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MimiSunshine · 15/05/2016 17:08

We are debating names and for a boy my OH has come up with Marlin. I think I like it but need to roll it around a bit.
We like less common names but I wouldn't say we want anything too out there and I can't decide which this is.

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MiddleClassProblem · 15/05/2016 17:37

I don't like merlin as much. Too wizardy and people will assume he was named after the wizard and more likely because of the to show than the original story

EllenDegenerate · 15/05/2016 17:35

Merlin is better

mrsschu · 15/05/2016 17:33

Not hugely keen on it but have heard worse. Would probably go with Marlon rather than Marlin.

PurpleDaisies · 15/05/2016 17:28

Marlon is a real name not a fish breed. Would that be any better?

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MimiSunshine · 15/05/2016 17:26

Yes we do know there is a fish of that name just like we know there is a Willow tree.😏 Not too concerned about that as we've knocked Trout off the list 😉
Iora some name sites suggest it is a varient of Merlin which I don't mind but feels like an 'out there' name to me

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MiddleClassProblem · 15/05/2016 17:19

If I met a kid called Marlin it wouldn't strike me as weird. Rare but not unusual sounding

Chinks123 · 15/05/2016 17:18

Finding nemo. Presume there was a Marlin in that

BertrandRussell · 15/05/2016 17:15

You do know it's a fish, don't you?

nectarini1983 · 15/05/2016 17:14

Ditto Iora!

Tiggeryoubastard · 15/05/2016 17:14

No. It's bad. Why do that to a child.

IoraRua · 15/05/2016 17:09

Eh. Not pushed on it one way or another. It does remind me of Merlin though.

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