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Eugene

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Bennydog · 21/04/2012 22:12

Thoughts on name Eugene.

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toobreathless · 23/04/2012 00:32

HATE it & I can't think of any other names I dislike as much.

Sound ugly & too close to Eugenics.

ThePathanKhansWitch · 22/04/2012 15:32

I once had a boyfriend, who said if we ever had a son, we'd call him Eugene.

I left the bastard. Hth.

IslaValargeone · 22/04/2012 15:29

I quite like it, although prefer Gene by a country mile.
Gene Hackman, what a God.

Janoschi · 22/04/2012 15:27

I would have but J's aren't easy for a half German family!

PercyFilth · 22/04/2012 15:01

Janoschi Did you call your daughter Jean? :)

Janoschi · 22/04/2012 14:57

I like Gene (actually I love it - it was our list but got a girl!), and Eugene is fine. Better than the myriad Charlie / Harry / Ben type names out there.

I don't really get the need to have a fashionable name at all. Fashions come and go, and choosing something 'cool' and 'on trend' today will probably result in them sounding very Wayne and Sharon-like in 20-30 years.

Pick a name you love. Who cares if it reminds someone of their friend's auntie's dog's best mate? Gene has so many positive namesakes:

Gene Roddenbery
Gene Wilder
Gene Hackman

Yep. Love it.

DonInKillerHeels · 22/04/2012 14:37

Eugene...pretty nerdy and geeky, but actually on the geeky-cool side I think, and Gene rocks as a nickname.

I'd say yes.

PercyFilth · 22/04/2012 14:31

TBH I do quite like it. Gene is cool, and if he wasn't keen on that he could be Hugh at a stretch. It's just ... if he did turn out to be a fatso ... they'd call him Huge. Tis a risk!

BBQJuly · 22/04/2012 14:27

How about Eric?

5madthings · 22/04/2012 14:20

my dp loves this name and wanted it each time we had a boy, i said NO NO NO! sorry really dont like it!

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LondonNadiy · 22/04/2012 13:55

Gene is OK, Eugene is a little on the 'socially maladjusted' side.

Jess850 · 22/04/2012 13:44

I really like it - it was on our shortlist but we chose Dexter in the end.

AWomanCalledHorse · 22/04/2012 09:23

I like Gene, Eugene is an odd character on Hey Arnold (awesome cartoon of the late 90s) to me.
Sorry!

ripsishere · 22/04/2012 09:20

Gene is fine - Hunt and sweet Vincent. Eugene on the other hand is my friends ancient Irish bachelor uncle.
Duncan is a fab name though.

MarySA · 22/04/2012 09:14

Didn't mean that to sound too stark! But I'm not keen on this name.

MarySA · 22/04/2012 09:13

I agree with most folk. It's dreadful. Sorry.

SodoffBaldrick · 22/04/2012 02:10

Yeah, Grease ruined that name for a whole generation....

And Betty's Dad who she named the baby after was an arse, too.

Gene is good, though.

BustersOfDoom · 22/04/2012 00:52

I'm with Badgerina the character from Grease totally put me off this name.

BBQJuly · 22/04/2012 00:47

Quite nice in a retro sort of way!

Badgerina · 22/04/2012 00:15

The nerd from Grease. American. I usually like "out there" names, but this one is too far out for me, sorry.

agreetodisagree · 22/04/2012 00:13

Big Brother 6 Blush

Pancakeflipper · 22/04/2012 00:12

Skinny, geeky, spotty teen image...

PercyFilth · 22/04/2012 00:10

Gene is OK, but not Euge :o

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