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Silas

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SunnyInMay · 15/11/2016 19:17

What are your thoughts pls?

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Mclaren37 · 20/11/2016 07:11

I think it's cool. I was put off it a few years ago as I thought it sounded like an evil name :) for a baby. Also Silas Marner. But I would use it now. I also very much like Cyrus and Si/Cy.

Aquasport · 18/11/2016 19:43

Silas the virus off con air Confused

maggiethemagpie · 18/11/2016 19:39

Makes me think of silage

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Nataleejah · 18/11/2016 16:15

Yes!

ineedbanoffee · 17/11/2016 10:03

Makes me think of Silas Marner. So I wouldn't. Not my taste either - but if it is your taste, I really don't think the Da Vinci Code (or the George Eliot!) references would matter one bit, so if you like it, go for it.

Jooni · 17/11/2016 08:34

I do like it but it does have an "evil" vibe to me too. I think it's the Da Vinci monk think mainly. I think I'd get over it if I met a little child with the name though. Much prefer Silas to Cyrus.

SeashellHoarder · 16/11/2016 22:20

Silage!

Ricekrispiesquare · 16/11/2016 14:08

I love Silas

When I was little my absolutely favourite book was 'Silas the owl' and I have so many happy memories of my Dad reading it to me

Shockers · 16/11/2016 09:43

I like it. I also like Jethro, which has a similar vibe.

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SunnyInMay · 16/11/2016 09:40

Cyrus is also on our shortlist as DP is Persian. He prefers Cyrus.

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Pluto30 · 16/11/2016 09:21

Always sounds like a villain to me.

Or a silo.

groovygreenwichgirl · 16/11/2016 09:03

To me it's got the same feel as Ezra so could be the next fashionable name. I really like it.

CakeRattleandRoll · 16/11/2016 04:32

Really like it. Would have been on our list if DD had been a boy. As would Cyrus, mentioned by pp.

Shellybobbles82 · 15/11/2016 23:20

I like it x

BratFarrarsPony · 15/11/2016 22:07

it doesnt have a good association to be honest...
What about Cyrus?

BeastofCraggyIsland · 15/11/2016 22:04

It's quite a nice name but I agree with the villain thing; the murderous, self-flagellating albino monk in The Da Vinci Code is called Silas. What about Seth?

soundsystem · 15/11/2016 21:54

I like it.

Sophronia · 15/11/2016 21:53

I like it.

CaoNiMa · 15/11/2016 21:30

It sounds a bit rural. Like a Somerset farmer in the 1700s.

shakemysilliesout · 15/11/2016 20:41

Silage

Idefix · 15/11/2016 20:19

I like it.

blinkineckmum · 15/11/2016 20:00

Silage

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devilslake · 15/11/2016 19:28

my friend has a boy called Silas- i have always loved the name. it was sweet when he was little and cool now he is a teenager