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When my mind was addled with pregnancy hormones, I wanted to call my baby...

127 replies

MaryAstor · 05/11/2012 23:05

Oak.

A good, strong, very English name, I thought. Unusual but beautiful. Incredible that it is not widely used. Very smug about landing on such a perfect name.

If I hadn't been so off my face on morphine and sleep-depravation post-birth I'd have legged it to the registry office then and there to make it official. A few days post natal, I realised that the top 100 names are popular for a reason, and the fact that Oak was not ranked among them spoke volumes.

See also: Bran, Heath, Prospero.

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Savonarola · 05/11/2012 23:08

Is you surname Hunt? What a wonderful invocation!

Fluffyfish · 05/11/2012 23:07

Hahahaha. Oak is a great name. Though I too am addled.