Caleb or Flynn?

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Elpatso80 · 02/02/2015 09:10

I am due tomorrow and DH and I have still not agreed in a name! We like both these names with my preference being Caleb and DH liking Flynn more. We already have a son called Elliott.

I like a name which you can shorten, so Caleb would be Cal (or Cub while he is a baby) but you can't really shorten Flynn.

Which do you prefer?

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DixieNormas · 02/02/2015 13:24

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squoosh · 02/02/2015 13:15

But they've always been first names too.

I know surnames as first names is quite fashionable these days but it doesn't sound right to me when it's a name that I know as a common surname. Delaney and Sullivan are other examples that seem to be cropping up.

PunkAssMoFo · 02/02/2015 13:14

Caleb.
Love it.

cocobud · 02/02/2015 13:10

Flynn

Lots of popular names are also surnames so I wouldn't worry about that. Thomas, Finn, James, John, to mention a few.

BananaToast · 02/02/2015 12:36

Flynn

squoosh · 02/02/2015 12:16

Caleb.

Flynn is a surname and I just can't get used to it being used as a first name.

SnowwyJane · 02/02/2015 12:01

I personally love Flynn!
There is always Flynnie or Fin but you could always make a nickname suited to what he looks like or personality!
My mum calls me Snow for some reason and my name is Sophie haha.
Goes with what he looks like I suppose :)

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