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Sesame Street character and our other names... Please rate them. Thanks :)!

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1horatio · 18/03/2017 21:28

Boy:

Elmo (can we? I love Elmo Gabriel ... ....-....) Do children know who Elmo is nowadays? Do you know who Elmo is (I didn't and neither did DH)?
Gabriel (too popular?)
Anton (nice, but isn't it a bit boring...?)
Elric
Clinton (I love the name. But I think it will have to remain a guilty pleasure, right?)

Girl:

Erica (my favourite)
Susannah
Helena (my 2nd favourite girl's name)
Louisa

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1horatio · 19/03/2017 10:29

Well, it's really connected to the quite "naughty" but very smart and entertaining Emil i Lönneberga to me. ;)
It also means rival. Which... Idk. It's not that I dislike the name. But I just don't have this "YES!" feeling (not sure if it makes sense). I did put it on the list. Maybe the feeling will still come...

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Sunshineandlaughter · 19/03/2017 10:25

Why is Emil dodgy?

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1horatio · 19/03/2017 10:24

I'm going through the names people suggested. (thank you so much, btw!) I like the sound of Emil, but the meaning is a bit dodgy, right?

Asa is really really lovely. I just fear it would sound like a girl's name, especially in German.

I don't like the names Elmer or Grover.

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Sunshineandlaughter · 19/03/2017 10:24

Or emmett gabriel

Sunshineandlaughter · 19/03/2017 10:23

I'd vote Gabriel Emilio

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1horatio · 19/03/2017 10:11

dd is called?

Better not. I revealed it in a previous thread... And then realised how identifiable mumsent technically makes me (not that I think andybody really cares. but you know... There are weird people) and therefore namechanged...

But her name starts with a C, is barely outside the top 1'000 but still very well known. I mean, I've never met somebody that has never heard of the name or anything like that.

Just to add to those saying elmo is too well known, there is a show on cbeebies every day called the Furchester Hotel, in which elmo is a main character, so most preschoolers and their parents will have that association.

Yes, Elmo is probably out :( Well, except as a middle name.

But Emmett Elmo .... ...-... would be a bit weird, I guess.

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Swearwolf · 19/03/2017 10:02

I love Emmett! Absolutely gorgeous. Are we allowed to know what your dd is called?

Just to add to those saying elmo is too well known, there is a show on cbeebies every day called the Furchester Hotel, in which elmo is a main character, so most preschoolers and their parents will have that association.

If you want something unusual but a proper name, what about Franklin?

BusterGonad · 19/03/2017 09:35

What about instead of Elmo, Emilio, as in Emilio Estevez. It's a bit like Elmo!

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1horatio · 19/03/2017 09:35

I do feel it's a little old fashioned (maybe because of the film?) but those names are coming back in fashion aren't they? I don't love it personally but it's a bit different whilst still being a 'proper' name.

Oh, that does sound rather nice, doesn't it?

In the Elmo style of things, what about Cosmo or Inigo?

DD's name already starts with a C... If we find THE name and it's starts with a c then that's ok. But we're trying to avoid it... But Inigo is rather nice :) Maybe Eneko?

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NeonFlamingo · 19/03/2017 09:29

Similar to Arsey's suggestion- Cosimo (Cosima for a girl)?

Sunshineandlaughter · 19/03/2017 09:26

Emmett has no negative connotations!

ArseyTussle · 19/03/2017 09:24

Asa?

FunnyBird · 19/03/2017 09:24

You could go for something that would be shortened to Elmo. I imagine it might be short for Guglielmo, Italian for William.

ArseyTussle · 19/03/2017 09:24

I like Emmett. I also like Elliott.

In the Elmo style of things, what about Cosmo or Inigo?

NeonFlamingo · 19/03/2017 09:23

I don't think Emmett has any negative connotations as such... as one poster said, I immediately think of the character from the Back to the Future films. He's a kindly eccentric scientist so not a negative connotation as such.

I do feel it's a little old fashioned (maybe because of the film?) but those names are coming back in fashion aren't they? I don't love it personally but it's a bit different whilst still being a 'proper' name.

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1horatio · 19/03/2017 09:15

Cookie Monster.

That isn't a name. Of course not. Confused

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1horatio · 19/03/2017 09:14

Emmett is a common Irish Christian name. I don't think anyone would bat an eyelid at it.

Awesome. At least not an other name scratched off the list because of a tv show or something... ;)
Nobody would think it's weird that DH is English and that I'm not Irish either?

Are there any particularly negative associations for the name Emmett in the UK? Or wherever the person reading this happens to live? :)

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SoupDragon · 19/03/2017 09:14

I was hoping for Cookie Monster. :)

SpornStar · 19/03/2017 09:11

Emmett is a common Irish Christian name. I don't think anyone would bat an eyelid at it.

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1horatio · 19/03/2017 09:06

Just googled Emmett for pop culture associations. He's apparently also the neighbour of Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping up appearances... Hm....

Somehow I think naming DC2 is harder than naming DD...

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1horatio · 19/03/2017 09:00

Emmett will forever be the star of The Lego Movie to children of current primary school age (and their parents).

That does sound like a rather nice association, doesn't it?

Emmett is basically an Irish surname name inspired by the patriot Robert Emmett. And also the Lego Movie character. I don't think 50s America at all when I see it.

I didn't know this was also an Irish surname... I think it's dervied from Emma, right?

Anton is another Irish name - translates to Anthony. It's also Anthony in a few other languages (German, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Macedonian, Croatian, Romanian, Estonian, Finnish)... I think it's my favourite of your boy list though I like Gabriel too. I don't think it's all that popular. It was about 10 to 15 years ago around here.

I didn't know Anton was an also an Irish name. It's on the list because it's the German (etc) version of Anthony... :)

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PiesDescalzos · 19/03/2017 07:47

*loves

I just googled - it's called The Furchester Hotel.

PiesDescalzos · 19/03/2017 07:46

Isn't Elmo on a show on Netflix right now? I had to endure this at my cousin's a month ago as their ds loved him.

Hassled · 19/03/2017 07:43

Trump's proposed budget would put an end to PBS television, and PBS makes Sesame Street. It's sadly possible the generation of children born this year won't ever know who Elmo is so you may not have a problem.

PiesDescalzos · 19/03/2017 07:42

P.S I never watched nor liked Sesame Street