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Sibling for Polly- comprehensive musical knowledge required!

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BeanCalledPickle · 16/11/2014 21:15

Dd is Polly because we were listening to Nevermind and said 'that's her name!'

Now she will have a sibling. It's really important to us to have a name from music. Girl we are thinking Luna - last track on Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream. Possibly Chloe - Motherlovebone.

Our musical tastes are 90's grunge, alternative punky type stuff.

Are there any good names out there, especially for boys? Jeremy- pearl jam - isn't in the mix and is what most people suggest! Don't really want to use musicians names either, so no Kurt, Trent etc

Suggestions?!

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BeanCalledPickle · 17/11/2014 20:50

Thanks! With the boys name though I do wish something would just got me one day like polly did!

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isaacandelodiesmummy · 17/11/2014 09:08

Love Atticus too for the same reason. Luna is beautiful. Lucky baby is going to have a great name one way or another.

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BeanCalledPickle · 17/11/2014 09:04

Ooh so many ideas. Love the Spencer idea, that does kind of fit! Sonographer was prepared to say maybe a boy but obviously we don't know for sure at 16 weeks. Is it wrong that I will be disappointed if it's a boy and I can't use Luna?!

Do like Spencer and Floyd a LOT.

Complete tangent but we also like atticus. I'm a lawyer and always think Atticus as in to kill a mockingbird. The vaguest connection to music is that Atticus Ross is Trent Reznors composing partner.

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DeathMetalMum · 17/11/2014 06:43

Eleanor - both Eleanor rigby and from folding stars by Biffy Clyro.

Twittwooo · 17/11/2014 06:30

Great thread! We're struggling with names for second child and are big music fans so following with interest.

RainbowInACloud · 17/11/2014 00:52

Sorry- that should obviously say darcey.

RainbowInACloud · 17/11/2014 00:51

Darley- super cool member of the pumpkins?

ZeroSomeGameThingy · 17/11/2014 00:40

Pascal (Scottish Enlightenment. Though not quite your era. )

For a girl you could bring back Heather. (Gorkys Z M)

Sophronia · 17/11/2014 00:33

Martha (For Martha - Smashing Pumpkins)
Jane / Janie (Janie Jones - The Clash)
Charlotte (Charlotte Sometimes - The Cure)
Judy (Judy is a Punk - The Ramones)
Ruby (Thru the eyes of Ruby - Smashing Pumpkins)

Sophronia · 17/11/2014 00:18

Sally from Sally Cinnamon (Stone Roses) and Don't Look Back in Anger (Oasis), or are Polly and Sally too similar?

EvenFlo · 17/11/2014 00:06

Following from last post - Xiola from James addiction's 3 days.
Not a brilliant story behind it but an unusual name.

morethanpotatoprints · 17/11/2014 00:03

Cecilia

isadorable · 16/11/2014 23:54

Jane/ Sergio - from Jane says.. By Jane's addiction,

avocadogreen · 16/11/2014 23:42

Another vote for Elise... from PJ Harvey's Perfect Day Elise and also The Cure's Letter To Elise. Love that Cure song, not heard it in ages, sigh...

EachandEveryone · 16/11/2014 23:36

Martha by Tom Waits

WetAugust · 16/11/2014 23:28

Eloise. was it The Damned?

ReinholdMessner · 16/11/2014 22:51

Another Manics one, although considerably more political: Elián.

yetanotherchangename · 16/11/2014 22:48

I have a Noah (no alarms and no surprises) rather than the whale

NoArmaniNoPunani · 16/11/2014 22:44

Zephyr or Johnny (RHCP)

Castlemilk · 16/11/2014 22:40

Ah I think you should go for Spencer then - as in the Nevermind baby - Polly and Spencer are ace together, and it's a good story.

isaacandelodiesmummy · 16/11/2014 22:40

I like Blake

divingoffthebalcony · 16/11/2014 22:37

*thinking Manics

Clearly I am too reliant on autocorrect - then it doesn't kick in!

divingoffthebalcony · 16/11/2014 22:36

If you're thbkibg Mancs then there's Enola.

Or Elise from PJ Harvey's "A Perfect Day Elise".

Merrylegs · 16/11/2014 22:32

Or for a whole lot of good music -Rosa (Surfer Rosa - Pixies)

Merrylegs · 16/11/2014 22:30

Jonas (My Name is Jonas-Weezer)
Daisy (Push th' Little Daisies -Ween).

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