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Whatdo you think of a boy / man called

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PrinceGeorgeTheCutest · 09/11/2017 03:01

Xavier?
Pronounced Zay-Ve-Er

What kind of boy do you imagine?
What kind of man?

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yawning801 · 13/11/2017 17:00

Brusque but jovial, middle aged man who is the manager of a television centre or something like that.

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PrinceGeorgeTheCutest · 13/11/2017 16:58

Intercom love it

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Intercom · 13/11/2017 15:22

Afraid not, but would gladly keep recommending it in the baby names section here, so Xavier can have a MN-er as his MIL Grin

SleepingStandingUp · 13/11/2017 09:02

Intercom you doubt happen to have one by that name he could marry do you?

Intercom · 13/11/2017 08:24
buttercup54321 · 13/11/2017 00:01

Dislike the name

flumpybear · 12/11/2017 14:49

I know one, pronounced zav eeee ay

lljkk · 12/11/2017 14:34

I like other names better.
Certainly somebody Latin, Portuguese or French or Spanish or something I didn't know had Xavier.
Probably Catholic, too.

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PrinceGeorgeTheCutest · 12/11/2017 14:17

Ooooh I'm liking Seraphina for a DIL

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Intercom · 12/11/2017 14:06

I'm thinking something along the lines of Elise, Elodie, Elena, Estella, Anna, Seraphina, Clementine, Sofia, Cara.

Bouncingbelle · 10/11/2017 21:42

Friends have a little boy called Xavier, pro. Zav-ee-ay. They call him Zav for short. I thinks adorable for a little boy, cool for a teen and classy for A grown man.
In fact, why didn't i call MY son Xavier??!@

BuggertheTabloids · 10/11/2017 20:06

No, classic name for DD though not too common these days for children.
My key thing for kids was no shortening of names to nicknames I didn't like!

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PrinceGeorgeTheCutest · 10/11/2017 19:46

Did you go for something non typical for DD?

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BuggertheTabloids · 10/11/2017 19:23

Love love love that name! Would have been DDs name had she been a DS!

Twinkie1 · 10/11/2017 18:56

I think it’s a lovely name but makes you sound like a dick to call your kid it unless you have French, Spanish or maybe Swiss heritage.

grendel · 10/11/2017 18:54

Xavier (pronounced Zay-vee-uh because we are in the uk) would be cool and intellectual, with a twinkle in his eye. Love this name!

ShizzleYoDrizzle · 10/11/2017 18:41

Jesuit

RosyPP · 10/11/2017 15:33

It’s a name you hear in Catholic circles - Francis Xavier

Whatififall · 09/11/2017 19:20

There's a Xavier at DD's school. He pronounces it Zay-vee-a.

(Although the hard 'a' at the end may just be our North-East accents.)

Sweetmimi · 09/11/2017 19:15

I’d pronounce Xavier and Javier the same hav-ee-ay as both spellings are Spanish, but different regions

ThisNameNow · 09/11/2017 18:42

I'd have pronounced it Hav-ee -err ...but I can now see that I was confusing the Catalan Javier with Xavier. 😆

I'd not think anything in particular and I wouldn't automatically think anything if I heard of a D.C. Or a man called Xavier but I wouldn't be surprised if they had a French background.

TaylorTinker · 09/11/2017 17:55

Sassh maybe that's St Francis Xavier lurking at the back of your mind?

I'd think of someone taught by Jesuits.

HettyB · 09/11/2017 17:48

If it was pronounced Zav-ee-yey then I’d think his parents were fairly intelligent/cultured, and probably had some French connections.

Pronounced Zay-vee-er I think it’s a bit try-hard, but that’s just me!

BernardBlacksHangover · 09/11/2017 16:10

The French pronunciation would make me think of a cool French guy. The ex-ay-vee-er pronunciation would make me think geek chic! Maybe someone like Q from the newer James Bond movies!

heron98 · 09/11/2017 16:03

I think hot and French.

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