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Baxter

61 replies

AlbusPercival · 27/09/2016 08:30

I'd really like to name my baby due in 4 weeks Baxter.

I had an old friend who passed away a few years ago, and was like a grandad to me. Sadly he never had any grandchildren and would have loved them. I would like to have him remembered in this way.

The gentleman in question's surname was Baxter. He was a very cool man who had dragged himself up from poor East End beginnings to become very senior in his profession but would patiently sit and watch us little girls sing a new song or do a dance Grin

Can't use his first name, as a) he hated it as it was misspelled by his dad when registering him, and b) it doesnt work at all with our surname.

However I know most people meeting our little boy wouldnt know all of this and would just know him as Baxter. Is it too unusual?

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GoofyTheHero · 27/09/2016 17:30

OvariesBeforeBrovaries I have a beagle called Baxter!

lizzieoak · 27/09/2016 17:25

Jackson sounds way too surnamey to me. Baxter I don't mind as its Ian Dury's son name & I was once Ian Dury mad so it gets a pass (I apply this rule to zero other famous people).

EttaJ · 27/09/2016 17:16

Lovely name, but how about as a middle name.

chinlo · 27/09/2016 17:08

Plus Chinlo's last sentence - did you go for Finlo in the end, Chinlo

Grin

No, it just didn't feel right. We're on Otto vs. Hector at the moment, with the former looking pretty likely.

BendydickCuminsnatch · 27/09/2016 16:41

Plus Chinlo's last sentence - did you go for Finlo in the end, Chinlo?

BendydickCuminsnatch · 27/09/2016 16:35

Aw I like it!!! It's refreshingly different and not crazy out-there. Baxter Jackson sounds brilliant, much better than the other way around!

chinlo · 27/09/2016 11:25

I think it's horrible. And I also hate surnames as first names.

Does that help?

In the end you should just do what makes you happy.

goldenpineapple · 27/09/2016 11:24

My husband loves this name. I just really like names you can abbreviate, and wasn't sure on 'Bax'! So vetoed it. Also Ian Dury's son is called Baxter. If you like it, you should use it and its a lovely sentiment.

LaundryQueenHatesIroning · 27/09/2016 11:12

I love it!

UntilTheCowsComeHome · 27/09/2016 11:08

I really like it.

SuburbanRhonda · 27/09/2016 11:07

Please not Jackson Baxter!

FairNotFair · 27/09/2016 11:05

Lovely idea for a middle name.

As a first name, it reminds me of the Countess of Grantham's lady's maid in Downton Abbey.

GrumpusLumpus · 27/09/2016 10:59

Baxter is one of the largest Pharma/medical goods companies in the world. All I can see are easy open applicators when I think of the name.!

Honeybee79 · 27/09/2016 10:52

I also thought of soup as soon as I read the name, sorry. It is a really lovely idea though OP and agree with others that it would be fab to use it as a middle name.

AlbusPercival · 27/09/2016 10:49

Cheers HateSummer, super helpful Hmm

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Chocolateteabag · 27/09/2016 09:35

Baxter is too much a dogs name to be a first name IMO - it would get shortened to Bax/Baxy?

However Jack Baxter XXX sounds v cool - you could always put Jackson on his birth certificate and shorten it.

HandmaidsTail · 27/09/2016 09:35

I really like it Smile

HateSummer · 27/09/2016 09:34

What about Cambell?

NavyandWhite · 27/09/2016 09:31

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Paddingtonthebear · 27/09/2016 09:30

It's a surname or a dogs name. Sorry

OvariesBeforeBrovaries · 27/09/2016 09:30

It makes me think of a beagle. I don't know if I've ever met a beagle called Baxter, but that's the association Grin

2014newme · 27/09/2016 09:28

Dog or soup.
Middle name works better

Is your husband a sons of anarchy fan?

Jackson and Baxter don't go together well but Jack Baxter sounds good

regularbutpanickingabit · 27/09/2016 09:26

Jackson Baxter sounds pretty cool!
I think it is a lovely reason to pick a name but I marginally prefer Jackson as a first name. All the other names you have listed work really well with Baxter as a middle name.

Our kids have 2 middle names - could you go with that?

AlbusPercival · 27/09/2016 09:23

yeah i think we dont have an issue with surnames as first names.

Our surname is a very common first name for a girl, to the extent that when asked for my surname, when I give it I am often asked "yes, and your surname" Hmm

DH and I also have very common first names for when we were born almost but not quite Jack and Chloe and spent a lot of time being Chloe 1 and Chloe 2 etc, so hoping for something slightly more unusual.

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Littleballerina · 27/09/2016 09:02

Dog's name.

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