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Snow

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RightAreYouSure · 03/07/2017 00:25

What are your thoughts on the name Snow (for a middle name)?

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Mulch · 03/07/2017 09:36

I just hear Jon snow in a strong Yorkshire accent

Decaffstilltastesweird · 03/07/2017 09:36

*deed poll ffs! Blush

Decaffstilltastesweird · 03/07/2017 09:34

Poor you rodeo! I wouldn't use as a first name for that reason. I feel you really hate it, have you considered changing it by drool? My cousin did this as an adult and, though it was hard to get used to at first, the 'new' name has been her name now for about 15 years and it's no problem.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 03/07/2017 09:32

I like Madeleine Snow, it's lovely, but only as a middle name.

RodeoDriveBaby · 03/07/2017 09:19

Also I'm biased as I have a hippy name (think Rain) and it's the bane of my life.

stumblymonkeyagain · 03/07/2017 09:13

I don't agree that children with unusual middle names get bullied. Who knows people's middle names?

I like it but you're going to be asked a lot if there's some relevance? Is there?

Personally I like unusual middle names, I'm considering Wilding as a middle name for my DD (from Emily Wilding Davison the suffragette).

I also like nature names...like you said we use a lot of nature names already...Summer, Rowan, Ivy, Robin, Violet, etc.

RodeoDriveBaby · 03/07/2017 09:02

It's heinous IMO.

But your baby your choice!!

Decaffstilltastesweird · 03/07/2017 09:01

I actually love this! Probably wouldn't use it as a first name, but love it as a middle name. I also love Rain and Star.

Justhadmyhaircut · 03/07/2017 08:16

Bullied childhood springs to mind. .

CaoNiMartacus · 03/07/2017 08:12

Fine as long as your surname isn't Mann, White, Plough, Drift, etc.

Saucery · 03/07/2017 06:34

I quite like it as a middle name with Madeleine. Prefer Eira though.

ScarletSienna · 03/07/2017 06:17

I too think it will look like a surname as it is a fairly well known one.

Snow (blow) is a drug which would possibly put me off too.

Aside from that, as a middle name I think it is fine.

UsedToBeAPaxmanFan · 03/07/2017 06:11

Your child, your decision. Personally I don't like it but that's just me. I love Madeleine as a name though.

I certainly wouldn't use it though if your surname is Man, White or Storm. But I imagine you've thought of that already. Grin

hophop333 · 03/07/2017 05:45

Awful. I know anything can be a name if we wish it to be but is this seriously a name?!

Even as a middle name I would feel so ashamed to say 'my dd is called X Snow X', think you would get a lot of strange looks and stereotyping.

MikeUniformMike · 03/07/2017 01:44

Not if your surname is White. Use Isla instead.

NikiBabe · 03/07/2017 01:44

Jon Snow too.

It's generally a surname. To me it would look as if she had a double barrel surname rather than a middle name.

JuicyCake · 03/07/2017 01:43

Wasn't there a rapper called Snow? His song was "informer"
"Informer, do dee do do, a-licky-boom-boom-down"

NikiBabe · 03/07/2017 01:40

Snow White, Game of Thrones, Hunger Games (President Snow).

ButterfliesandMoths · 03/07/2017 01:37

Madeleine Snow sounds beautiful

Dixiestamp · 03/07/2017 01:07

I prefer Eira, Welsh for snow.

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 03/07/2017 00:50

I'm not a fan of names that are descriptions of things like colours, weather conditions and so on.

A few on the list you just mentioned are long established names. Snow is not.

You may as well just name your kid "car" or "train" or "ice" or something else completely random Confused (And yes, unless you literally conceived her in actual snow, it IS random).

Madeline, however, is a beautiful name Grin

Topseyt · 03/07/2017 00:49

To me it is winter weather and perhaps also occasionally a surname. I wouldn't personally use it any other way though.

theconstantinoplegardener · 03/07/2017 00:48

How about Nieve? It's Spanish for snow, so the meaning is the same but it sounds a bit more...name-like (to me!).

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RightAreYouSure · 03/07/2017 00:45

It would be Madeleine Snow.

@WhatToDoAboutThis2017 - do you not agree with the names Violet, Summer, Scarlett, Grace, Melody, etc.?

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WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 03/07/2017 00:43

Nope. Snow is a weather condition, not a name.

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