Active discussions

Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

Alastair or Felix?

31 replies

FollicallyEnhancedFreak · 22/02/2013 09:42

I think I've finally narrowed the list down to these two...

So Felix or Alistair? I love Greyson and Piers too but I think they need to remain on the fantasy name list Sad

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
New posts on this thread. Refresh page
MyBootsAreMuddy · 23/02/2013 19:12

DGTwin would have been Alisdair is she'd been a boy.

MummyduckB · 23/02/2013 17:35

Prefer Felix personally!

Ham69 · 22/02/2013 21:58

Great choice. How about Alistair Felix?

Original poster
FollicallyEnhancedFreak · 22/02/2013 21:51

I think I'm going to go for Alistair, child number 3 has a different initial so it won't look too weird hopefully

Just need a middle name now!

OP posts:
DiscretionAdvised · 22/02/2013 21:51

I have a Felix, love it!

EssieW · 22/02/2013 21:47

Alastair

DH vetoed...

PurpleStorm · 22/02/2013 21:47

Alastair.

Felix sounds too much like a cat.

ehmumbo · 22/02/2013 21:44

Felix for sure!

GreenEggsAndNaiceHam · 22/02/2013 21:40

Ali as a nickname was great until we lived in Befnal Green, you couldn't move for Ali's, i found it really confusing!

Yup, wierd! But hey, they won't always all live at home. ;)

Original poster
FollicallyEnhancedFreak · 22/02/2013 20:59

Quite a mixed response!

I love Ali as a NN.

This is DC4 - I already have 2 DC with an A name, will 3 A names make me look odd? Hmm

OP posts:
luckyornot · 22/02/2013 17:27

another biased one with her own Alistair here! I love the name. We call my ds Ali mostly, or Alicat Grin

GreenEggsAndNaiceHam · 22/02/2013 17:24

Alastair. Ours was always called Alastair till he got to senior school and some of his friends called him ali or al.

PickledInAPearTree · 22/02/2013 17:21

Felix!

Ham69 · 22/02/2013 17:16

Not helpful at all but I absolutely love them both. I like the spelling Alistair, though thats probably because I knew a lovely one!

ladymia · 22/02/2013 17:09

Out of those Alastair but it's a name he will always be spelling out.

Felix just makes me think of the cat too. My OH actually likes the name Felix but there is NO way it's even making the maybe list for us for the cat reason.

Zaphiro · 22/02/2013 16:29

Alastair. So many spellings though!

mynameis · 22/02/2013 14:18

Def Alistair, I only think of cats when I hear Felix!

forgottenpassword · 22/02/2013 14:08

Both great names. Alistair has slight edge cos of the cat connection with Felix

colditz · 22/02/2013 14:01

Felix is a brand of cat food, fgs!

MsAkimbo · 22/02/2013 14:00

Ooh I love BOTH those names! However, I would go with Felix. It's harder to saddle a nickname for Felix.

deadlegs · 22/02/2013 12:09

I'm biased as I have an Alastair. Agree with whyriskit though that you will often need to spell it, and get used to people spelling it incorrectly regardless!

recall · 22/02/2013 12:02

FELIX FELIX FELIX !!!! name him Felix for me, it was my favourite name ever but DH wouldn't have it Sad

YummyMummyFeelingFunny · 22/02/2013 12:01

Felix, lovely!

HelpOneAnother · 22/02/2013 11:16

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

carameldecaflatte · 22/02/2013 10:51

Felix - I have one myself so rather biased!