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Middle name for Oak

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notjudging87 · 10/04/2018 12:44

Just had my 20wk scan and confirmed we are having a boy. We had loads of girls names, but no boys names. My DP is Lithuanian, so would like Azuolas which translates into Oak. I really like Oak, but not Azuloas. Name would be Oak, not Oakley.

Can you think of a middle name to go with Oak?

I realise the name Oak is a little unusual and not to most peoples taste. Ideas please?

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GandalfsWrinklyHat · 10/04/2018 16:47

I really don’t get worked up about baby names, and never post on these threads, but honestly, with all the very best wishes in the world, you cannot name your son Oak. There are loads of interesting, nice, real underused names out there.

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notjudging87 · 10/04/2018 16:46

@windchimesabotage thanks, i love Arthur. I work in HE so am used to alot of unusual names. I once had a Propella Mermaid and an Fu (first name). So Oak seems almost normal to me.

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SomeKnobend · 10/04/2018 16:46

Forest? Tbh I like Tree and Furnitureland the best, amazing! I wouldn't though. Everyone will think it's funny when they see/hear his name and the joke will get very old very quickly for the poor sod. Azoulas would be an actual name, albeit he'll have to spell it all the time. I'd go with that.

LoveInTokyo · 10/04/2018 16:44

I just Googled Lithuanian boys’ names (because I’m trying to put off doing the things I am supposed to be doing right now!) and there are a few that would work in English as well. Jonas, Lukas, Darius or Tomas, for example? I’m sure there must be more.

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notjudging87 · 10/04/2018 16:44

@LoveinTokyo no other boys names we both like at the moment, loads for girls we liked! I love Rupert, Fraiser, Henry, George, etc but he doesn't. The boys names he likes i cannot stand apart from Oak, I could live with ąžuolas, but i keep having to correct people about my DM's and DP's name as they're not standard UK names.

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windchimesabotage · 10/04/2018 16:43

Oak Arthur is lovely!
I think if the surname is Lithuanian having Oak as a first name might not seem so unusual as it will be obvious that it may be a translation of a Lithuanian name. That would be my first thought if I heard it anyway.
There were some children from Japan in my class at school and some of them had literally translated their names into English (one of them was called Apricot) and that did not seem strange even though the names would not be widely used in the UK.

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notjudging87 · 10/04/2018 16:40

@LoveInTokyo technically it's ąžuolas - see even i can't get it right!

@starkid Thanks! Arthur and Henry are on my list of names, but DP doesn't like them. I like the idea of Emerson possibly a bit American though?

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LoveInTokyo · 10/04/2018 16:36

Is it Azuolas or Azuloas?

If it’s Azuolas then you might be able to use Oli as a nickname? I honestly think the Lithuanian name sounds better than Oak.

Are there any other names you both like?

starkid · 10/04/2018 16:35

Ok well being one of the very few who like the name Oak, here's some suggestions for middle names:

Elijah
Henry
Arthur
Emerson

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notjudging87 · 10/04/2018 16:31

Thanks for opinions, i realise it is an unusual as put in the initial text and the name is still up for discussion. At the moment we both like it. I am sure I've heard much worse names on here, but have tried not to poo poo others names.

I'd rather not use a Lithuanian first name as it's already difficult for people in the UK to pronounce my partners name (first and surname) and guaranteed if we use Azuloas we would have all sorts of pronunciations.

@windchimesabotage that would be the idea, but struggling with a middle name we both like. In Lithuania it's considered very unusual to have a middle name.

@GilligansKitchenIsland surname will be Lithuanian.

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PavlovaPrincess · 10/04/2018 16:26

Willow is also a tree and that's become quite popular.

There are plenty of nice flora and fauna names. I just don't think Oak is one of them.

Failingat40 · 10/04/2018 16:21

Ffs please think of the child before you saddle him with a ridiculous 'name'.

Oak is not a name for a human being. It's a tree, a big fuck off fucking TREE!!!
The translation doesn't work.

MessyMcDoogle · 10/04/2018 16:14

Alon is a Hebrew name that means oak tree
Ackley means dwells at the oak tree
Dara means oak tree

Oak reminds me of Pokemon and I can’t get passed it Grin

Bluesmartiesarebest · 10/04/2018 16:12

Lahoma?

DullAndOld · 10/04/2018 16:06

sorry but it doesn't sound like a real name.
If the Lithuanian version is used as a name, then use that.

However, if you insist on it, what about 'Leaf'?

GottaGetThisDone · 10/04/2018 16:06

Go with the Lithuanian name on birth certificate, and call him Oak as a nn or middle name?

esk1mo · 10/04/2018 16:03

furnitureland Grin

Lightningbolt82 · 10/04/2018 16:00

DON'T LISTEN.....OAK IS A COOL NAME.
YOU DON'T NEED A MIDDLE NAME. JUST OAK.

IrianOfW · 10/04/2018 15:57

Leif?

cupcakesandglitter · 10/04/2018 15:56

@MonkeyPoke you've just made my day 😂😂😂😂

donajimena · 10/04/2018 15:53

jane Grin

JaneJeffer · 10/04/2018 15:48

Rystamyti

Joanna57 · 10/04/2018 15:43

Keydokey.

MiniAlphaBravo · 10/04/2018 15:39

Just because dp wants this name doesn’t mean you should use it. Use the Lithuanian name as a middle and something else as a first.

GertieGitana · 10/04/2018 15:28

*Azuolas, even!

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