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Dublin as a name?

110 replies

user1495211362 · 19/05/2017 17:41

Thoughts? Would you think boy or girl?

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Nellyphants · 19/05/2017 18:34

There's so many other nice Irish place names like bastardstown or effin?

CricketRuntAndRashers · 19/05/2017 18:34

I do know a little girl called Aberdeen whose brother is Galway.

I don't like the fashion of using place names for children. But those are especially bad (imo!)

Whereisthecake · 19/05/2017 18:30

Why not go for something classy like Hull, Leeds, Sheffield? 😂

Please don't embarrass your child.

Lissette · 19/05/2017 18:27

What about Anna Livia if you wanted a Dublin tribute for a girl?

I really hope you are making that up Caoraich Grin. If I was them I'd have gone for river names Corrib and Dee!

Lightship · 19/05/2017 18:26

Baby Skib. Grin

ChardonnaysPrettySister · 19/05/2017 18:26

I would think city.

Maudlinmaud · 19/05/2017 18:26

Have you considered baile átha Cliath?

MargeryFenworthy · 19/05/2017 18:26

What about Abu Dhabi? A nicer ring to it 😃

SpornStar · 19/05/2017 18:25

nice it's a real place! Honest. Very pretty little town in Donegal. Well known for its diving club...

Floggingmolly · 19/05/2017 18:24

Skibbereen is quite scenic, I believe... And won't raise many more eyebrows than Dublin.

lazydog · 19/05/2017 18:24

Boy, but it's an absolutely awful name. And if I encountered a child with that name I'd definitely wonder whether he was saddled with it because of that stupid trend of naming a child after where they were conceived, which is far TMI in my opinion.

WindwardCircle · 19/05/2017 18:23

I'd assume a child named Dublin was an American girl whose parents grandparents x 5 were Irish immigrants and the parents really want everyone to know this.

Annonymiss123 · 19/05/2017 18:22

I'd also be thinking he was conceived on a drunken hen or stag weekend

I'd be thinking s/he was named on a drunken weekend!

I'd think daft parents. It's not like there is a shortage of proper names. Come on
^^ This x100!!!!

niceupthedance · 19/05/2017 18:22

Muff 😂

SpornStar · 19/05/2017 18:20

If you're going to pick an Irish place name, at least pick a place that is scenic and picturesque like Kerry...or Dingle or Muff maybe?

caoraich · 19/05/2017 18:16

I would think very much no.

I do know a little girl called Aberdeen whose brother is Galway.

Their parents can be semi-forgiven as they're Australian and met while backpacking around Europe Confused

troodiedoo · 19/05/2017 18:15

I'd think daft parents.

It's not like there is a shortage of proper names. Come on.

SingaSong12 · 19/05/2017 18:14

I'd think boy. You are setting them up for a lifetime of answering why are you called that?/Are you Irish?/is your family Irish?

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 19/05/2017 18:11

Aargh. I would think Aargh. Please don't do this to a child, get a dog or something and call that Dublin...

Cheerybigbottom · 19/05/2017 18:09

Boy. But I'd feel sorry for him.

TheCraicDealer · 19/05/2017 18:08

I just keep thinking of my English DP doing his Bono impression, going "Bubblin' Dublin". Just no.

DelphiniumBlue · 19/05/2017 18:08

Why would you do that to a baby?

originalbiglymavis · 19/05/2017 18:07

Grimsby!😹

Northgate · 19/05/2017 17:54

I can't separate it from the city in my head.

I wouldn't have any idea whether it was a boy or a girl either.

shaggedthruahedgebackwards · 19/05/2017 17:50

I wouldn't have a clue whether it was a boy or girl

It's not to my taste but no worse than Chelsea, Brooklyn, Siena, Lourdes etc I suppose

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