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Avery????

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Fishandthechips · 10/12/2017 15:22

I'm only 16 weeks pregnant so could well change my mind but me and dp do not agree on names at all and we had a hell of a time naming ds1. Amazingly we both agree that we love the name Avery and would use it regardless of babies sex. Is this a silly idea? It's not a name I think I've ever heard anyone name their child and I'm worried about bullying.
Also recommendations of similar names would be most welcome!

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Doingthebattybat · 10/12/2017 18:07

Another one whose mind goes straight to ‘aviary’.

manicinsomniac · 10/12/2017 18:00

I don't think it is that linked to Aviary. Don't you say Aviary 'A-vee-uh-ree' rather than 'Ava-ree'. No more similar than names that rhyme or assonate (is that a word??) really.

Also don't see why the brand of scales is a probem (agree that's pretty niche btw!) People still call their children Flora and Zara pretty regularly (sure there are more brand name names too).

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Fishandthechips · 10/12/2017 17:54

Thank you everyone for your views.
I was slightly worried about the Aviary/Avery confusion as my mum has a phobia of birds. As in she once ran and left my sister as a baby in the middle of Trafalgar Square because a group of pidgins tried to steal her biscuit... May now have to consider the mental effect on my mum Grin
At least I still have a lot of time left to think about it!

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ShizzleYoDrizzle · 10/12/2017 17:41

I never said offices and postrooms are niche.

This being a brand that is sometimes found in offices and postrooms makes your 'It's the brand name of letter-weighing scales''concerns a little niche.

MikeUniformMike · 10/12/2017 17:37

I think you'll find that offices and postrooms aren't particularly niche.
It's a well-known brand. Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't make it niche.

Google avery and see what comes up.

ShizzleYoDrizzle · 10/12/2017 17:32

Yeah as I said, pretty niche.

MikeUniformMike · 10/12/2017 17:30

Not really. Avery is the make. There are Avery labels too. Quite common in office or postroom environments.

NisekoWhistler · 10/12/2017 17:21

Avery makes me think of Aviary

ShizzleYoDrizzle · 10/12/2017 17:14

'It's the brand name of letter-weighing scales.'

that's a pretty niche reference tbh.

Movablefeast · 10/12/2017 17:12

What about Audrey?

MikeUniformMike · 10/12/2017 17:11

It's the brand name of letter-weighing scales.
Why not go the whole hog and spell it Ava-Ree.

MrsEricBana · 10/12/2017 17:02

I like it!

villainousbroodmare · 10/12/2017 16:57

I really like it.

ShizzleYoDrizzle · 10/12/2017 16:57

‘Avery can you clean out the avery for me please.’

She'd be cleaning out the aviary.

NeverDarkedOn · 10/12/2017 16:56

It makes me think of labels sorry OP it’s a lovely name I just deal with boxes of labels daily in Work

NerrSnerr · 10/12/2017 16:55

‘Avery can you clean out the avery for me please.’

Mishappening · 10/12/2017 16:54

Not seriously surely?! It is a make of weighing scales as far as I am concerned.

SmiledWithTheRisingSun · 10/12/2017 16:52

Sounds like a place you keep birds Hmm

Mum2jenny · 10/12/2017 16:51

Avery weighing systems was my first thought

Movablefeast · 10/12/2017 16:49

My parents had a male friend called Avery but it seems to have switched to a female name theses days FYI.

uncoolnn · 10/12/2017 16:47

I thought birds straight away too, sorry OP

JennyOnAPlate · 10/12/2017 16:36

My mum has one in her garden with birds in it.

ChocolateCrunch · 10/12/2017 16:29

I like it. Probably use for a girl.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 10/12/2017 16:29

Although the only one I know Is a fictitious boy character. I still see it as pretty girls name

manicinsomniac · 10/12/2017 15:59

I love it for a girl. Not sure I'd use it for a boy but there's no reason why not.

It's been top 10 in the US for quite a long time but I've never met one in the UK.

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