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Rockwell?

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puntasticusername · 02/12/2013 11:32

Just that, really. For a boy.

I think it has a ring to it, but is it too Out There?

Plus, it will inevitably be abbreviated to Rocky, and much as I love the Richard O'Brian musical, I'm not totally sure I want to live in it...

But I really like Rockwell, it's cool, and DIFFERENT...

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superlambanana · 02/12/2013 12:22

It's very close to a brand of insulation... Sorry!

I think you could get away with it in America. Not in uk though.

TarkaTheOtter · 02/12/2013 12:12

It sounds like a brand name to me.

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fanjolina · 02/12/2013 12:05

Only issue with Rockwell is that you'll need a shit-hot sounding surname so you can outdo this guy for best name ever.

teaselweasel · 02/12/2013 11:46

Hi, I believe that's what middle names are for, so how about Rockwell as a middle name if you really like it.

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puntasticusername · 02/12/2013 11:45

It was in a baby name book, though...

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puntasticusername · 02/12/2013 11:45

Well, this is exactly why I was asking Smile I like Different, just wasn't sure if this one was too much. But now I know!

Thanks again, everyone.

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HyvaPaiva · 02/12/2013 11:42

OP, please don't call a person 'Rockwell'. It isn't a name. You might like 'different' - in capital letters no less - but naming your child isn't the time to showcase how 'cool' and 'different' you are. Just give them a real name.

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puntasticusername · 02/12/2013 11:41

Whoah, bridgetsmum, don't hold back there, say what you really think Grin

Ok, mn has spoken, thanks everyone. I hadn't thought of Roswell at all, I have to admit.

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Needingthework · 02/12/2013 11:39

I thought of the film Boogie Nights: Chest Rockwell.

So...no Grin

bridgetsmum · 02/12/2013 11:38

No no no!

Please don't give your child such a ridiculous name, this is a real person Shock

AuntieStella · 02/12/2013 11:37

That's odd, I thought of the alien place too - then just dismissed it as it's not the same and thought I was being a bit weird! I am not alone...

Yes, it's different, but I don't take to it, sorry.

Gileswithachainsaw · 02/12/2013 11:36

I instantly thought of Roswell too Blush

Rocky instead?

PeterParkerSays · 02/12/2013 11:35

It made me think of Roswell, the alien research place in the US. Sorry, it's not for me.