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Fox as a name?

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Rocki · 16/09/2018 12:13

Has anyone ever heard of someone naming a boy Fox ? Friend wants to use this but not sure it’s a good idea. It’s their choice obviously but would anyone say anything ?

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Skyejuly · 18/09/2018 18:21

I know a baby wolf and 2 Fox. 1 is about 6 and 1 is 2.

MrsRachel85 · 18/09/2018 18:19

I like it, unusual and cool. I wouldn’t be brave enough to use it as a first name though! I do know someone who has just used it though

Almondio · 18/09/2018 17:27

I have an American friend who chose this name for their DS. It's cute as a nickname but for me, it's not a proper name.

Aquamarine1029 · 18/09/2018 17:25

I like it. It's a very pleasing sounding word in my opinion. I think I would spell it with 2 x's. Foxx.

wouldHAVEshouldHAVEcouldHAVE · 17/09/2018 06:59

I completely forgot I knew a little boy called Wolf, he’s moved away now.
Although his full name was Wolfgang.
Also know a baby Bear.
I think Fox is nicer than those two.

ThanksItHasPockets · 16/09/2018 21:59

I somehow know two kids called Wolf. I think if you can have Wolf, you can have Fox.

BlancheM · 16/09/2018 17:50

Hunter, Fox, Wolf and Bear are becoming popular round here. Following in the footsteps of River and Oakley

DancerOnIce · 16/09/2018 17:45

petulia I wonder if we know the same Fox?! The one I know has an older sister with a perfectly ordinary name. I think it wouldn’t seem so strange if both children had names which are a bit different
I also know a boy with Fox as a middle name. That doesn’t strike me as strange at all. For me, middle names can be practically anything!

ChristinaMarlowe · 16/09/2018 16:22

*90s teenager - accidentally aged myself there

ChristinaMarlowe · 16/09/2018 16:21

I ALWAYS wince at these sort of names, but because I absolutely loved the X-FILES as a 80s teenager for some unknown reason I actually like this one. Also don't think Fox is that 'out there' compared to the variety of names I see in School these days (and I work in secondary where the youngest are 11 so they're not all very recent and yooneek names) - there are way worse than that!

chuckiecheese · 16/09/2018 16:13

My local scouts group have leaders called by animal names; Kangaroo, Fox, wolf .

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SelinaMyers · 16/09/2018 15:56

Taught a Fox- he would be in his mid teens now. His last name made him sound like a children’s book character:

PetuliaBlavatsky · 16/09/2018 15:50

I know a Fox too, strikes me as a bit of a daft name but of course no one says anything irl. He has a sibling with a perfectly ordinary name too, which makes it even odder.

zeeboo · 16/09/2018 15:46

I LOVE it!

Saymaname · 16/09/2018 15:44

I know a Fox, just the one

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Rocki · 16/09/2018 15:43

Thank you ! Agreed

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Rocki · 16/09/2018 15:43

Thank you

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Growingboys · 16/09/2018 15:31

It's pretentious. That designer Alice Temperley called her son Fox I think. QED.

lecossaise · 16/09/2018 15:30

Oh wait it's your friend. No don't say anything then!

Sunflower321 · 16/09/2018 15:29

Oh, your friend is considering it? Definitely up to her and I wouldn't say anything.

lecossaise · 16/09/2018 15:29

You could spell it Fawkes? (I quite like surnames as first names though...)

PassportBridgetPants · 16/09/2018 15:28

This is your friend's child not yours right? Re your question 'would anyone say anything?' I wouldn't, not in a million years. Not my place.

WhittlingIhopMonkey · 16/09/2018 15:22

Fox to me means sexy. No.

WeeMadArthur · 16/09/2018 15:05

I know a boy called Fox. Is your friend prepared to have her house overrun by fox themed presents, because they will be. It’s cute for the first few birthdays but now they have to ask for no more fox themed presents!

Rebecca36 · 16/09/2018 15:03

OP, is your surname Hunter?

No, really, Fox is OK as a surname, no-one bats an eyelid at that but as a first name it's grim.

Names are important, don't give your child one that might embarrass him as he gets older.

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