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My husband wants to call baby boy Fox??

66 replies

MyGoldenNotebook · 04/02/2012 22:22

I actually quite like it. But I somehow sense it is wrong. What do you all think? I previous choice was Otis.

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Wants3 · 05/02/2012 17:30

Hi, golden don't know if you remember but I was your cycle buddy for a while on no brooking thread. Good to see you here! I like fox and Otis although neither are on my list. If you both like it go for it. :)

cheesesarnie · 05/02/2012 17:28

sub-waynes world has nothing on jimmi!

love tiger.if fox has a sibling can you call it tiger op?

HomeEcoGnomist · 05/02/2012 17:28

Fox? Badger??
Are you being serious?

There's another thread on the go about people commenting that names are dog's names (eg Rex / Benji etc)
Not sure what they would make of these suggestions!

These are not first names for human beings, please don't do this to your children.
[Otis makes me think of Timmy Time - I think he is an owl or something]

seeker · 05/02/2012 17:27

Let him change his own name to Fox and call your poor child something that won't be a burden and an embarrassment to him.

PercyFilth · 05/02/2012 17:23

Fox is a surname, which is probably why it occurs as a middle name.

suburbandream · 05/02/2012 17:22

Cheesesarnie- first thing I thought was Foxy Lady! But the scene from Wayne's world Grin

cece · 05/02/2012 17:16

Otis much much better than Fox.

tammytoby · 05/02/2012 16:54

I know a little Fox, as well as a Tiger. And I think Jamie Oliver has a Bear.
Why not?

(but then I don't watch x files)

OneLieIn · 05/02/2012 16:26

Why on earth would dh want to do that?

cheesesarnie · 05/02/2012 16:24

my sister was supposed to be badger.until my dad sobered up for a while and my mum put her foot downGrin

just doooooooooooooont!
it would be refered to as fantastic mr fox or foxy lady(p.s,thanks stuck in my head!)

IslaValargeone · 05/02/2012 16:22

I quite like it.

pilates · 05/02/2012 16:19

Awful please don't do it

AThingInYourLife · 05/02/2012 16:12

I can't believe anybody would consider this as a name, and I love wanky names.

It's ridiculous.

Fox?

Are people running out of unusual names ending in x?

What about Flex? Ibrox? Detox?

fanjodisfunction · 05/02/2012 16:08

I really like it, and its on our list, but we will have to move first as the road we live on has fox in the title and it will sound a bit crap.

NatureAbhorsAHoover · 05/02/2012 16:04

Do it, no-one will think of the X-Files in 20 years.

FairyArmadillo · 05/02/2012 08:31

Imagine shouting Fox across a park, supermarket etc. It sounds like a certain expletive...

SlightlyJaded · 04/02/2012 23:34

The thing is, on paper my first instinct is 'quite nice for a potentially wanky name.' And by that I mean that I struggle with most many unconventional names and spellings, but first thought was 'hmmm actually quite like Fox' for a baby.

But then I imagined the boy/sullen teenager/middle aged Fox and did wonder if it will hold up IYKWIM

But if you both like it, go for it.

meditrina · 04/02/2012 23:29

For Fox sake, don't.

scottishmummy · 04/02/2012 23:27

If dh like so much,he can change to Fox
It's wanky and trying too hard

PopcornBiscuit · 04/02/2012 23:14

No, sorry.

JoantheFennel · 04/02/2012 22:57

I prefer wolf or bear

NoHunIntended · 04/02/2012 22:51

Do it!

Tortington · 04/02/2012 22:48

makes me think of a right wing media outlet

lisaro · 04/02/2012 22:48

Your husband sounds a bit of a beaver!

Catsdontcare · 04/02/2012 22:47

I have no idea why but I actually quite like it and I am very dull about names!!