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Bede?

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ArsenicyOldFace · 24/08/2014 01:50

For a boy (obviously?)

As in 'The venerable...'

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TalcumPowder · 09/09/2014 12:30

I like it. And I know a cool teenage Bede, from a rather posh family. Has a brother called Ambrose. Haven't seen Bede in aeons, but think he may be at Harrow.

MiaowTheCat · 09/09/2014 11:09

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Beautifullymixed · 07/09/2014 13:51

I actually thought it was pronounced Beady or Bee-day sorry

Like the name Hebe -Hee-bee (or maybe I've got that wrong too.
Had never heard of this name, but love anything slightly different, and I've learnt new things reading this thread.

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BlackberryandNettle · 05/09/2014 20:14

Hmm not that keen - you/he'd be having to explain it a lot wouldn't you? 'Not bead, not the bum washing sink'

FatherSpodoKomodo · 30/08/2014 21:30

I'm a southerner and I've heard of Bede, though I know nothing about him. Will go and google now! Although it's not a name I would choose, it's actually quite nice.

I never get the problem with having to tell someone how to spell names forever. I have a very common name, but it's got quite a few different spellings so I have to spell or correct it every time I tell someone new my name.

And I'd rather they asked than guessed and guessed wrong.

babyblabber · 30/08/2014 16:38

totally not in the know and seeing it written down I would have thought it's pronounced beady. so wouldn't be a fan

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ArsenicyOldFace · 30/08/2014 14:44

I'll PM you DH's mobile number alma. He needs a supporter.

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almapudden · 30/08/2014 14:42

I prefer Caractacus

GlacindaTheTroll · 30/08/2014 14:40

I've always liked the name Hrothgar.

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ArsenicyOldFace · 30/08/2014 14:38

Unusual without being outlandish.

Exactly my feeling Dapple. Thank you

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GreatAuntDinah · 30/08/2014 14:32

Actually I toyed with Lothar for DS. As long as you steer clear of Eggfrith.

Dapplegrey · 30/08/2014 14:21

I like it. Unusual without being outlandish.

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ArsenicyOldFace · 30/08/2014 14:14

Clovis has possibilities. But they aren't eras I have studied or have any familiarity with and I hate the 'pick a pretty word' school of naming. Still, work is quite light and I always wanted to be a medievalist, I could get some serious reading done . They had all the best names.

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GreatAuntDinah · 30/08/2014 14:04

Not particularly, it's just that both have that Dark Ages vibe. Or you could go continental with Pepin or Clovis

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ArsenicyOldFace · 30/08/2014 13:56

Good for him Families Oliver is an awful name

Ambrose makes me think of a rustic in a smock Dinah. Do you think the spelling and pronounciation of Caedmon are well known? Besides, I'm not looking for an NE connection specifically.

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GreatAuntDinah · 30/08/2014 13:40

I'd presume you were pretty religious. I know a small Caedmon, which I think is just a brilliant name. Or how about Ambrose?

FamiliesShareGerms · 28/08/2014 22:00

No reason, Arsenic - we had an agreement of right of absolute veto with no need to explain. He also said no to Oliver with out any explanation!

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ArsenicyOldFace · 28/08/2014 21:49

Arf @ small eyes.

Families Your DH is silly. What reason did he give?

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ArsenicyOldFace · 28/08/2014 21:48

Every single time you tell anyone your name for the next 85 years? Really?

Not everyone will be so daft Hak

I always thought of The Venerable as his first names

Miranda

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SwedishEdith · 28/08/2014 21:45

I know of a young one - devout Catholics so I would assume the same of any others. I'd worry in case he had small eyes and his name providing the perfect nick name

FamiliesShareGerms · 28/08/2014 21:45

I wanted it for DS but DH vetoed it

MirandaGoshawk · 28/08/2014 21:39

It sounds like a surname to me. I always thought of The Venerable as his first names

Hakluyt · 28/08/2014 21:34

"Doesn't take much to correct Nigella and it is not a complicated spelling for people to remember, once they have been told"

Every single time you tell anyone your name for the next 85 years? Really?

ShadowStar · 28/08/2014 21:30

I do like Bede.

I think you'd be fine with it if you live in northeast England -where the venerable Bede lived, as I'm sure you know, so where people are most likely to be familiar with it as a name.

Outside northeast England? Not so sure. Probably a lot of people thinking he's called Bead and / or has parents trying to invent a unique name, unless they're particularly religious / historically minded.

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