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Aggggh! We were all set!

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Jellymuffin · 01/06/2017 21:09

Hello!
We are having a real dilemma! My husband and I HAD decided on the name Flynn to go with DS1 Sam. All decided and have referred to baby by this name since 20 ish weeks (30 weeks currently). My husband has now decided he loves the name Nate and is considering it! I do like the name and now can't decide! What do people think? Flynn or Nate? Please help!!!

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17caterpillars1mouse · 02/06/2017 12:44

I like both (helpful I know) but think I prefer Nate with Sam, though prefer Flynn in general

Toddlerteaplease · 02/06/2017 10:07

Neither. Flynn reminds me of Phlegm.

user1459464195 · 02/06/2017 10:05

I think maybe Flynn sounds more post than it is because of all the baby Finleys, Finlays, Finns and Finnegans etc.

I really love Nathan, nicknamed to Nate with Sam (Samuel).

RuthB4 · 02/06/2017 09:49

Both names are lovely! I really wouldn't be able to choose either! Maybe wait and see what he looks like? We considered Maeve for our DD2 but she really did not look like a Maeve when she was born!

smithin · 02/06/2017 08:55

Both names are beautiful -not helpful-

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 02/06/2017 07:55

That sounds like a riddle BikeGrin

BikeRunSki · 02/06/2017 07:53

I really like Nate, but dislike Nathan. I really like Nathaniel though, but Nathaniel and Samuel would be silly.

I also like Flynn, less so than Nate, but more than Nathan.

KeiraKnightleyActsWithHerTeeth · 02/06/2017 07:47

I really dislike Nate and Nathan reminds me of the chracter on Corrie who is particularly grim.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 02/06/2017 07:44

I don't like Flynn it reminds me of stodgy flan! And that it's a mistake for Finn.

Sam and Nate go really well.

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Jellymuffin · 02/06/2017 07:41

Thankyou all so much for the advice! I am surprised my DH is even considering another name. Flynn means 'son of a red haired man, and DH is indeed V red headed. Will show him this thread!

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peaceloveandbiscuits · 02/06/2017 01:03

I was referring to the fire-fighting theme.

Twooter · 02/06/2017 00:51

And Flynn from tangled.
I like Nathan mn Nate. Don't like nathaniel - just sounds too much.

peaceloveandbiscuits · 02/06/2017 00:48

Consider that there is a Fireman Sam and a fire-fighting engine called Fiery Flynn in Thomas.

Joeybee · 02/06/2017 00:44

Flynn holds itself as a name in it's own right. Nate is short for Nathaniel or Nathan.

Sophronia · 02/06/2017 00:38

Flynn is too surnamey. Nathan/Nate is much nicer and goes well with Sam.

squoosh · 01/06/2017 23:42

I didn't realise people though Flynn was popular?

I'd never even heard it used a first name up until a couple of years ago and now it seems to get mentioned all the time. So it must be on the increase. Possibly due to Tangled, wasn't the hero in that called Flynn?

chipsnmayo · 01/06/2017 23:31

Flynn definitely, much more modern and imo it goes quite well with Sam.

I like Nate but only as nickname for Nathaniel.

Nathan seems a tad dated, I know heaps born in the 80s/90s.

SuperBeagle · 01/06/2017 23:14

Flynn is my favourite boy name of all time, so that over everything else.

I don't like Nate at all though. Very outdated, and sounds like it should be short for Nathan, which is nasally.

grufallosfriend · 01/06/2017 22:11

Flynn is much nicer than Nate.

Epipgab · 01/06/2017 21:49

I prefer Flynn to Nate.

FinnegansCake · 01/06/2017 21:42

I think Nathan goes much better with Samuel, but I like Flynn better

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Jellymuffin · 01/06/2017 21:34

I've just checked and Flynn isn't in the top 100 list - Nathan is no. 55 as you would expect for an old name. I didn't realise people though Flynn was popular?

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Rockaby · 01/06/2017 21:33

Flynn or Nathan are both nice but I don't like Nate very much on its own. I slightly prefer Nathan to Flynn.

IHaveACrapCat · 01/06/2017 21:26

My baby cousin is Flynn and it suits him perfectly. It's a fabulous name. Nathan is fine, but Flynn is so much better

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 01/06/2017 21:24

Flynn is nice, but not keen on Nate.

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