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Baby boy Chester or Oscar

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Stella29 · 24/01/2015 18:54

Thoughts on both names ladies? Using this as a forum as only hubby and I know names. Both our mothers are school teachers and don't want to know the name of our baby until he's here as associate so many names with rotten pupils haha!

Our surname starts with an E x

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yummymango · 27/01/2015 20:25

Really don't like chester. I know loads of Oscars, it's a nice name.

fatbottomgirl67 · 27/01/2015 13:12

We were going to use Chester then chose another and my Ds , now 10 , regularly moans he would rather be a Chester !

KatieKaye · 27/01/2015 12:18

Like Oscar, don't like Chester and love Ashton!

gruffallosfriend · 27/01/2015 12:14

Oscar has become too trendy imo - evident by everyone loving it on here, so it might start to fall out of fashion and sound dated soon. Plus I dislike nicknames Ozzy/Oz.

Chester and Ashton are both interesting, less overused and strong - I'd go for either of them. Think I like Ashton best!

velvetmoon · 27/01/2015 12:08

Both are lovely. I really like Chester - it's a bit more uncommon.

Koalafications · 25/01/2015 08:53

Love Oscar. I only know one toddler called Oscar so it isn't as popular where I live.

Chester is a bit, meh

diddl · 25/01/2015 08:48

i love Oscar.

I wanted an Oscar & a Felix!

BlueStarsAtNight · 25/01/2015 08:26

I like both Oscar and Chester but do prefer Oscar, though popularity round here would put me off.

I don't like Ashton.

squoosh · 24/01/2015 23:57

'Chester reminds me of a rather well endowed 70s porn star called Chesty Morgan.'

Bloody hell I googled Chesty Morgan. She must have had terrible backache!

myotherusernameisbetter · 24/01/2015 23:55

I'd assume any child named Chester or Ashton in Scotland had English parents for some reason but not so with Oscar.

squoosh · 24/01/2015 23:52

Are you in Glasgow? If I met a Glaswegian child called Ashton I'd wonder if they'd been conceived after a boozy night down Ashton Lane. Or possibly conceived in Ashton Lane.

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Stella29 · 24/01/2015 23:46

No no we are in scotland! Chester, Oscar and Ashton all of which aren't that popular.

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Only1scoop · 24/01/2015 23:18

I love Chester

HarrietSchulenberg · 24/01/2015 23:18

There is a village called Ashton just outside Chester. Just wondering if you're from there and have a reason for liking those names.
You don't have to answer, I was just idly wondering.

Sophronia · 24/01/2015 23:06

Oscar, although it is very popular.

maggiethemagpie · 24/01/2015 22:14

Chester reminds me of a rather well endowed 70s porn star called Chesty Morgan. Sorry!

myotherusernameisbetter · 24/01/2015 21:24

I hope your surname isn't Drawers :o

Oscar is nice but popular although as you say, not everywhere.

I prefer Aston or Austin to Ashton.

spiderlight · 24/01/2015 21:19

Oscar is lovely. Chester is too well-known as a place name.Ashton is better but nowhere near as cool as Oscar.

CharlotteInBlue · 24/01/2015 21:16

Oscar

5dogsgoswimming · 24/01/2015 21:03

I like Chester although find both names a bit 'doggy'.

But maybe that's because I've known dogs with these names

NadiaWadia · 24/01/2015 19:55

Oscar and Ashton are both fine.

NadiaWadia · 24/01/2015 19:53

Chester brings to mind an oldish American businessman, who probably voted for Ronald Reagan and the Bushes. This may not be logical.

D0nnaO · 24/01/2015 19:33

my springer spaniel is called Chester, if he wasn't then we'd name our son it Smile

loislines · 24/01/2015 19:27

Not a fan of Chester (it's a place name not a child's name for me) or Ashton. Oscar is lovely. Lots of them about but that's for a good reason and if it doesn't bother you then it doesn't matter.

CaptainAnkles · 24/01/2015 19:24

I've never met any Oscars and think it's very nice. Not keen on Ashton or Chester.

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