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Atlas...Patrick...Wolfgang?! <tremble>

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CoralieConfused · 12/11/2015 12:04

I've name changed, because I can get too easily worked up on Baby Names when they are close to my heart. Blush Need to be calm, need to be calm.

Considering for an imminent ds:

Atlas
Patrick
Benedict
Reuben
Wolfgang (dp's choice...)

I particularly love Atlas, but am conscious of the general ribbing it might get...

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doceodocere · 13/11/2015 15:55

I think you should go with Atlas, since it's really your favourite.

And since you seem to have survived this experience I am going to pluck up the courage to start a thread about my own shortlist. ??

CakeRattleandRoll · 13/11/2015 14:45

Doesn't Wolfric manage to combine a bit of Wolfgang and a bit of Patrick quite nicely? Moves things away from Mozart and Postman Pat? Then have Reuben as a mn (also gives you the 'ben' of Benedict without the Cumberbatch association). Sorted.

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CoralieConfused · 13/11/2015 14:15

No no, I'm not helping myself! Love that sly Jupiter suggestion...

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doceodocere · 13/11/2015 13:47

But narrowing down is what I need to be doing.

So I'm not helping much, sorry! Jupiter?

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CoralieConfused · 13/11/2015 11:46

Oh dear Oh dear.

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CoralieConfused · 13/11/2015 11:45
Grin
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CoralieConfused · 13/11/2015 11:44
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MitzyLeFrouf · 13/11/2015 11:43

I just had to get a shrug reference in on an Atlas thread.

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CoralieConfused · 13/11/2015 11:39

I can't let go of Atlas, I can't crazy eyes. I love it.

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MitzyLeFrouf · 13/11/2015 11:38

I do like Emmanuel though doce.

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MitzyLeFrouf · 13/11/2015 11:37

Wenzel?!

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CoralieConfused · 13/11/2015 11:36

Horace Broon! Grin

I like Ignatius, thank you. More outsiders include Guy, Jonah, Linus (dp hates, oh well...) and Dominic. But narrowing down is what I need to be doing.

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MitzyLeFrouf · 13/11/2015 11:36

Horace! Shock

That's surely a pretty high ranker in the top 10 of Worst Names You Could Give Your Son.

doceodocere · 13/11/2015 11:31

I gave up on Reuben despite liking it for years. Dh has a bad association with it and now there are hundreds everywhere you go. The spelling Ruben upsets me and has become distressingly popular.

Horatio might be a bit much, but how about Horace?

Also possibly a bit much(according to my H) but I love them ; Ignatius, Emmanuel, Wenzel, Orlando

Maddaddam · 13/11/2015 11:27

Atlas is a fab name, but Patrick is safer and still nice.

Go for Atlas Patrick!

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CoralieConfused · 13/11/2015 11:22

I would agree that Horatio is quite batshit

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CoralieConfused · 13/11/2015 11:16

Do you come to the Baby Names board often, Cactus?

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CoralieConfused · 13/11/2015 11:15

Yup.

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CoralieConfused · 13/11/2015 10:51

Paddy is fine, but it's the full name Patrick that I love. I suppose Pat would be ok...it just makes me think of Postman Pat and his massive nose.

I can imagine Atlas introducing himself at a bar, yes Grin

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MyNewBearTotoro · 13/11/2015 10:44

DS is Reuben so maybe I am biased but I love it.

Also very much like Benedict. The others aren't to my taste, sorry.

celtictoast · 13/11/2015 10:44

Not Atlas.

Patrick Benedict?