? I wanted to call our son Darcy. DH looked it up in a book and it apparently means spawn of the devil..... We didnt go with it.

TheBride · 05/09/2011 12:19

Shagged Ulrika I think

gillybean2 · 05/09/2011 12:17

Makes me think of gladiator firstly.

I also had a friend who called their dd this (Americans living in USA).
I was Shock they hadn't thought about the possible Hunt/Cunt/Cunter nickname. Particularly as their surname (a traditional Scottish name but unfortunate in these modern times) teamed with that was totally cringeworthy and made me think she was destined for a life as a porn star with a name like that.