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Opinions please!

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jennifersarah · 01/05/2018 16:03

What do you think of Denby?

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MammieBear · 02/05/2018 12:45

Digby?...

ErrantBakedBean · 02/05/2018 12:25

Oh I like it! People may mishear it as Tenby but that's no big issue.

MillicentF · 02/05/2018 11:33

Or you could just give him a name suitable for a human being?

Pemba · 02/05/2018 11:31

No. Plates, places, not a person's first name.

TrickyKid · 02/05/2018 10:40

Pottery

IAmMatty · 02/05/2018 10:40

Sounds like a Great Dane

blairsey · 02/05/2018 10:39

Not keen.. what about Darcy?

RoundaboutSnail · 01/05/2018 23:30

I do think of plates but in a good way. It's a place name for the village where the pottery is made. I wouldn't have thought of it as a baby name, but I like it better than a lot of location names.

Topseyt · 01/05/2018 23:18

Dinner plates. We inherited some from my MIL.

Not really a name, IMHO.

Buntysoven · 01/05/2018 23:01

Kids won't know who Dirty Den is. The character's been dead for years! Not keen on Denby though tbh. Actually prefer Dennis but it's all subjective

Sophronia · 01/05/2018 21:24

Plates

littlepooch · 01/05/2018 20:04

Yep, plates. Sorry.

PavoReal · 01/05/2018 20:01

Worked with an Aussie girl called Denby years ago. She’d probably be about 40 by now. She was lovely!
I realise this is of no help whatsoever.

LastOneDancing · 01/05/2018 20:01

I like the sound of it, it makes me think of a friendly floppy dog.

But yeah. Plates.

pilates · 01/05/2018 19:59

Awful

lurkymclurkerson · 01/05/2018 19:55

I live in Derbyshire so my first thought is the village... and then the plates.

The factory shop does a rubbish scone. That’s not relevant, but I suppose a heads up for anyone in the area...

DailyFailAreTwats · 01/05/2018 19:52

Plates
Jack Russell
Small village

nonbikerchick · 01/05/2018 18:52

Pottery (that I love)
Surname of one of my personal heroes, Joolz Denby

Do you want your child to have the nickname Dirty Den? It will happen

FrancisCrawford · 01/05/2018 18:45

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Enidblyton1 · 01/05/2018 18:40

What about Digby?
Sounds like Denby, but has the added benefit of not being pottery.

FawnDrench · 01/05/2018 18:32

A Welsh town...

Emilyrose746 · 01/05/2018 17:04

It just reminds me of Denby dale pies！

SwedishEdith · 01/05/2018 17:03

I hear it as Denbigh. It'll be shortened to Den, which may or may not be ok.

AmazingPostVoices · 01/05/2018 17:02

I think it would be a hard name to live with honestly.

chezmk1988 · 01/05/2018 17:00

Not very nice imo