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Theo, Vincent or Cillian?

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busymamakins1 · 24/10/2018 20:22

Shortlisted our three favourite boys names, as agreed with my other half!!

Vincent would be "Vinnny".

Theo

Or Cillian?

They're all really different, anyone have a fave??

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busymamakins1 · 25/10/2018 20:29

Thank you all, genuinely, for your opinions!! Massively appreciated and rather entertaining to read them all 🤣

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Glumglowworm · 25/10/2018 20:20

There’s a million Theo’s, and it grates on me when people mispronounce it as Fee-oh

I really want to like Vincent, but I just don’t and I really don’t like Vinny

I do like Cillian, although it’s the name of Captain Hook in the tv show Once Upon a Time and I can’t stand him which puts me off. But it’s a pretty obscure reference and it’s a nice name

SumAndSubstance · 25/10/2018 19:58

I don't like Theo anyway, but yes it's super-popular. I like Vincent, but I hate Vinnie. I like Cillian - that one!

SilveryMoon · 25/10/2018 19:11

Cillian. Love it

VenusInSpurs · 25/10/2018 19:06

Until I looked it up I would pronounce Cillian based on Cilla.
I don’t think Theo is overused is it? Just, you hear of a few.

Theo is a great name.

E20mom · 25/10/2018 07:53

Theo. It's popular because it's a good name.

Charley50 · 25/10/2018 07:28

I love Vincent and Theo. Vincent is cool. Theo is cute.

Wouldn't go for Cillian unless I was Irish and actually I don't know how to pronounce it in spite of Peaky Blinders.

HairyArmpits · 25/10/2018 06:54

Silly-Un



That's made me chuckle. A lot.

Nah, don't like Cillian. Theo's overused , not a fan of Vincent or Vince, but love Vinnie.

IWouldLikeToKnow · 25/10/2018 06:32

I really like Cillian.

VenusInSpurs · 25/10/2018 05:34

Oh, I see it is “Kill’yun”.

I have known a Killian. Female.

I don’t like it at all.

Escolar · 25/10/2018 05:32

Theo

VenusInSpurs · 25/10/2018 05:32

How is Cillian pronounced?

I would pick Theo. There have been a few round here over the last couple of years but certainly not ‘one in every Baby group’ frequency.

Lipsticktraces · 25/10/2018 05:26

Vincent is a lovely name. Vinny not so much. I’d leave it as Vincent, much more tatsteful.

Cillian and Reuben are both getting quite common now. I wouldn’t pick either for that reason, although I do think Cillian is a lovely name.

loveshinealight · 24/10/2018 23:26

Silly-un 

Really @SputnikBear? 

I think you'll be on your own with that one! Vincent and Cillian are on my list too. I love Cillian but not sure if it's having a real resurgence just now and will be the new Conor or Liam,

funnyoldonion · 24/10/2018 22:32

Vincent 👍

SputnikBear · 24/10/2018 22:30

Lots of people will probably pronounce it like that, right or wrong.

RavenWings · 24/10/2018 22:22

Well no it wouldn't, because that's not how you pronounce the name. Ffs, Google is available if you're unfamiliar with a name.

Silly-un. Hmm

SputnikBear · 24/10/2018 22:19

Silly-Un? Surely that will attract jokes and bullying?

Sophronia · 24/10/2018 22:16

Vincent

KitKatCHA · 24/10/2018 21:55

I like Cillian, although I would use the English version with a K - that's what DC3 would have been called if she was a boy.

motortroll · 24/10/2018 21:44

Vincent is my fave boys name. I wouldn't use it now because if someone I know (that and not having a baby lol) but I love it so much!

needsanewname · 24/10/2018 21:42

Theo is hugely popular now, funnily enough I named DD the female version of it and it's nowhere near as popular, we veto's Theo/Theodore because of how popular it's gotten.

Go for Cillian.

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busymamakins1 · 24/10/2018 21:41

Hmmm I get the "Gillian" thing now you've mentioned it, but hopefully it wouldn't be a problem too much if the name becomes more commonplace? I never realised Theo was so bloody popular!! Think that ones off the list 😵

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17caterpillars1mouse · 24/10/2018 21:35

I like Vincent, though not as keen in Vinnie but it fits in well with the Alfie, Archie, Freddie, Robbie trend

Cillian is nice enough

I like Theo but they are everywhere

SuburbanRhonda · 24/10/2018 21:32

This is the second Cillian thread this week. I’d always worry it might be read as Gillian if it was written down but more, unless you’re Irish, it seems a bit try-hard.

Vincent I like. Not Vinny.

Theo isn’t popular round here so I guess its about where you live.

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