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Savanna & Harvey....thoughts

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MotherOfCleo · 11/03/2013 20:06

Hi
I am only in my firat trimester but me and my OH already have some favourites names wise. I wondered what other people thought though.

For a girl we are pretty much settled on Savanna Brooke, its unusual and so I'm worried our parents wont like it, but it is a name which means something to us and reflects my OHs history so we are very keen on it.

For a boy we like Harvey Sebastian but I dont like Harv for short which is tricky....we also quite like Ryley and Dexter as first names so this one is less decided.

Any thoughts would be welcome. Grin

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abbyfromoz · 11/03/2013 21:23

Savannah yey
Harvey neh
Sebastian yey
Brooke- not a fan but if it has meaning then sure
Dexter- hmmmm not sure... I think i like it.

Greensleeves · 11/03/2013 21:22

If you read back you'll see that it was the phrase "went on a rampage" that I was gaffawing at

but maybe in future, avoid asking for opinions if you don't actually want them.

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MotherOfCleo · 11/03/2013 21:22

ken I appreciate the imput, my own name is spelt an old fashioned way and I have to spell it for everyone plus I work with 2 people with very unusual names so I guess I'm just used to it. Food for thought though.

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AndFanjoWasHisNameO · 11/03/2013 21:21

Used to love Harvey but then one of my friends went and named her puppy this! Angry Total doggy name for me now...
Really like Savannah, sorry but I agree that it needs an H, it's an actual place so I would liken it to calling my baby Mancheste iyswim?
Do you like the nicknames that these names may generate and then teasing names -eg Chavvy Savvy etc? I'm obsessed with checking things like that Wink.
Also really love Brooke btw. You'll change your mind 9 million times before you have your baby anyway Smile

BehindLockNumberNine · 11/03/2013 21:21

MotherofCleo, can you really not see that the spelling is what makes (or breaks) a name?

Names are not just said and heard, they are written and read too.

MustafaCake · 11/03/2013 21:21

Savanna, Brooke and Harvey not my taste at all I'm afraid. Sebastian is nice though.

And like sanity I have an unusually spelled version of a fairly normal name, It is the bane of my bloody life and I have to spell it out and correct people ALL THE TIME!!!

And like it or not people will judge. Many people have said to me "oh you are nothing like I expected an "X" to be".

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MotherOfCleo · 11/03/2013 21:19

gaffaw away green, kind of proves my point. Its obviously your way or the highway then, sorry I didnt realise.

Well my opinon is that you are being unkind, unfriendly and that you continue being so when I have made my feelings clear. Perhaps that says more about you than me? Sorry that my thoughts re my childs name makes you gaffaw....charming. Just glad I dont mix in those kind of circles normally. I try to live to the 'treat people as you would like to be treated' mantra and assume wrongly that others do the same. My bad.

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mistressploppy · 11/03/2013 21:17

Savanna(h) is pretty popular now, so if you're keen to have something unusual maybe it's not the one?

Dexter is better than Ryley, imo

ladymia · 11/03/2013 21:16

ok apart from the misspelling (which is not up for discussion) i believe the names are absolutely dreadful ... sorry

KenDoddsDadsDog · 11/03/2013 21:16

I think OP there are lots of us here who have unusually spelled names - mine is an unusual form of a Gaelic name . So my name is ALWAYS spelled wrong by people , it's a nightmare hence why you will get comments.
Your baby your name!

Glaikit · 11/03/2013 21:16

Savanna makes me think of a character fro Dallas or dynasty all big shoulder pads and hair.

Harvey is ok, not my taste but I think we have completely different tastes

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nectarini1983 · 11/03/2013 21:15

Love Savanna Brooke. .....its one of my younger cousins names!! Shes 19 and gorgeous!

Not sure on Sebastian as dont like nn Seb...and will always think of the crab from The Little Mermaid.

Viviennemary · 11/03/2013 21:14

I don't like Harvey very much at all. Savanna is quite nice I suppose if you like that sort of name.

Greensleeves · 11/03/2013 21:14

guffaw at "went on a rampage"

Look love, if you want to give your kids awful misspelt names that's your lookout

but if you post on MN asking what people think of the names, and what people think is "you've spelt it wrong", then that is what they will post. And it might be worth you taking notice, because it is going to keep happening.

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MotherOfCleo · 11/03/2013 21:11

greensleeves my issue is that you went on a rampage about spelling even though I said on more than one occasion that it wasnt thoughts on the spelling I was asking for. You ignored that and I found your imput unkind, unfriendly and unrequired....sorry if you are used to belittling people but that is not how I work so I found it hurtful.

I started the thread asking for friendly imput I didnt realise that would open me up to unkind comments, an I think I can make requests on my own thread without you being unkind again.

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Llareggub · 11/03/2013 21:10

Really not my cup of tea at all. Variety is good though. We can't all like the same names.

CheeseStrawWars · 11/03/2013 21:10

oh, x-post

CheeseStrawWars · 11/03/2013 21:09

Savanna (no h) is a brand of cider.

ladymia · 11/03/2013 21:07

I am just saying, everyone else will also assume you have spelled it incorrectly and they will have to correct people all their lives. Sorry if you think it's not an issue, it is.

belfastbigmillie · 11/03/2013 21:06

so... you have asked if people like them - they didn't and now you have gone into a strop :) Have to say, I don't like them either. They sound chavvy to me.

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MotherOfCleo · 11/03/2013 21:06

yeah ken I know, and Harvey is a beer lol.......we are not drunks honest. Grin

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