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Prince or Kwame

63 replies

LoyaltyAndLobster · 21/09/2017 07:13

Good morning Brew

DS2 will be here in a few weeks, really need to decide by Tuesday as we've got the interior designers coming round design the nursery.

Which do you like better?
Prince
Or
Kwame.

Thanks.

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LoyaltyAndLobster · 21/09/2017 09:51

Thanks we no longer have to refer to him as "baby" we can now say "Kwame" Grin

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bridgetreilly · 21/09/2017 09:32

Yay! I always love it when the OP tells us what they decided. Good choice.

ThaliaLuxurySpa · 21/09/2017 08:43

OP,

Hooray you chose Kwame!

greendale17 · 21/09/2017 08:42

Prince is awful as a name

MammieBear · 21/09/2017 08:40

Prince, never heard of the other name before if I'm honest. I think Prince would be fine for a little boy after all it was the name of the great musician.

ThaliaLuxurySpa · 21/09/2017 08:39

Kwame.

Definitely.

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LoyaltyAndLobster · 21/09/2017 08:37

Thanks everyone

KWAME it is 🎉

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alltouchedout · 21/09/2017 08:34

I love Kwame. Made many attempts to convince DH we could use it (he pointed out we were Polish and British and it wouldn't work for us). Lovely lovely name.

Needalifeoverhaul · 21/09/2017 08:32

I love Kwame...I used to know someone who's son had this name and wasn't of Ghanaian decent..it really doesn't matter one bit. You don't have to be French to use a French name or Italian to use an Italian name so what's the difference. As for the meaning, I've known plenty of Mays, Junes and Aprils not born in those months. Prince is probably a bit too samey as Major though.

Gladiolies · 21/09/2017 08:28

Kwame, deffo. 👍🏼

EdmundCleverClogs · 21/09/2017 08:22

DS1 is 6 years, and I doubt that he will be arguing with his little brother.

Oh dear. There's 6 years between my partner and his eldest sibling, 12 between me and my youngest one. You're wrong, very very wrong I'm afraid. Unless the age gap is so big that the eldest isn't actually around much (an adult with their own life), all siblings argue and over ridiculous things (like names).

I'd go with Kwame.

Ummmmgogo · 21/09/2017 08:10

I think Duke goes well with Major.

coldcanary · 21/09/2017 08:07

Kwame is a lovely name.
As for whether they would argue about who outranks who, oh yes they would - I once overheard siblings on a bus arguing about the 'fact' that because one child's name came before his brother in the alphabet he was better Grin
Kids can and will argue about anything - as the pp said, best not actually handing them the stick to poke each other with!

SoupDragon · 21/09/2017 08:07

I am imagining sibling battles where they argue about who out ranks who

That would never happen, why would it? Hmm

Because they are kids.

No need for a sceptical face.

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LoyaltyAndLobster · 21/09/2017 08:05

@HailLapin - Thanks BrewCake
@AnguaResurgam - DS1 is 6 years, and I doubt that he will be arguing with his little brother.

Yes I've got siblings, I'm a twin yes me and him did used to argue about things, I never remember arguing with my younger brother as we were born years apart.

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CosmicPineapple · 21/09/2017 08:01

Prince is a title not a name so Kwame would be better plus I like its meaning.

Spudlet · 21/09/2017 08:01

Kwame is nice. Not quite so keen on Prince (and yes, I can foresee sibling arguments about such things, kids being what they are... although they do grow out of it eventually)

AnguaResurgam · 21/09/2017 07:57

"That would never happen, why would it?"

You and your DH both only children??

Siblings will squabble about everything and anything, and a big, obvious stick to poke the other is, I think, worth avoiding.

HailLapin · 21/09/2017 07:56

I knew a Kwame at school , nice boy , so positive feeling there. I'd choose that over Prince.

Congratulations by the way.

AuntieStella · 21/09/2017 07:56

You could go back to Kwesi if he's born on Sunday.

It's not so much whether he will ask about what day he was born, rather that all those who come from this naming tradition will assume that it has been properly conferred.

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LoyaltyAndLobster · 21/09/2017 07:53

I am imagining sibling battles where they argue about who out ranks who

That would never happen, why would it? Hmm

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3EyedRaven · 21/09/2017 07:51

No, just checked, his name is Kwasi.
Ignore me

3EyedRaven · 21/09/2017 07:50

Kwame, definitey.
Pretty sure that's Tinchy Striders real name?
Don't like prince at all.

SoupDragon · 21/09/2017 07:46

(There should have read that said, "born on a Saturday".... )

Groovee · 21/09/2017 07:46

I worked with a Kwame. It grew on me.