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Boy's name Winston??

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kristine007 · 15/09/2015 19:31

I am 32 weeks pregnant expecting a boy and still no idea on name.

We are now thinking Winston Lancelot Jasper. Crazy?
My husband wants two middle names to start with L and J as he and our DS both have. Anyway, I am not too fussed about middle names.

My personal shortlist now is:

Winston
Theodore
Alastair

Arrgghh.. I am so frustrated with all this name picking and none of the names really feel totally right..
Any suggestions or opinions on our name list?

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kristine007 · 28/01/2016 17:35

Thank you :) I am very happy with our choice and we hear lots of nice comments about the name.
My in-laws hate it though - they actually asked us to change his name.. and they don't even take much interest in our baby - all because they hate his name. How sad.

Obsidian, it's my husband's thing - he wants matching middle initials -don't ask why.. :)

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Bovnydazzlers · 28/01/2016 03:46

That name is fab! Glad you changed the middle names :) Congratulations!

ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 28/01/2016 03:30

Haha much better than Lancelot!
I know you've done it now but what's with the matching middle initials?

Izzyathome · 28/01/2016 02:08

Really like Winston. Very cool but also classic. I know a local writer called Winn, very clever guy, made me like the nickname.

cecilelliott · 27/01/2016 19:36

Winston is great and unusual. Reminds me of 1984.

Alistair also lovely and surprisingly underused.

Either would be lovely!

Ilovegummibaers · 25/01/2016 14:23

Winston is a great name!

I also like Alastair, but find Theo(dore) a little overused.

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kristine007 · 25/01/2016 11:18

We called our son Winston Leo James :)

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Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 22/09/2015 23:00

Winston is gorgeous.

Narp · 20/09/2015 12:01

I think we have fairly dissimilar taste, OP, but I like Theodore

I wonder if you'd like these:

Gregory
Hugh
Alexander
Michael

Wearyheadedlady · 19/09/2015 19:35

It would be Winnie.

TwmSionCati · 19/09/2015 16:26

Would the female version be Winstonetta?

PollyGone · 19/09/2015 14:11

Winston is a great name,but without the middle names.

Wearyheadedlady · 19/09/2015 13:44

Suburban. I didn't say it was the most famous Winston or that most people would think of him first, only that I did. Him and then other old Jamaican men (I used to live in Brixton).

Sgtmajormummy · 19/09/2015 11:12

Winston Churchill suffered from manic depression, surviving on minimum naps for months on end when on a high but when the Black Dog struck he was a very unpleasant person, known for his misogyny and violent drunken behaviour. Not the benevolent British bulldog and rousing orator we're led to believe.

I'd think twice before I saddled a child with a name that has such connotations. However, I did know somebody who called their Golden Retriever Winston Grin.

SuburbanRhonda · 19/09/2015 10:52

weary it was a big deal, I agree. I remember the case making huge waves at the time and after his conviction was quashed.

However, I'm sure that if people were asked to name the most famous Winston they could think of it wouldn't be Winston Silcott.

Comingroundthemountain · 19/09/2015 10:43

Gruber - don't all babies look like Winston Churchill?

Great name. Didn't Billie Piper call her son this?

TwmSionCati · 18/09/2015 08:40

it was a very popular post war name there. Lenny Henry didnt't really help either.

beavington · 18/09/2015 00:29

What's the connection with Winston and Jamaica?? ConfusedBlush

JeffsanArsehole · 18/09/2015 00:15

Lancelot is fucking bonkers

Winston is said in my head with a bad Jamaican accent

Jaspers not great either

Theodore is a nice, normal name without the other ones

Wearyheadedlady · 18/09/2015 00:10

Minimaus You need to use google and find out who he is. Big, big big big deal.

MamaLazarou · 17/09/2015 20:25

Winston is a brilliant name. Lancelot, though? Confused

Alittlecurious · 17/09/2015 14:31

My eyes just popped out on stalks when I read Winston Lancelot Jasper. No to all three names, whatever the order.

Tornupinside · 17/09/2015 14:22

I once had a pet snail called winston... But genuinely I love love love the name!!!

Minimaus · 17/09/2015 13:21

It's a great name and people are not going to associate your Winston with either Churchill or Silcot (no idea who he is, personally), but with YOUR son. It's just because we don't know many little Winstons that our only associations are these.

TwmSionCati · 17/09/2015 11:14

and yes I afraid one does rather think of Silcott rather than Churchill.
We used to have a pony living behind our house called Winston, he was a little darling.

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