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If we call our son Raven will he get beaten up?

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Ipp3 · 02/12/2012 16:32

We cannot agree on a boy's name. My husband has suggested Raven. My first response was ' Why on earth are you suggesting that? We have already agreed not to send him to a Steiner school!'. But Dh said it is actually an old English name and not a hippy name. I admit I quite like it but think this is a theoretical like and that I am imagining our son called Raven as the dark, brooding, but deeply charismatic, hero of some gothic teenage flick. When I imagine our son called Raven in the real world I see him being chased around the playground by a group of other boys flapping their arms up and down and shouting 'Caw! Caw!' What do you think? I am not so much asking if you like the name, I have seen enough mumsnet discussions to know how deeply divisive names are, just asking if you think life will be harder being a boy named Raven.......

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Bluestocking · 02/12/2012 16:37

I don't think it will cause him any problems at school. But are you likely to have a dark, brooding and deeply charismatic son? I would be worried that if I called my son Raven he would inevitably end up stocky, sandy-haired and indomitably cheerful, none of which would be a bad thing but would not really go with his name!

Convert · 02/12/2012 16:36

Damn it. World, not works!

Convert · 02/12/2012 16:36

Well I don't think it would make life any easier for him. What happens if he turns out to be a fair haired quiet type instead of a dark, take over the works type?

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