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Hunter?

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jayne1384 · 29/10/2017 18:06

Will hunter get shortened to hunt which sounds like @&nt?

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Tealdeal747 · 03/11/2017 18:45

I prefer

Ryder
Taylor
Mason
Rex
Tiger

EverythingEverywhere1234 · 03/11/2017 18:26

I love it personally.

OkPedro · 03/11/2017 18:24

Thanks user

UserThenLotsOfNumbers · 03/11/2017 14:11

OKPedro
The boy who the demon is after (Kristi’s son) is called Hunter.

BernardBlacksHangover · 03/11/2017 07:57

Hunter = predator to me. Not a nice association, even if you do hunt for food.

OkPedro · 03/11/2017 03:03

Hunting for food is still killing animals...better than factory farming Hmm

Dustbunny1900 · 03/11/2017 02:41

I actually love the name, but then I hunt (for food, which IMO is far better than factory farming so unless y’all are vegan , sorry -massive eye roll) and I think it’s really different and striking for a girl
Strong and masculine for a boy.

OkPedro · 03/11/2017 02:32

Who in PA was called Hunter?

op please don't call your ds hunter. It's bloody awful. I was watching a tv programme last week and they called their son Wolf..it's the only name worse than hunter

pixie8 · 03/11/2017 02:26

I like it!

buttercup54321 · 03/11/2017 00:51

horrible.

UserThenLotsOfNumbers · 02/11/2017 01:07

Nope. Makes me think of the film Paranormal Activity!

Want2bSupermum · 02/11/2017 00:59

Love Hunter and know a few boys with the name. I would have named DS Hunter but DH refused to allow it because he thought the name wound be shortened to Cunter.

Mclaren37 · 02/11/2017 00:55

I like Hunter, despite all the negative connotations. It just has a nice sound. Hudson is a really nice, and less controversial, alternative?

icantgetnosleep5 · 30/10/2017 20:23

Haha brill!
I like hunter, we are a petite pair tho, and I think hunter might suit a strapping tall maaaaaan , not the hobbit sized ballet dancers we produce !!

lizzieoak · 30/10/2017 05:54

I’m not keen on last names as first names, even less so when they’re Occupational, and even less so when the occupation is violent.

And in some accent won’t it sound like junta?

Pemba · 30/10/2017 05:37

Yuck

mrsRosaPimento · 29/10/2017 20:33

I’d constantly think of someone shooting animals and birds dead.

Mulch · 29/10/2017 20:31

I really like it, I wouldnt shorten it myself. What about hudson

SuperBeagle · 29/10/2017 20:19

I don't like it.

I wanted to like it, as my favourite author is Hunter S. Thompson. But I used Chenault - a character from his book - as DD1's middle name instead.

It's just not a nice name, and it doesn't have a nice meaning.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 29/10/2017 20:05

I like it too, and I imagine, he would get "H", as a nick name.

BernardBlacksHangover · 29/10/2017 19:13

I don't really like it; it reminds me of wellies, Gladiators and hunting (obviously)!

whoareyoukidding · 29/10/2017 18:38

I rather like it.

Paddingtonthebear · 29/10/2017 18:30

Hideous sorry.

I know of someone who called their baby daughter Hunter, about 5 years ago. They are from the north and I think hunter for a little girl said in a Geordie accent just sounds terrible.

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jayne1384 · 29/10/2017 18:28

Okay! Thanks , it’s not one of my favs just trying a few out xx

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Heratnumber7 · 29/10/2017 18:23

What if he’s anti-hunting when he grows up? Or thin and weedy?

Ridiculous OP. Sorry.

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