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baby names survey

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Beccy1974 · 25/07/2006 12:28

i just had an email about this.. i know it's really a 'pregnancy' thread topic but thought you might all like to vote:=

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franca70 · 26/07/2006 21:16

I added esther for a girl. james for aboy. but my kids have italian names, as we are italian

Natty1806 · 26/07/2006 21:13

yeah for a boy.

bubblez · 26/07/2006 21:07

lol becky ummmm lets say the windy charateristic has just recently manifested itself... Nickname was given to me at the age of 11 to describe my bubbley personality and it fitted cos of the greek thing too.... lol

bubblez · 26/07/2006 21:05

Natty my friends dd is called Phoenix (although i prefer it for a boy)

I think that the unusual names are just as pretty as the more common names.

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Beccy1974 · 26/07/2006 21:04

ahh so not a windy nickname

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bubblez · 26/07/2006 21:03

ooops i meant spidermama sorry

bubblez · 26/07/2006 21:02

well said spidermumma

Btw - my dd is called mia and I love amelia and xavier (both pronouciations)

OMG slightly off the subject but I didn't know that you were greek Xavielli, me too!!

fattiemumma · 26/07/2006 20:54

i added Elize as my fave. it was what i wanted to call DD but chickened out as thought it was too unusual and didn't want to have to defend the name for years to come. (its pronounced El-eez)

jamiesam · 26/07/2006 20:41

Voted for Eve and John (have two boys but neither John as dh wouldn't agree )

Am EXTREMELY old myself, but wonder if you have hit the nail on the head with suggestion that it's us older folk who don't go with more uncommon names? Next time anyone rude on here, ask them how old they are

In the meantime, I'm mulling over asking for a Cod free topic and then the miserabilists who don't like anyone to have conversations that they don't like can just avoid them

Xavielli · 26/07/2006 20:31

Well said.

spidermama · 26/07/2006 20:25

There are a few dinosaurs who get het up about uncommon names and feel the need to lash out.

They're a dying breed thank God and best ignored.

I think deep down they're angry because they feel hidebound by some strange force of tradition to follow their perception of an established norm like a bunch of sheep.

They lash out with jealous hatred against those of us who aren't similarly encumbered and mired in the past and are able to think for ourselves and choose names we like rather than the ones off the list of acceptables.

Poor things. They're to be pitied.

Natty1806 · 26/07/2006 20:24

Well i kinda like phoenix - not sure if i would be brave enough to use it.

muminaquandary · 26/07/2006 20:10

seems really silly to mock other peoples' choices ... it's all to do with personal taste, surnames, ethnicity etc ... our DC's will be a mix of English, Indian, Scottish, French & German so calling them Andrew and Anna would be a bit out of place IYSWIM

BTW love Xavier and Eloise, but then that's the French in me!

coggy · 26/07/2006 19:55

I also LOVE the name Eloise but no so keen when it's written down.

Is that weird?

coggy · 26/07/2006 19:54

I like Evie and Archie...although now I've put them together they sound like a 70s pop group!!

SSSandy · 26/07/2006 19:45

Didn't really look at the lists, just checked to see if my favourite names were there. Had another look at the list and the only girl's name I sort of liked on there was Eve. I wouldn't have chosen any of them, not that they're awful or anything but nothing appealed to me.

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Beccy1974 · 26/07/2006 19:44

Xavielli

i'm sorry this thead which i started just to pass on info really (not expecting people to comment) has led to you taking jibes about your choice of names.

I'm hoping the nastiness has dried up. I dont' think it's big or clever to make comments, it is so confrontational.

As regards the comment about 'lets all go on letsagreeoneverything.com" then i don't think anyone is ignorant enough to think everyone should agree, but I think there's a lot to be said for 'if you haven't got anything nice to say don't say anything at all".

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sparklemagic · 26/07/2006 19:25

I am in alliterative mood and went for Leo and Lily.

SSSandy · 26/07/2006 19:23

I added my favourite girl's name because it wasn't on the list. Aidan for a boy

Xavielli · 26/07/2006 18:56

Thanks for all the comments about my babies names cod. Well done for typing them correctly!

FYI my sons name is not pronounced in the english, but in the greek pronunciation, as this is what they are. it is za-vee-ur. They have an unusual surname... it sounds alot less stupid with it... What do you want me to call him, Dave Petrasidis? Does that suit you better? FFS.

yawningmonster · 26/07/2006 09:02

My favourites weren't there but thought they were fairly well known so was suprised
Asha and Nathaniel (ds2 or dd1 are destined for one of these)

kama · 26/07/2006 08:54

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schneebly · 26/07/2006 08:53

Although I am pissed off that my ex has called his baby girl Amy - that was what I was going to call my wee girl (if I had one) - do you think it would be wrong to use the name anyway (if i ever have a girl)? We live 150 miles form each other - or would that just be weird?

schneebly · 26/07/2006 08:51

Amy and Elliot for me. I wouldn't choose DSs names because DH won a bet to choose them and they are not my favourites

mia84 · 26/07/2006 08:37

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