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Wilder as a girls name

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sweetpotatofries · 29/04/2016 14:28

I am due any day now and been pretty set on a name most of my pregnancy but earlier today I heard a parent calling out to their daughter 'Wilder' in the park and I just fell in love with the name.

I couldn't see any threads on here about the name and it seems pretty unusual for a girl. What are your opinions?

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squoosh · 29/04/2016 15:39

What about Wyatt if you like that prairie vibe? I'm not mad about it for a girl but it's certainly better than Wilder.

NotSpartacus · 29/04/2016 15:37

I quite like it, makes me think of Laura Ingalls Wilder. In the 'surname as first name' genre I have heard far far worse!

mrsschu · 29/04/2016 15:36

Dreadful name for a girl (or a boy for that matter). Reminds me of Laura Ingalls Wilder (who I love) but that was her surname. Well her husband's surname actually.

squoosh · 29/04/2016 15:33

Would she have a sister called Wet?

It seems a bit potentially porny to me. Sorry!

Fridgedooropen · 29/04/2016 15:33

No. What about using it as a middle name?

OliviaStabler · 29/04/2016 15:15

My first thought would be Gene.

I wouldn't. Imagine the name shortening, 'Hi Willie'.

GoldPlatedBacon · 29/04/2016 15:12

The director Sam Taylor-Johnson's dd is Wylda

BertrandRussell · 29/04/2016 15:12

Every time she gives her name for her whole life, the response will be "I'm so sorry, I didn't catch that- could you spell it for me?" Followed at least 50% of the time with "That's interesting- I've never met a Wilder before"

Just think, for a moment, how tedious that would be for 80 years......

ThinkPinkStink · 29/04/2016 15:11

Ha, and this is why I wouldn't post my name choices on NM... Wink

I quite like Wilder, it's got a bit of the American Mid West about it.

If it's any reassurance, in my experience even if a name sounds a bit odd the first time you hear it, the moment it's associated with a person, it just becomes their name (says the woman considering 'Fox' for a little boy).

If you love it, use it.

ArmfulOfRoses · 29/04/2016 15:09

I quite like it.

VocationalGoat · 29/04/2016 15:08

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LadyMonicaBaddingham · 29/04/2016 15:07

Yeesh. No, just no...

Tactfulcactus · 29/04/2016 15:06

Poor, poor child...

LadyAntonella · 29/04/2016 15:06

Not my cup of tea.

Laquila · 29/04/2016 14:59

What about Willow or Willa?

OrangesandLemonsNow · 29/04/2016 14:55

Absolutely not. Shock

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sweetpotatofries · 29/04/2016 14:53

It is amazing how people can react so strongly against a name. I still really like it.

If I go for it I guess I won't have the problem of 5 in the same class judging from this response!

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satsumasunrise · 29/04/2016 14:53

Possibly worst name I've ever seen on here and that's saying something.

sonlypuppyfat · 29/04/2016 14:51

Have a word with yourself

TennesseeDays · 29/04/2016 14:46

I think of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Which is a good association, I think, but I still wouldn't do it, personally.

It's the sort of name that is fine if it evolves as a nickname or pet name, but is a bit too much future pressure on a brand new baby whose personality you can't possibly know

RortyCrankle · 29/04/2016 14:43

Horrible.

Eveninties · 29/04/2016 14:42

No. Just no.

wizzywig · 29/04/2016 14:42

As in joan/gene

Hariasa · 29/04/2016 14:41

Em, I wouldn't personally.

Are you sure it wasn't Tilda or Skylar you heard?

VinceNoirLovesHowardMoon · 29/04/2016 14:35

God no
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