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Can I have an Autumn and an April?

39 replies

TheVeganLife · 15/03/2017 21:09

Just as the title says!!! Flowers

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MakeItStopNeville · 18/03/2017 01:20

I think they go well together. I also think calling other peoples name choices "a bit tacky" is a bit tacky...

Notmyrealname85 · 18/03/2017 01:17

Sounds like you're commemorating when they were conceived :/

user1489781128 · 17/03/2017 21:06

No I think it looks a bit tacky

HeadlessGummyBears · 17/03/2017 21:02

Autumn and April sound fab. What about Willow? Autumn and Willow also has a nice ring to it Smile

hoddtastic · 17/03/2017 11:48

no

Thanksforasking · 17/03/2017 11:16

You can as long as you don't mind people commenting on it.

BarInSpace · 17/03/2017 11:11

Yes, it's fine! Both lovely nature names, and I don't think it matters what time of year they were born either. They do both begin with the same letter but have different sounds.

GreatFuckability · 17/03/2017 06:35

Yes. I don't see a problem at all.

buttercup54321 · 17/03/2017 00:19

I wouldn't.

Choccyhobnob · 16/03/2017 15:51

Yeah I think they are fine! The only Autumn I know was born in June and nobody seems to think anything of it!

OneSecondAfter · 16/03/2017 14:53

You can do whatever the hell you want to do.

user1476185294 · 16/03/2017 14:49

They're your kids, I understand asking if people like a name but you are asking if you can call them those names... You can call kids pretty much anything (only in rare cases has judges stepped in) and if your kids don't learn to like it they can change them.

My suggestion is Autumn and Summer (or Winter for a boy).

Glittermakeseverythingbetter · 16/03/2017 14:45

Yes they are lovely names. I honestly can't see a reason why not xx

sycamore54321 · 16/03/2017 14:38

It sounds daft and may be embarrassing for your children In their late primary years when bullying over silly things can peak. Some people are being disingenuous claiming they can't see any possible issue whatsoever with it. If you have a clutch of other children so that it is Autumn, Jenny, Billy, Mary, George and April, that dilutes the effect somewhat.

user1489672271 · 16/03/2017 13:53

Yeah, I think that's fine Smile

BasicBetty · 16/03/2017 13:34

Yes, why not. Both lovely names.

GinSwigmore · 15/03/2017 23:39

I think Autumn and Avril sound better.
I love Autumn but would never have used it on my Spring, Summer and Winter babies (sorry ^January) Wink

thebakerwithboobs · 15/03/2017 23:18

I lose count of the number of threads I've commented on where people say you can only give month/season names if the child will be born then but it's just silly. I was born in June. My name is January. I was called January as my parents, for various reasons, saw me as a new beginning. I genuinely cannot recall ever being asked if I was born in January when I give my name.

They are great names OP. I have heard plenty worse!

MoreThanUs · 15/03/2017 23:16

Yes

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 15/03/2017 23:15

Of course you can.

1horatio · 15/03/2017 23:07

Are they born in Autumn and April?

Yes, sure :)

What about Avril or Flora?

regularbutpanickingabit · 15/03/2017 22:47

No. Not least because they have the same initials and that is beyond irritating.

Abetes · 15/03/2017 22:43

No

MsJolly · 15/03/2017 22:41

No sorry

rosy71 · 15/03/2017 22:38

Yes, but only if they were born in Autumn and April.

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