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Carter?

39 replies

ditsydoll · 30/03/2013 08:42

For a boy?
I like Ethan but Dh has decided he likes carter and I'm not sure if I love it or hate it.
Any opinions?

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PhyllisDoris · 30/03/2013 09:56

What is it with people who use surnames as first names?? Carter is a surname.

NotTreadingGrapes · 30/03/2013 09:49

Don't like Carter because I don't like surnames.

Ethan always sounds nasal and whiny.

Although I really really really don't like surname names I like Ethan even less.

JennyPiccolo · 30/03/2013 09:46

Unstoppable sex machine was what I thought too.

Nospringflower · 30/03/2013 09:42

Carter is lovely

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ditsydoll · 30/03/2013 09:00

This is my 2nd and probably last Dc so would not be using last name first names again.
Dd has a very pretty name that would go nicely with carter though although I think I might suggest to Dh that we use it as a middle name :)

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onedev · 30/03/2013 08:59

I love Carter & would have loved it for our eldest but unfortunately DH didn't agree. Go for it - it's a fab name! Smile

bootsycollins · 30/03/2013 08:54

I do like Carter as a middle name

bootsycollins · 30/03/2013 08:54

I automatically think of the Michael Caine film Get Carter. I like it as a surname but not as a first name, if you did go with Carter do you think you'd stick with the surname as a first name theme Taylor, Parker etc for any subsequent children?

I'll swap Elliot for Carter and Edwin for Ethan

Jacksterbear · 30/03/2013 08:51

Yes, actually Ethan Carter does work, I like it.

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ditsydoll · 30/03/2013 08:46

Do you think it would work as a middle name?

Ethan Carter (common 3 syllable surname)

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MandragoraWurzelstock · 30/03/2013 08:45

I prefer Ethan. Miller is nice too.

Foundapound · 30/03/2013 08:45

The usm.
I'm with jackster.

flossy101 · 30/03/2013 08:44

I know someone who's surname is carter, but they get called carter and I always think its a cool name. But I love Ethan more

Jacksterbear · 30/03/2013 08:44

Makes me think of Carter USM - the unstoppable sex machine! (Sorry, not v helpful.)