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Axl

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Treaclepie19 · 07/04/2015 11:22

I really like Axl (spelt that way, for some reason)
Honest opinions?
I'm not sure I can imagine calling a baby Axl but I do love it, especially with our surname as it sounds very rock and roll.

Be kind but honest :p
If we have a girl she will be Tabitha.

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lemonyone · 07/04/2015 20:45

Funny though - I'd put Rupert and Axl at the opposite ends of the scale for namings! Grin

I'm sure that whatever you decide, he will become that name. My best friend has 4 DCs with barking mad names and after about a week you go "oh yes, he's called Stone, so be it".

lemonyone · 07/04/2015 20:43

Eeep! I love Rupert too!

Had I decided to have another DC I would have had a Rupert.

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Treaclepie19 · 07/04/2015 20:41

Tabitha is a definite :)

I do want honest opinions, I don't want a baby to be teased all their life.
We're thinking maybe Rupert... We're very lost!

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lemonyone · 07/04/2015 20:36

I love the name Tabitha. Was on my list.

Do you really want honest opinions? Because I think the name Axl has rather icky feel to me, because of the whole oral sex thing and Axl Rose looks a bit of a car crash now.
Axel is better, even though now I have the theme tune to Beverly Hills Cop in my brain now. Whoo whoo - electronica music madness.

CaptainFabulous · 07/04/2015 20:31

Scots, because it sounds stupid.

IvoryMadonna · 07/04/2015 19:25

I've always thought it an odd name (Scandinavia apart). It just makes me think of car parts.

Also it's quite a popular name for dogs round our way, for some reason.

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Treaclepie19 · 07/04/2015 19:20

Hehe, DH is on board with it :)

Guess on Monday we will know whether we need to decide on a boys name or not.

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Treaclepie19 · 07/04/2015 18:28

i expected mixed reviews - the only reason I said anything to soup dragon was because it felt a bit personal. As in - if you have a boy I feel sorry for them.

Anyway, it really doesn't matter, thanks for all your comments :)

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scrivette · 07/04/2015 18:26

I like it, I haven't heard of the Oral Sex connection before.

RL20 · 07/04/2015 18:22

SoupDragon apologies that you took offence, I just seem to see a lot of unnecessary comments on the Baby Names section.
Of corse anyone throwing out a personal name choice is going to get positive and negative comments but I was replying to the OP's comment of 'Helpful comment SoupDragon...' Which may or may not have been sarcastic, I don't know.
With RE to the oral sex comments, I hadn't seen the OP comment back to any of those hence my reason for not doing either.
Anyway, apologies again

ScotsWhaHae · 07/04/2015 18:10

Why not Captain?

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Treaclepie19 · 07/04/2015 17:49

There's really no need to argue.
I know it's very much a marmite name.

I still like it, but like I say we have a very long list!

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SoupDragon · 07/04/2015 17:25

Ignore people like SoupDragon, that really irritates me!

How about the others who said they don't like the name?
How about those who said it reminded them of oral sex?
How about you make personal attacks on them as well?

At least I said I liked Tabitha. "Kind but honest"

Maryz · 07/04/2015 17:05

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CaptainFabulous · 07/04/2015 16:59

Oh yeah! Imagine a 40 year old Actuary named Axl...just nope. Grin

BigfootFilesHisToesInYourTea · 07/04/2015 16:49

Axyl is another spelling variant. (Though to me, that looks a bit like a medical product name?)

Axton is a name of Old English origin.

Though if you're going for rock and roll names, what about Trent (Reznor)? Though the river association may be a dealbreaker!

ChrisQuean · 07/04/2015 16:35

Mmmmmmm not keen to be honest. I know a lovely little Axel, but his parents are both Swedish and its a common name there. I think Axl Rose and the anagram too.

GerundTheBehemoth · 07/04/2015 16:29

Axl makes me think of axolotls. But oddly Axel (which I prefer) doesn't.

RL20 · 07/04/2015 16:27

Ignore people like SoupDragon, that really irritates me! Don't think they have/had mothers that taught them if there was nothing nice to be said, don't say anything at all! Must have been boredom.
Anyway, I do love the name Axl/Axel and it was sort of on my list as I'm expecting a baby boy, but as someone else said, I can't get over the fact that it is really quite masculine. I've also got a habit of shortening names or making them sound cutesy for nicknames, and you can't really do that with Axl (obviously that may not be a problem for you!Grin).

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Treaclepie19 · 07/04/2015 15:34

That's true chickens!

We have an incredibly long list so I think eventually we will find a name we love.

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nauticant · 07/04/2015 14:07

Like others, the term oral sex immediately came to mind.

chickensaresafehere · 07/04/2015 14:04

Love it (but to be honest Axl Rose is abit of a knob now,but in his heyday )!!!!

Floggingmolly · 07/04/2015 14:02

It's like a way of using up random letters on a monopoly board. Awful.

SoupDragon · 07/04/2015 14:02

Glad to have been of help.