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February

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westkar · 23/02/2014 00:23

Due in the next few days and been struggling with a name, narrowed it down to Kelly, Jenny, Daniella and Stacey although thought about Candy at one point also.

However top of my list was the name February or Feb for short!!! Everyone hates it, so I dropped it early on, but recently as time draws near it has come back to play. yet I do not want to give my child a name everyone hates.

Anyone like it or is it really bad?

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Theonlyoneiknow · 23/02/2014 08:45

I like it. There are far worse names talked about on here IMHO. Jenny is great too, well Jennifer with the nn Jenny. As someone said we use April, May, June and i know an Autumn and a Summer so why not February.

florascotia · 23/02/2014 08:27

There is an early 1960s children's novel by John Verney called 'February's Road' - companion to 'Friday's Tunnel' (1959). It features a large, eccentric family with the surname Callendar. February (a girl, and a really great character) is the heroine of both books, Friday is her brother. I enjoyed it as a child (though 'Friday's Tunnel' was much, much better), but I expect it will seem very middle-class, cosy and dated now. Have not read either book for decades.
cozynook.blogspot.co.uk/2007/07/on-callendar-with-john-verney.html

FreakinScaryCaaw · 23/02/2014 05:18

Nope.

CheerfulYank · 23/02/2014 05:08

Plenty of girls named April, May, and June, so why not?

aGirlDownUnder1 · 23/02/2014 05:04

February is just awful and it will be even worse if she is born in the month February. Candy is just as bad, even if you lived in the USA

Kelly, Jenny and Stacey sound very 70s/80s, and tbh I think they should stay their but I love Daniella.

argylesocks · 23/02/2014 04:22

Um I'd have to say no. I really like Kelly though.

Dovahkiin · 23/02/2014 02:23

Nope. January Jones just about gets away with it, and you're left wondering how she managed it, rather than admiring the beauty of the name. I suppose the porn-star alliteration helps.

Jenny and Danni are both nice enough. Jenny is a bit 70s but was quite popular in the late Victorian period as well.

if the February thing is important to you, this link might give you some more ideas www.babynameslog.com/february-baby-names

SoonToBeSix · 23/02/2014 00:43

Just no, and are you stuck in the 80's?

RhondaJean · 23/02/2014 00:41

February birthstone is amethyst?

Vijac · 23/02/2014 00:38

I like Jenny and Daniella best. Not February, it is just not an attractive word let alone name. You could use Candice with candy for nn.

squoosh · 23/02/2014 00:36

Also Candy is terrible, there'd be lots of boring 'sweet as' and 'candy crush' jokes.

squoosh · 23/02/2014 00:36

I'm loving your 70's retro Kelly, Jenny vibe. You will be way ahead of the pack!

February though? If I was told I had to name my child after a month February wouldn't be top of the list.

fideline · 23/02/2014 00:35

I like it.

Ruprekt · 23/02/2014 00:32

No.........

Holliee · 23/02/2014 00:30

Think February is ambitious but thats what you love then do it! NOT CANDY hun.... hehe

Puddles1234 · 23/02/2014 00:30

February? As a child's name?! Absolutely awful. What on earth would possess you to even think of such a name? Also Candy? Barely acceptable even if you lived in the southern states of America and we're obscenely wealthy.

meringuesnowflakes33 · 23/02/2014 00:25

Awful. Sorry Grin

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