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I've got a nerdy one for you...

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FlipFlippingFlippers · 19/03/2015 17:35

Ok so very unlikely but I am 40+6 today and having mild irregular contractions. We don't know what we are having but I've agreed that if baby is born on March 20th and is a girl then we'll call her Luna Grin

Any idea on space/moon related boy names just in case?

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GladysTheGolem · 19/03/2015 17:36

Apollo
Cosmo(naut)

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FlipFlippingFlippers · 19/03/2015 17:37

Apollo of course! Oh dear me my mum will kill me Grin

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FlipFlippingFlippers · 19/03/2015 17:43

I quite like Buzz too but they seem a bit too cool for us to pull off!

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emwithme · 19/03/2015 17:52

DH and I aren't pregnant yet, but we have the name planned for a future son - we're going for Edwin Neil - after the first two men to pee on the moon.

(It also works because my lovely, late, Gran was Winifred, known as Win, so we're kind of honouring her too).

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FlipFlippingFlippers · 19/03/2015 17:57

Excellent name!

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TempsPerdu · 19/03/2015 18:04

Lovely idea! Moon ones are tricky I think, as mostly female. Some fairly usable stars/constellations though: Orion, Sirius, Leo.

Archer26 · 19/03/2015 18:13

Love Luna! I think it's a gorgeous name whether she's born in the 20th or not! Grin

Apollo is great too. Also atlas is one of Jupiters moons I think. Atlas is a good strong name.

stiffstink · 19/03/2015 18:16

Sol?

JohnFarleysRuskin · 19/03/2015 18:20

Tom as in major tom ;)

Moon dust/moon unit

Laika

Hope it's going well!

JohnFarleysRuskin · 19/03/2015 18:22

Or what about an astronomer?

Nicholas? Or er Galileo..

CharlesRyder · 19/03/2015 18:24

Brian (Cox)

CitronVert · 19/03/2015 18:27

I used to know someone who was born 20th July 1969. He was called Neil, middle name Armstrong Smile

AugustaGloop · 19/03/2015 18:29

Neil or Buzz

gaahhnonicknamesleft · 19/03/2015 18:31

Sunny

pyrowall · 19/03/2015 18:32

Sonny (Sunny) it is a solar eclipse after all!

MyBootsAreMuddy · 19/03/2015 18:32

How about Sol for the sun?
Or you could look up the names of gods and goddesses of the sun or moon? Or the names of the moons of Jupiter or Uranus?

LifeIsBetterInFlipFlops · 19/03/2015 18:34

Remus (Lupin) werewolf in Harry Potter. Remus twin of Romulus - raised by a wolf.
(Playing on the moon / wolf connection).

LifeIsBetterInFlipFlops · 19/03/2015 18:37

Buzz Aldrin's name was Edwin, so go for that, but just call him Buzz as a nickname.

AugustaGloop · 19/03/2015 18:44

Cyrus means sun I think.

Or to stretch it really quite a lot go for Tyler (Bonnie Tyler total eclipse of the heard).

AugustaGloop · 19/03/2015 18:44

or heart even

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FlipFlippingFlippers · 19/03/2015 19:27

Loving these ideas! I like Sol a lot. We have an Edwin in the family so can't really use that. I don't think baby is going to make an appearance yet but it's fun to have a theme just in case.

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Pancakeflipper · 19/03/2015 19:30

Orion

avocadotoast · 19/03/2015 23:12

I don't have any suggestions, but that is an adorable idea Smile good luck OP!

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FlipFlippingFlippers · 20/03/2015 10:33

Well no sign of baby but I enjoyed the eclipse! I've got until midnight I suppose.

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Jackieharris · 20/03/2015 10:42

Cosmo is a proper name and a good one at that.

Copernicus
Mark/Marcus comes from Mars so is kind of spacey

Mercury/mercutio

Newton/Albert/Stephen?

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