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Alabama

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EllenDegenerate · 10/05/2016 17:56

I really like it.
DP is unsure.

Opinions?

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Raines100 · 14/10/2016 07:14

Think the OP is due imminently, and last we heard, was debating Leocadia/Leocadie, which are 100% improvements on Alabama!

Hope you and baby are doing well, Ellen . Would be lovely to hear when baby has arrived safely and of your final decision on the name Smile

Ankleswingers · 14/10/2016 07:13

Grin Mrsw28

Yes, that's exactly it!!

Ankleswingers · 14/10/2016 07:10

I'm with humblecrumble.

I'm sure Tom Hanks said it loads in Forest Gump.

I don't like it at all.

Laineymc7 · 14/10/2016 07:05

I know someone called Albana Alba for short. Lovely name and similar to what you like. I'm not keen on Alabama sorry.

raeray · 14/10/2016 06:57

Just going through my watched threads OP and wondered did you have a little Alabama in the end? Smile

butteredmuffin · 11/05/2016 20:25

If you had a boy, he could be Kentucky.

Middle names Fried and Chicken?

FinnigansCake · 11/05/2016 19:35

If you had a boy, he could be Kentucky.
Especially as your surname isn't Sanders.
Not being ironic or anythingWink

HumbleCrumble · 11/05/2016 15:16

I can't help reading it in a comedy Southern accent, but my main worry would be the potential nicknames. Bam, BamBam, Bammie etc. Where I'm from, "bam" means idiot or chav. Not ideal if she ever ventures to Scotland.

dailymaillazyjournos · 11/05/2016 14:41

I agree if jars somewhat with your other dc's names.
I think BamBam (as in the Flintstones) is a lovely nn for Alabama when dd is small.

As far as States in US go i prefer, Arizona (as in Raising Arizona), Madison (Bridges of), Dakota (as in Fanning), Carolina.

But if you have your heart set on Alabama, which you sound as if you do, go for it.

MitzyLeFrouf · 11/05/2016 11:25

I do love Alabama and Clarence though and True Romance is by far my favourite Tarantino film though. But it was only written by Tarantino and directed by Tony Scott so maybe that's why!

MitzyLeFrouf · 11/05/2016 11:17

Other DC are Eden Sylvie Reuben and Delilah.

Alabama would really jar with your other kids' names I think. All the above names are gorgeous so you do have good taste, it's just currently gone walkabout! Wink

ccsays · 11/05/2016 09:03

"Ironic in a Tarantino homage kind of way"

Confused Christ, can you not just get a pet to do that to instead rather than inflicting that sort of hipster crap on an actual person who has to live with it forever?

MrsMushrooms · 11/05/2016 02:29

Oh God no!!

DailyMailShite · 11/05/2016 01:00

Lots of words sound nice but that doesn't mean you should use them as a name.

How about
Surreptitious
Mississippi
Banana
Picalilli
Efflorescence

Etc

Canyouforgiveher · 11/05/2016 00:29

I wouldn't name a white kid Alabama in case anyone thought I was making a statement endorsing its history in slavery/civil war/civil rights

I wouldn't name a black kid Alabama for exactly the same reason.

I wouldn't name a child after a state in the US (excepting Carolina/Georgia/ Mary/Virginia etc which were all names before they were states) unless I had a strong connection to that state (although I agree Tennessee is a great name. Dakota too - actually maybe that one has jumped into mainstream?)

I do think it has a very pleasing sound though. Pity it isn't a name.

DailyMailShite · 11/05/2016 00:18

I think you are just teasing us OP 😈

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EllenDegenerate · 11/05/2016 00:16

That's fine Jassy, no offence taken.
I knew what you meant.

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JassyRadlett · 11/05/2016 00:14

And apologies on my part, I should have said white British kid in my previous comment. That was stupid of me, sorry.

Mrsfrumble · 11/05/2016 00:05

Here is some info on the etymology of the name Alabama.

I think if I was going for a place name for a baby name, my two conditions would be that I'd been there, and that I knew the etymology (in case it meant something not so nice in some other language). Alabama apparently derives from the Choctaw words for "thicket clearer" or "vegetation gatherer", which is pretty neutral.

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EllenDegenerate · 11/05/2016 00:04

Just realised I've completely outed myself on this thread and will probably have to name change.

Oh well waves to all who recognise me

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EllenDegenerate · 11/05/2016 00:02

Yes and that's unfortunate, certainly.

However I still don't see it as markedly different from Georgia, in fact I always supposed that my brother and SIL had named DN after visiting the US, although admittedly I haven't actually asked them.

In any case I doubt my daughter would be thought a racist if named Alabama by sheer virtue of the likely colour of her skin.

So whilst I thank you for your input it's not really an applicable concern for me (her)

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AndTakeYourPenguinWithYou · 11/05/2016 00:00

Sorry, misread. Yes, lots of new England for example.

AndTakeYourPenguinWithYou · 10/05/2016 23:59

Just the seven states, Ellen. More towns and cities as well though of course.

JassyRadlett · 10/05/2016 23:57

Our posts crossed.

Others have mentioned that the first thing they thought of was Alabama's civil rights record. Given that, and its continuing role as a centre for white supremacy movements, that's where my mind went. Obviously that's not your intent but if I met a British kid called Alabama I'd probably wonder.

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EllenDegenerate · 10/05/2016 23:55

Isn't half of the US basically named for British towns/figures Penguin?

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