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Baby names

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Robin

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prettypleasewithsugarontop · 04/01/2014 17:28

currently way ahead of self here, ttc #3.

We like Robin for a girl - thoughts?

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DoItTooJulia · 04/01/2014 17:30

I know a couple of robins. The boys are spelled Robin, the girls Robyn.

Does that help, or confuse matters?

kelda · 04/01/2014 17:33

I know two girls called Robin. Very nice name.

buttercrumble · 04/01/2014 17:37

Lovely but spelt Robyn

Confitdecanard · 04/01/2014 17:51

I think Robyn for a girl too, although I think the Robin spelling for a girl is quite common in America.

Frontdoorstep · 04/01/2014 18:01

Yes, I like Robin for a boy or girl. I would also spell it Robyn for a girl.

justjodie92 · 04/01/2014 18:11

My sister is Robyn. Great name!

MiaowTheCat · 04/01/2014 18:56

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RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 04/01/2014 18:57

Don't like it for a girl. Love it for a boy.

DancingLady · 04/01/2014 18:58

Really like it for a girl, either spelling. I don't know any female Robins - lovely name.

MaeveBehave · 04/01/2014 19:05

I like it for a girl. I know a lovely forty year old male robin but now i think it has gone to the girl babies.

Id just spell it robin though. If your other girl(s) has a non girly name. Eg if your dd1 is called megan or teagan or kirsty i think it would b obvious robin is a girl. But if your dd (if u have one) is an amelia or a lucia or a sophia ) then id assume robin a boy.

JanePurdy · 04/01/2014 19:23

I like Robin for a boy.

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prettypleasewithsugarontop · 05/01/2014 00:35

I have 2 dds already both if whom have top 10 names luckily neither go to school with others of the same name!

I prefer the Robin spelling as I have a very unique and unspellable name but we will see.

We have our boys name chosen which is a family name on both sides - James so Robin would only be a girls name for us.

Thank you for all your answers

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prettypleasewithsugarontop · 05/01/2014 00:37

Both dds have girly names to clarify that point.

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MaeveBehave · 05/01/2014 11:20

girly names, then I guess you should go with robyn with a Y, although for me that ruins the look of it.

MaeveBehave · 05/01/2014 11:21

i take that back. people will read the name and see it in isolation, they won't be reading a list of her and her siblings' names. if they see her they'll know she's a girl, robin for a baby boy very rare. so ignore me, go for Robin!

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prettypleasewithsugarontop · 05/01/2014 20:05

thank you

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