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Thoughts on Nathaniel

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youcanbeanything · 19/12/2015 07:46

Do you like it? Leaning towards this or Nicholas for a boy :)

I like Flora for a girl - what else might I like (please, no margarine 'jokes' Hmm)

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Stuffofawesome · 19/12/2015 08:36

I have a teenage one. Great name!

TheWildRumpyPumpus · 19/12/2015 08:34

I have one (5) and don't know any others where we are in the local area (school or clubs), W Midlands.

Where we used to live (SE London) I knew 2 others born a year after him.

The only abbreviation he gets at the moment is 'NaTHAN', literally Nathaniel with the last syllables of the name chopped off, rather than NAthan, the typical pronunciation. Oh, and Natty by one particular person.

As he gets older I'll lean him towards Nate hopefully.

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WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant · 19/12/2015 08:28

Nicholas nic nico. I love these.

Nathaniel I love. Nathan too.

Nate. No. Just no. It grates. Not sure why.

Nathe. Yes. Nat. Yes. Just. Not. Nate.

Flora seems dated, but not enough to be granny chic.

Simply means flowers, so inoffensive enough.

ThisCharmingW0man · 19/12/2015 08:07

We have a Nathaniel nn Nat. Only one in his school. No one ever calls him Nathan... Weirdly he was going to be Flora if a girl! Love both names. Not so keen on Nicholas - seems more of our generation? Know lots of Nick's in their 30's and 40's.

TheTravellingLemon · 19/12/2015 08:02

Love it. Not keen on Nicholas though. Love the nn Nat too.

Whoknewitcouldbeso · 19/12/2015 08:01

Oh and Alexander I like but I know it will always be Alex and I'm not so struck with that.

Flora is nice, very popular at the moment though which would probably put me off. My girls name of choice was Charlotte and Georgia.

Tirfarthoin · 19/12/2015 08:01

I like Flora but I wouldn't use it because of the marge. How about Fraya, Fiona, Fennella?
Nathaniel is a good strong name far better than Nicholas.

Whoknewitcouldbeso · 19/12/2015 07:59

You have some of my baby list there 😊

I have Nathaniel
Nicholas
Christian
Alexander
Louis
Elliot
Joshua

We are veering towards Louis at the moment as I think it's cute and quite high up the charts currently. Bit concerned people may see Louis and say Lewis but I was assured by an old thread on here that that won't happen.

Nicholas I like but for some reason I'm fixated by the fact it sounds like knicker-less. Christian I like but I'm concerned about any possible religious associations in people's minds. Elliot doesn't work with my surname. Joshua is apparently 'very common' and with Nathaniel I really love the full version and Nate as an abbreviation but don't particularly like Nathan which I suspect will end up being other peoples abbreviation
of choice.

There's my brain dump for you lol. 7 weeks to go 😜

ZenNudist · 19/12/2015 07:55

We have one! Nn Nate. I know of one other. Both age 6

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youcanbeanything · 19/12/2015 07:52

I'm not keen on Nicky as it seems more of s girls name. Nick is OK :)

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 19/12/2015 07:52

Fantastic names. I love Flora. Nathaniel is lovely. But I think I'd go for Nicholas, a lovely name currently underused and Nick or Nico are great short names.

parrotonmyshoulder · 19/12/2015 07:50

I would have used Nicky as a little boy - and he looks just like Nicky in the Mog books.

parrotonmyshoulder · 19/12/2015 07:50

I like it. But love Nicholas, which was on our shortlist for DS.

Tuiles · 19/12/2015 07:48

I do like it but it seems to be becoming popular around here (if that kind of thing bothers you). I know of 3 born in the last year.