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Fawn?

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user2020 · 24/10/2018 20:09

Thoughts?

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muchalover · 24/10/2018 22:12

I once knew someone who called their daughter Fern. She was actually called Felicity, Elizabeth, Something beginning with R and then N. And they called her Fern.

Valkarie · 24/10/2018 22:10

I would assume that you were pronouncing thorn badly

PaulHollywoodsSexGut · 24/10/2018 21:41

Fawn James is the daughter (and inheritor) of the estate of the “King of Soho” Paul Raymond, who made all his dish through - well - porn.

That’s the only Fawn that springs to mind.

Maybe choose something else, Fawn also sounds like a character from Knots Landing or something x

BobbinThreadbare123 · 24/10/2018 21:36

One of Tig's twins in Sons of Anarchy. Nope.

Fern is quite nice.

midsomermurderess · 24/10/2018 21:33

I think of a violent, creepy character in the Smiley books, but that is perhaps a bit niche.

daisypond · 24/10/2018 21:20

I don't mind it, actually. Maybe because it reminds me of Dawn. But agree that Fern is way nicer.

OwlDoll · 24/10/2018 21:09

Fiadh is the Irish for deer and is quite a popular name in Ireland. It is sometimes spelt Fia as well and pronounced Fee-a.

Vanillabloom · 24/10/2018 20:53

My dog is red dawn colour and it just reminds me of that

JaiNotJay · 24/10/2018 20:52

Nope!

SavoyCabbage · 24/10/2018 20:50

Just what I was thinking, Beige.

MrsGollach · 24/10/2018 20:50

Oh deer/dear

TheCbeebiesYellowBlobs · 24/10/2018 20:48

Synonym for beige! Lovely.

MsJolly · 24/10/2018 20:40

No just no

FrameyMcFrame · 24/10/2018 20:39

Do you mean Faun?

PuppyMonkey · 24/10/2018 20:29

It’d make me think of fawning over someone. As in being an arse-licker. Sad

chipshape · 24/10/2018 20:26

Id assume a person called Fawn was Asian if I couldn't see them. Maybe a Chinese person who chose an English name based on how it looks written down rather than what it means. Not necessarily a negative, just my immediate thought.

IHeartKingThistle · 24/10/2018 20:25

I think it's nice, reminds me of Fae which means fairy.

FogCutter · 24/10/2018 20:25

No.

It's a baby deer or a verb meaning to act like a sycophant over. Not things I would want to name my child after.

How about another nature name like Fern, Flora, Dawn, Autumn, Clover, Hazel....

INeedNewShoes · 24/10/2018 20:24

Fern is a lovely name.

Fawn is strange

Woulditbeworth · 24/10/2018 20:21

If I had another DD, she’d be a Fern. I love the name. x

SuperstarDJ · 24/10/2018 20:20

Not keen all but a third vote for Fern.

WitBeyondMeasure · 24/10/2018 20:18

Not keen on Fawn but second Fern.

MarthasGinYard · 24/10/2018 20:16

As in a deer?

Why

DramaAlpaca · 24/10/2018 20:16

No, not keen at all.

Fern is nice though.

catsofa · 24/10/2018 20:15

To fawn is a verb. Can't call a kid that, sorry!

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