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What Shipping Forecast region would you name your child?!

58 replies

00100001 · 07/07/2015 12:40

So, if you had to, what region would you choose to name your child, and would it be boy or a girl

Viking
North Utsire
South Utsire
Forties
Cromarty
Forth
Tyne
Dogger
Fisher
German Bight
Humber
Thames
Dover
Wight
Portland
Plymouth
Biscay
Trafalgar
FitzRoy
Sole
Lundy
Fastnet
Irish Sea
Shannon
Rockall
Malin
Hebrides
Bailey
Fair Isle
Faeroes
Southeast Iceland

I'd go for... Malin for a girl and Cromarty for a Boy Grin

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00100001 · 07/07/2015 22:35

Was your friend a linguist Hainault? Grin

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HainaultViaNewburyPark · 07/07/2015 22:25

I like Biscay for a boy and - erm - maybe Utsire for a girl?

I went to uni with a girl called Malin (I think it translates as 'cunning' which would put me off using it).

LibrariesGaveUsPower · 07/07/2015 22:21

I knew a lovely Malin.

Malin and Fitzroy.

SwearyInn · 07/07/2015 21:54

I thought " channel light vessel automatic" was one of the options?

Good for quadruplets.

emwithme · 07/07/2015 21:54

DH is going for the unisex Finisterre (he also doesn't care it's not a region any more).

I said Cromarty and now he's sitting over there

CatOfTheGreenGlades · 07/07/2015 21:44

Just reading the list is so evocative... immediately feel like it's late at night and some lovely radio 4 person is lulling me to sleep :)

I think Utsire for a girl, Rockall for a boy.

AGnu · 07/07/2015 21:41

I think Fisher could work for either sex but could leave them open for fish-related teasing. I'm quite liking Portland as a strong masculine name... I suppose it could be unisex too, it's a bit like Parker.

DayLillie · 07/07/2015 21:30

I am gutted that Finisterre is no longer an area on the list Sad

Lundy, but not sure whether it is a girl or boy. Good cat name.

bluechameleon · 07/07/2015 21:25

Hebrides for girl and Trafalgar for a boy, Bridie and Algie for short.

Fridgedooropen · 07/07/2015 20:37

Yes, Tyne for a girl after Tyne Daly! Would love a daughter named after a kick ass role model like Mary Beth Lacey.

Think it'd have to be Viking for a boy.

RiverTam · 07/07/2015 20:28

Finisterre. I don't care if it's not a shipping region any more, it's skeays been my favourite.

TheCowThatLaughs · 07/07/2015 20:27

I know someone called Malin. I always thought it was American

BothEndsBurning · 07/07/2015 20:16

Dogger really would be rather unfortunate Grin

Mrsfrumble · 07/07/2015 16:13

Malin for a girl is actually really pretty, isn't it?

Viking for a boy. Especially if he was a redhead like DS.

FraggleHair · 07/07/2015 15:47

Oh I love Tyne Daly!

ElviraCondomine · 07/07/2015 15:46

Tyne for a girl, surely -for those of us old enough to have loved Cagney and Lacey.

NinjaLeprechaun · 07/07/2015 15:34

"Forth for a boy."
Only if he had three older brothers.

cosmicglittergirl · 07/07/2015 15:30

Forth for a boy.
Mailin for a girl.

FraggleHair · 07/07/2015 15:30

Dogger is more suitable for an adult.

Sophronia · 07/07/2015 14:38

Malin for a girl and Tyne or Shannon for a boy.

SunnyBaudelaire · 07/07/2015 13:40

Sole for a girl and Wight for a boy....but seriously?

Shannon
Fitzroy
Bailey

BikeRunSki · 07/07/2015 13:36

Although if I called a child/pet Malin, it would be assumed I'd named them after a part of Sheffield.

BikeRunSki · 07/07/2015 13:35

DS's nn amongst his cousins is Viking! (He is tall and blonde, lots of Celtic genes; they are tiny and dark).

I now want b/g twins called Cromarty and Malin!

scandichick · 07/07/2015 13:28

Malin is a real Swedish name (for a girl, though), as is Viking - but I'd go for Fitzroy Grin

reuset · 07/07/2015 13:25

Cromarty has a pleasant ring to it actually... Hmm