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Ok, now for a boys name we like....

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Gameofgnomes · 27/08/2017 13:50

I was so pleased with the response about Billie for a girl but this one is a bit more 'unusual'

Link

I know you can lengthen it to be Lincoln but I don't like that so it would just be Link.

DH is a huge Zelda fan Grin

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Gameofgnomes · 28/08/2017 12:41

Fantspants I've lurked the baby names threads for some time so I was prepared Grin

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auntym · 28/08/2017 11:21

Reminds me of link sausages.

HingleMcCringleberry · 28/08/2017 10:52

You're bang on fantspants A few people saying that kids will call him the missing link, the weakest link. Yup. Probably. Kids will do anything to a name. But then you'll turn around and think it's OK to name your son Richard. Talk about having to bear the lifetime consequences of a parent's cruel choice!

pilates · 28/08/2017 10:33

Charles Lincoln sounds good but not Link that is awful, sorry

Fantspants · 28/08/2017 09:42

I'm glad you have thick skin Op, the reason I haven't put down my name choices on a forum is people saying things like "yuck"

Just googled the origin of this name, as a surname it appears in German and Yiddish and means left handed. Link the character in Zelda is left handed :D what a cool Link ;)

As for the people saying 'missing Link' etc, children will name call any name even if it doesn't make sense.

Op if you love the name go for it, at least people will be able to pronounce it. I grew up with a Loek (Luke) who was forever saying it's not Lo-ek. That's worse to me than having a unique name.

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Gameofgnomes · 28/08/2017 09:41

super we watch Rhett and Link too.

His real name is Charles Lincoln so maybe the middle name could be an option.

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ScarletSienna · 28/08/2017 08:27

I'd either use it as a middle name or not at all. The 'missing link' and 'weakest link' er, links, are too mean!

ineedamoreadultieradult · 28/08/2017 08:24

I would spell in Linc and have Lincoln as their full name.

Lemondrop99 · 28/08/2017 08:23

Link would be fine as a shortening for Lincoln.

As a stand alone name, I really don't like it. What about using it for a middle name?

HeteronormativeHaybales · 28/08/2017 06:31

Just no.

I don't know what Zelda is, but the name of one's child is really not the place for parents to indulge their liking for films/games/series. It's not them who have to bear the lifelong consequences.

SuperBeagle · 28/08/2017 06:25

Reminds me of Link from Good Mythical Morning.

I prefer Rhett

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 28/08/2017 02:42

My neighbour has a Lincoln who gets shortened to Lynx, which I think is quite cool. But Link on its own I think opens up a ŕeady range of insults, like missing link, weakest link.

Strokethefurrywall · 28/08/2017 01:59

I love Lincoln, was briefly on our shortlist for DS2 but DS1 is a Carter so we realized we'd look like US presidential nuts so vetoed.

It's a good name though!

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Gameofgnomes · 27/08/2017 23:44

On top of to us it's not as random as that. There are a couple of references where we have heard it.

Although Hyphen..... GrinGrin

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BunnyNeeded · 27/08/2017 23:28

I don't like the name, but I do like the sound of it, if that makes sense.

BunnyNeeded · 27/08/2017 23:27

You may not like Lincoln, but you can still use it if you like Link. We used a name for one of ours that we only love the nickname of, but still christened the full name.

Ontopofthesunset · 27/08/2017 23:20

URL link
Link sausages
Cuff links
Link chain fence

Why? I mean, I realise you could fairly say why not, but then why not Hyphen? Or Back? Or Conjunction? Or Picket? Or Semi-Colon?

Of course any word can be a name, but if you're picking a word at random it might as well have positive or attractive associations. I don't much like Ocean as a name, but I understand why someone might choose it. Link is baffling to me.

FizzyGreenWater · 27/08/2017 23:18

I haven't thought of that for years 😁

FizzyGreenWater · 27/08/2017 23:18

LINK! As in a single sausage?! No you can't possibly!

Pigs in Space... starring LINK HOGTHROB and DR STRANGEPORK

😂😂😂😂😂😂

C0untDucku1a · 27/08/2017 23:16

Linkovich?

Kazzawazza69 · 27/08/2017 23:06

I actually kinda like it. Not a name I would choose for my own child but if I met one I would think it was a cool name.

InvisibleCities · 27/08/2017 23:05

Lots of people use a more formal name but always intend to shorten it to what they prefer - for instance I've never met an Edith who actually went by Edith, they all seem to be known as Edie, but they do have that more formal name to fall back on if they ever want to.

Is there any other longer name that could be shortened to Link? Just so that he has a "get out clause" later on?

Buntysoven · 27/08/2017 22:56

Er...the missing link? Confused

Liadain · 27/08/2017 22:46

Oh god no OP.

Use it as a middle name if you must. Or just have Zelda as a girls baby name option, I think that's easier to pull off Grin

DuggeeHugs · 27/08/2017 22:25

My first thought was the Matrix.

Choosing names is a nightmare - if you like it go for it, but maybe offer a more conventional middle name so he has a choice?