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Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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Would you rather...

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Gremlinothefirst · 25/06/2017 20:48

... have a really unusual name (ie not in the top 1000 names in the U.K. but is not a made up name) that might (or might not) put you at risk of teasing at school, or have a common, traditional name that is having a surge in popularity right now such that you'd probably know lots of others your age?

This is the choice we are trying to make for our son, born last week, no name! I don't want to say what the names are but it would be the equivalent of Ignatius versus George.

Lack of sleep is making it very hard to think straight. Help!

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bridgetreilly · 27/06/2017 16:01

Edward's a fine choice for a middle name. Go on, be brave! Give him the other name to make his own.

bridgetreilly · 27/06/2017 16:02

Edward's a fine choice for a middle name. Go on, be brave! Give him the other name to make his own.

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Gremlinothefirst · 28/06/2017 20:43

Argh I'm still so confused! You all make good points. I'm hoping it will all become clear to me in the next few days. We are trying out the different names to see what fits

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grufallosfriend · 28/06/2017 22:43

Edward is ok, I find it a little dull.

I agree - give your son a name to make his own!

Haint · 28/06/2017 22:58

My name was very unusual when I was young. Never met another, no pencils available with it printed on them. Piss taken fairly regularly. It has since become very very very popular.

GraceGrape · 28/06/2017 23:02

I really like Edward. In 15 years of teaching, I have never come across one.

Veterinari · 30/06/2017 00:40

I find Edward dull and a bit wet.

Nowadays he'll be lost on a sea of Teddy's and Theodores- what's your unusual name?

TyrionLannisterforKing · 30/06/2017 00:50

Go with the unusual name. Whenever someone says Tyrion half a dozen heads turn, and as a consequence I end up being called "Tyrion Lannister". Lannister, btw, having to be spelled every single time, which I always took in stride. If your kid doesn't like it, he can ask to be called by his middle name.

nooka · 30/06/2017 01:16

I have a very unusual name (I suspect well outside of the top 1000) which I love. I do have to spell or pronounce it all the time, but I've never met another (they do exist though). dh has a very common name and while he didn't know many at school there were lots at university and so they all got nicknames, some of which weren't very nice (I remember big, tall, fat, little, thrash, Scouse and a couple that were just totally renamed, not at their request).

I think that with a much wider range of names being used the likelihood of an unusual name being commented on is much less than 20 or 30 years ago, but also the likelihood of five in a class even with a super popular name. We accidentally called ds a very popular name (boomed the year after he was born and has stayed top ten ever since) but I think have only met one other.

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Gremlinothefirst · 01/07/2017 12:54

Thanks everyone, we are 98% sure we're going with the unusual one

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