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Thoughts on Regan??

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LuckyOwl28 · 17/09/2014 21:29

As a potential sister for Bethany.

I have 2 months to go and husband and I still can't agree on a girls name.

I love Rosie, he hates it.

Regan just came up on a film and he likes. Unsure what I think!

Thoughts?

Would probably be Regan Lea (pronounced Lee)

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LuckyOwl28 · 17/09/2014 21:43

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The reason my husband doesn't like Rosie is his inexplicable hate for any names involving flowers. Rosie apparently sounds too much like Rose.

I was set on Rosanna Lea which I thought we could shorten to Rosie but he was having none of it :(

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TheFillyjonk · 17/09/2014 21:42

Why would you not mind about King Lear?

Regan, although less egocentric and wicked than her sister Goneril, manipulated others into torture for her own gain. Regan ordering Cornwall to pluck out Gloucester's other eye springs to mind - yuck!

Plus you have the Exorcist connotations AND Ronald Reagan...

Gunznroses · 17/09/2014 21:39

It is the girl in the exorcist. Grim!

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LuckyOwl28 · 17/09/2014 21:39

lol this will definitely put my husband off, he has a thing about little girl ghosts and demons

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OneDayWhenIGrowUp · 17/09/2014 21:38

I know a Regan, she's lovely, so I think it's a lovely name. Pronounced ''Ree-gan'' rather than ''Ray-gan''.

Not sure about Regan Lea though.

Regan Rose? (or Rosalie/Rosalea?)

LadyWithLapdog · 17/09/2014 21:37

Ronald Regan. For the same reason I'd never like Margaret again.

SeptemberBabies · 17/09/2014 21:36

Crossed post. It's the girl in the exorcist.

SeptemberBabies · 17/09/2014 21:35

Was the film The Exorcist?

HollyBen · 17/09/2014 21:35

My first thought was Ronald... Having said that I really like it

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LuckyOwl28 · 17/09/2014 21:35

Don't mind so much about King Lear!

Didn't know the link to the Exorcist myself so maybe not everyone would?

Hmm..

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tippytappywriter · 17/09/2014 21:35

Ronald Regan was my first thought.

toryalane · 17/09/2014 21:32

King Lear! Sorry.

Glitterkitten24 · 17/09/2014 21:31

My first thought is the film, the exorcist. Sorry