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Berlin for a girls name!?

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eeyore2911 · 22/02/2014 14:45

We are expecting twin girls in July and are obviously already stressing about names Shock OH likes Berlin for one but I'm not so sure... Is it a proper name? Is it a bit out there? Will it grow on me? We were thinking middle name Beatrix so I suppose she could use that....Thanks

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florascotia · 23/02/2014 18:30

'Berloo' was a popular nickname for 'Beryl' at one time.

Must say that I think 'Linden' is a prettier option. Linden trees are very graceful, and linden blossom has a lovely perfume. To me, Berlin has associations of the Berlin Wall and consequent human suffering. Or else it has tacky Sally Bowles/Cabaret echoes (I hated the film and did not find it glamorous).

But perhaps you could use Berlin as a middle name if the city - which is of course also very splendid and historical - has special associations for you.

EauRouge · 23/02/2014 18:11

We get the 'is that where she was conceived' question about DD2 and her name is an actual name, as well as a city (admittedly we only get this from people that don't realise the city was named after a person). Would that bother you? Does Berlin hold any special significance for you?

RescueCack · 23/02/2014 18:05

I love it! Blush

LongWayRound · 23/02/2014 18:03

Tallinn and Riga might be OK... and Vilnius for a boy's name

LongWayRound · 23/02/2014 17:59

Twins Buda and Pest? Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau? Ross and Cromarty?

mathanxiety · 22/02/2014 23:32

There's a place called Groitzsch in Saxony.

mathanxiety · 22/02/2014 23:30

Bad Wimpfen is badder than any of the above suggestions...

RonaldMcDonald · 22/02/2014 22:25

I like it

Try Warsaw for a boy or maybe Gaza or Bogside

PoshPaula · 22/02/2014 22:20

Oh please. No.

starlight1234 · 22/02/2014 22:17

No sorry does not sound in the slightest feminine...

Puddles1234 · 22/02/2014 22:17

Berlin?! Is that a joke?

I abhor children's names that are cities or places of interest. They are so tacky.

However Beatrix is just lovely. Maybe go with that and spare your poor child years of ridicule.

sonlypuppyfat · 22/02/2014 22:16

Ha ha ha cheered me right up this has.

VeryStressedMum · 22/02/2014 22:12

MrsBennetsEldest - Belen sounds too close to bellend..I was crying with laughter Grin

honeybeeridiculous · 22/02/2014 22:10

Belen? Surely they would get called bellend Grin

moggiek · 22/02/2014 22:10

Just NO!

NinjaCow · 22/02/2014 22:09

I know a Berlin, but she doesn't like the name. Sydney? London? Odessa? Sofia?

Martorana · 22/02/2014 22:09

"It wouldn't be fair to have a Berlin and an Imogen for example."

Why- because Berlin would be so jealous of her sister having a proper human beings's name?

LongWayRound · 22/02/2014 22:03

You might like to choose one of the cities Berlin is twinned with for the other twin:

Los Angeles - Paris - Madrid - Istanbul - Warsaw - Moscow - Budapest - Brussels - Jakarta - Tashkent - Mexico City - Beijing - Tokyo - Buenos Aires - Prague - Windhoek - London

Any inspiration there?

ohabi · 22/02/2014 22:01

i like it

Pobblewhohasnotoes · 22/02/2014 21:48

No.

NationMcKinley · 22/02/2014 21:47

Take my breath away Grin. I like unusual names and whole I think Berlin has a nice sound to it I do think you'll get a lot of Hmm faces.

SadFreak · 22/02/2014 21:44

Well if your surname isnt Wall it may be OK.

Other options are:
Brussels
Bristol
Budapest
Bern
Barcelona
Birmingham
Bradford
Bath
Bremen
Bucharest
Bruges
Belfast
Belgrade
Bergen
Bilbao
Bratislava
Brighton
Berwick-on-Tweed

deelite72 · 22/02/2014 21:38

Great city, one of the best! Dreadful name. Don't do it. She'll HATE it. You'll kill her confidence with a name that will have meaning for you but not for her. She's her own entity, her own person with her whole life ahead of her. Give her a name to be proud of.

coffeeinbed · 22/02/2014 21:34

I blame the Wine

Badvoc · 22/02/2014 21:33

Just....no.

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