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Sloane?

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Liliannna1 · 13/06/2017 21:32

Overheard name in supermarket yesterday and thought it was unusual but pretty? Thoughts?

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UsaNayme · 14/06/2017 21:00

FloralTribute then you haven't read enough posts

Theyhaveallbeenused2 · 14/06/2017 20:56

Ooh I like it! Never heard it as a first name. Can be used for either too.

Elmo230885 · 14/06/2017 20:49

I always read the name as if it rhymes with Joanne, no idea why!

BikeRunSki · 14/06/2017 20:48

Sloane Ranger not necessarily kind 1980s slang word, for young, wealthy, upper class people. Kind of predecessors to Tara P-T etc.

FloralTribute · 14/06/2017 20:45

I think its without exception the worst naming suggestion I've heard on here.

Strokethefurrywall · 14/06/2017 20:42

Was considered by DH and I for DS2 before we knew he was a boy, along with Greer.

I really liked it, but I know a couple of Aussie women with the name so I don't associate it with braying twats, only with extremely cool, surfing women!

lastqueenofscotland · 14/06/2017 20:40

Sloane is an unsult!!

spankhurst · 14/06/2017 20:40

I read somewhere that lots of negative words start with sl, like slime, slither, slob, slattern, etc etc. I don't like the name, sorry.

UsaNayme · 14/06/2017 20:36

I absolutely love Sloane. Probably wouldn't use it, but love it anyway

FrancisCrawford · 14/06/2017 18:40

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UsernameInvalid66 · 14/06/2017 18:30

Very much not my thing. I don't like "surnamey" names much anyway, and I'm old enough to remember when a Sloane was common slang for an upper-class, and usually rather smug, sort of person. I'm particularly surprised that people see it as more of a girl's name because I can't see anything feminine looking or sounding about it at all - if you put a gun to my head and made me use it, I'd use it for a boy.

DarthMaiden · 14/06/2017 18:08

Sorry OP but I don't like it on many levels.

I don't (for unfathomable reasons admittedly) like the sound or spelling.

It just screams a name that tries too hard to be interesting, but just isn't Sad

StarHeartDiamond · 14/06/2017 18:07

Slug crossed with Loner. Or a modern-day Joan. Can't help the word association!

chinlop · 14/06/2017 18:04

I don't associate it with anything, but it just sounds like an ugly word to me.

SPenfj · 14/06/2017 16:31

Dreadful.

Ferris Beuller of course, a classic movie which could redeem Sloane but doesnt.

Reminds me of Sloth and Slow

Alittlepotofrosie · 14/06/2017 16:29

Awful. Absolutely awful.

HollyBollyBooBoo · 14/06/2017 11:44

Love it, very American/Canadian but gorgeous!

RoseVase2010 · 14/06/2017 11:36

Sloane Grainger 😂😂😂😂

SoupDragon · 14/06/2017 11:21

Pretty?? Confused

florascotianew · 14/06/2017 11:20

If you name a baby Sloane, at least some people will assume that you agree with these sort of social attitudes:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/9001529/Kate-Middleton-and-the-rise-of-the-Sloane-Ranger.html

AuntieStella · 14/06/2017 11:15

I'm not a fan of surname names generally - Sloane Square was named for Hans Sloane.

And with the added resonance of Sloane Ranger, I really don't think this one works.

Sophronia · 14/06/2017 11:04

Sloane Ranger! Awful.

Joeybee · 14/06/2017 10:20

I think it's a really cool, unusual name...but not too out there. It reminds me of Sloane Square in London, which is a pretty trendy place.

SuperBeagle · 14/06/2017 09:50

Sloane is frigging hideous.

Also sounds masculine.

MacarenaFerreiro · 14/06/2017 07:53

God no. Very "straight out of a Disney kids TV show" or Sloane Ranger.