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Please help me choose between 3 boys names

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DrizzleHair · 17/05/2017 11:15

Help please! Which is your favourite out of:
Roscoe
Flynn
Holden for a boy?

Will have a normal British surname beginning with E

Thanks.

I'm sure lots of people will hate some/all of these so I'd be really grateful if they'd just decline to comment rather than tell me how awful they all are

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DrizzleHair · 17/05/2017 11:42

Very true Blue. I'm due in a couple of weeks and just wanted to gauge opinions in advance. DP is very keen to have me decide the name now (he's drawn the shortlist up with me but is leaving the final decision to me as they're all names he'd be happy with) but so far my brain has refused to think about it, so this is my first step to narrowing down.

I'm tempted to try the names out on the baby once it arrives and then decide after a few days.

We also don't know if we're having a boy or girl yet! But we're agreed on a girl's name so no discussion needed there.

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Only1scoop · 17/05/2017 11:40

Roscoe Dukes of Hazard
Holden as In Amanda surname?
I'll go for Flynn Op

blue2014 · 17/05/2017 11:39

I want to like Holden but I don't. It has too much potential for jokes about holding on to stuff

blue2014 · 17/05/2017 11:37

You know you don't need to choose the name now? Assuming he isn't born yet, wait til you see his face then choose?

(I'd had a favourite name for months but once he was born it clearly didn't suit him)

DramaAlpaca · 17/05/2017 11:36

Flynn

Rockaby · 17/05/2017 11:34

Flynn

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DrizzleHair · 17/05/2017 11:34

Not far off the surname GinGeum, definitely the right kind of sound.

I'm torn between Flynn and Roscoe now - I don't mind going for something which fewer people like, but I want to avoid something everyone hates.

I had not heard about Lewis's dog. Hmmm. Will take that into consideration forget it during labour

Does anyone have the Breaking Bad association with Flynn? I don't want my name choices to scream 'I watch too much TV'!

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GinGeum · 17/05/2017 11:32

I like Flynn! In my head, your surname is Edwards, and Flynn Edwards sounds lovely. Of course, that may not be your surname Grin

Avasmummy16 · 17/05/2017 11:30

Another vote for Flynn, but I also like Roscoe as it's different and I don't think that in many years to come that people will remember that Lewis Hamilton's dog had same nameSmile

octoberfarm · 17/05/2017 11:30

Flynn and Holden are by far my favorites.

OutnumberedbyFurchesters · 17/05/2017 11:28

Flynn :)

Or Roscoe, though it does sound like an american sitcom.

LorLorr2 · 17/05/2017 11:28

Hmm out of those, Flynn and Holden are more like surnames in my mind so I'd say Roscoe, however there was a dog called Roscoe in a tv show I watched in childhood. So I'd be inclined to call him Ross which is a bit more of a 'human name' and a nice unique one these days too Smile

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Bythebeach · 17/05/2017 11:25

Absolutely love Flynn!

LarrytheCucumber · 17/05/2017 11:25

Holden is an Australian make of car. Roscoe sounds like a character in an American TV programme, in fact I think there was a Roscoe in Dukes of Hazard.
So Flynn gets my vote.

NoSquirrels · 17/05/2017 11:24

Flynn

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DrizzleHair · 17/05/2017 11:24

Thanks for votes so far and thanks for not being mean to me!

I think Roscoe is my fave but I also love Flynn. I've added Holden back in after I vetoed it - it's DP's favourite, so he might be upset you don't like it (muahahahah)

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pancakesunday · 17/05/2017 11:24

Flynn is lovely :) Not sure on Holden or Roscoe

PenelopeFlintstone · 17/05/2017 11:24

Flynn

MelinaMercury · 17/05/2017 11:24

I really like Roscoe.

But say it aloud a few times just to make sure it goes with your surname as in my head I automatically had it as Elliot and the vowel to vowel sounds blends to much and becomes one big long noise, although that could be my Glasgow accent :o

SuperBeagle · 17/05/2017 11:23

Love Flynn.

Also like Roscoe a lot. Does sound like an Australian nickname for Ross, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Not a fan of Holden at all. To me, it's a car make or that whiny prick from Catcher in the Rye.

alltouchedout · 17/05/2017 11:22

Flynn, although tbh none of these names particularly appeal to me

Rainbowqueeen · 17/05/2017 11:22

Flynn

MyWhatICallNameChange · 17/05/2017 11:21

Flynn

blue2014 · 17/05/2017 11:19

Roscoe - I really like it

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