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what do you think of Marley ?

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milosmummy16 · 16/08/2017 08:06

Hi, what's your opinion on Marley for a boy ? I think it's quite a sweet name (i had a hamster years ago called Marley 😃) but I just can't imagine a grown man being called this. I have other names on my list but just wondered what others thought as not seen this name mentioned on here!

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MammieBear · 17/08/2017 08:07

How about Harley?

PavoReal · 16/08/2017 08:30

DD has a Marley in her reception class, he is just lovely. I didn't make the dog connection but then my DS has a dogs name according to a lot of Mumsnetters. I like it but wouldn't use it myself.

Itis6oclocksomewhere · 16/08/2017 08:28

It's my dogs name.
He's a rescue dog so we presume he's named after Marley and Me.

ilivebythesea · 16/08/2017 08:27

I know a Marley, boy aged 8. Always seemed a girly name to me though.

skyzumarubble · 16/08/2017 08:27

Dog.

OhTheRoses · 16/08/2017 08:25

Ridiculous.

PotteringAlong · 16/08/2017 08:23

Dog or ghost. Not a boy.

GeillisTheWitch · 16/08/2017 08:23

Have to agree with most, it's a dog's name.

thegirlupnorth · 16/08/2017 08:22

A great name for a cat or dog.

Ropsleybunny · 16/08/2017 08:21

Nice name for a Labrador.

delilahbucket · 16/08/2017 08:21

I know a Marley. He's not mixed race or a dog. The name suits him.

OliviaStabler · 16/08/2017 08:21

Dog

BigGreenOlives · 16/08/2017 08:20

Know a 17 year old boy called Marley, it always sounds odd when his mum is talking about him but fine when he's there...

Bluntness100 · 16/08/2017 08:20

Totally a dogs name, sorry.

Joinourclub · 16/08/2017 08:18

Definitely a dogs name.

chantico · 16/08/2017 08:16

I think the Dickens will stand the test of time rather better than a current (nit terribly well known) TV series.

Ditto the labrador (sorry)

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milosmummy16 · 16/08/2017 08:14

I do agree when I first heard it I thought of the film Marley and me but not anymore, as it keeps growing on me. Hmmm still not sure x

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BikeRunSki · 16/08/2017 08:14

I'd assume he was named after Bob Marley.

Like the brother I knows called Dylan and Lennon.

VanillaSugar · 16/08/2017 08:13

TV series: Marley's Ghosts.... only, Marley is a woman....

VanillaSugar · 16/08/2017 08:12

Another one saying Marley & Me.

🐕

Saucysausages · 16/08/2017 08:10

I think of bob Marley so assume mixed race child

Also Marley is on Teen Mom UK - Marley for a boy, Manley is a dad, Marlia is a girl version of the name. So it may be popular with that demographic that's the only place I've heard it

M5tothesouthwest · 16/08/2017 08:10

Dog name. Sorry!

AuntieStella · 16/08/2017 08:10

In RL, I've only met an equine Marley.

It's also surname in Dickens' Christmas Carol, and I whenever I hear surname-names I'd expect a boy

sandgrown · 16/08/2017 08:09

It makes me think you must be a reggae fan

museumum · 16/08/2017 08:08

It totally makes me think of the dog from the film. Sorry.