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Penguin for a girl?

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Cereal0ffender · 11/09/2014 13:03

Or is it more of a boys name?

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2kidsintow · 11/09/2014 14:12

Another in Wales here. Yep, it would be Pengwyn and would mean whitehead. Nice.

Woozlebear · 11/09/2014 14:05

I like it for a middle name. I'm considering Tarquinius Penguin. Not sure it has sufficient gravitas for a first name?

ShatnersBassoon · 11/09/2014 13:55

Booby and Chough are a bit more classy.

Littledidsheknow · 11/09/2014 13:50

*Pingu

Littledidsheknow · 11/09/2014 13:49

Ping for a boy, leeds2, Pinga for a girl.

Leeds2 · 11/09/2014 13:43

I think Pingu would be the nn.

Lweji · 11/09/2014 13:40

I see a life time of name-calling.

In particular cold callers. Brrr.

BetweenDogandWolf · 11/09/2014 13:38

Lweji Grin

enriquetheringbearinglizard · 11/09/2014 13:37

We did consider guillemot but worried she might be teased

As a child I vaguely knew a Guillemot Farqueharson. Teased unmercifully in youth, grew in to it as an adult. Very commanding name if I may say so.
Male though Confused
Very pretty younger sister called Sanderling iirc, but she disappointed when she married into a minor branch of the Gloucestershire Sparrows and called her first born Jane. Oh well.

twostucktogether · 11/09/2014 13:36

I see a life time of name-calling.
Poor child.

LegoSuperstar · 11/09/2014 13:35

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penguinsaresmall · 11/09/2014 13:34

I like it Smile

ElizabethMedora · 11/09/2014 13:34

JumpJockey in Oxfordshire? The owner of the Annabelinda shop in Oxford had a daughter called Puffin...

anythingforaquietnight · 11/09/2014 13:31

Ah(nods head), the Brythonic connection littledidsheknow

I believe the Spanish derivation is Sanguine

Lweji · 11/09/2014 13:31

Sadly I don't think I'll get to use it as DH claims that anymore DC would kill him.

Poor man. High blood pressure or was it the breast feeding? Back pain?

BetweenDogandWolf · 11/09/2014 13:29

Only middle name Gilbert? Smile Sadly I don't think I'll get to use it as DH claims that anymore DC would kill him. Sad

Lweji · 11/09/2014 13:28

And if the first name was Baron, that would be perfect, Gilbert.

Rubberstamp · 11/09/2014 13:27

Definitely a boy's name. Staying with the bird theme, I'd suggest that 'Thrush' is very girly. Generally.

GilbertBlytheWouldGetIt · 11/09/2014 13:27

Humboldt! I like it! If I had a baby boy tomorrow, that'd be his middle name, no messing.

ThereIsIron · 11/09/2014 13:26

What about Garibaldi?

AbbieHoffmansAfro · 11/09/2014 13:26

Oh yes, Sardine! A sister to Sprat and Pilchard.

Lweji · 11/09/2014 13:26

I love Orca.
But my favourite is Sardine. Shame I never had a DD.

GilbertBlytheWouldGetIt · 11/09/2014 13:26

I think you could go one step further and deconstruct it:

Beak/Beaker

Flipper / Flippa

Feather

Cloaca

Lweji · 11/09/2014 13:25

I don't know how anyone can offer an opinion without knowing your surname OP

Yeah. Imagine she would end up with initials like PJ. The poor girl. Or boy.

BetweenDogandWolf · 11/09/2014 13:25

You could perhaps go more specific with Gentoo or Adelie. Or Chinstrap or Humboldt if baby is a surprise boy.