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Sailor

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Whitley83 · 03/11/2018 17:28

Me and my hubby are trying for our rainbow baby and I love the name sailor.

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Saymaname · 03/11/2018 17:47

Bristol Palin, one of her’s is Sailor and i thought it was awful then. Then she’s got Tripp...and Atlee. No Sailor.

needsanewname · 03/11/2018 17:47

I am definitely NOT of the 'Amelia brigade' but Sailor just isn't a name. Please don't do it.

Anasnake · 03/11/2018 17:47

Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy
No

MidnightVelvetthe7th · 03/11/2018 17:47

I don't know any Sailors in RL either children or adults. The only reference I have is Sailor Moon, the anime character.

Other than that, just negative songs really as people have already said & negative 'hello sailor' types of things. Lots of sailor jokes and limericks.

3out · 03/11/2018 17:46

Not a fan. But it’s not my child so it doesn’t matter. Call your own child whatever you like.

Hunter is different because it’s a surname for a first name rather than an occupation for a first name (at least locally anyway)

EmmaGeddon · 03/11/2018 17:45

Nothing wrong with it. It's a name similar to Taylor, Mason, Cooper, Parker, Marshall - all occupations.

Congratulations on your pregnancy.

TSSDNCOP · 03/11/2018 17:44

Quite right Twelve I stand corrected and it’s realky only a matter of time until Astronaut, Trafficwarden, Binman and Doctor top the most popular lists.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 03/11/2018 17:44

It’s alright for you to be playful OP, but it’s your son who will have to actually live with his ‘playful’ name for 80 odd years.

strumpetblowingatrumpet · 03/11/2018 17:44

It's a no from me. 'Hello Sailor' has connotations that he'll have to put up with for the rest of his life. I'm not exactly adverse to unusual names either.

insancerre · 03/11/2018 17:43

What does your husband say about it?

ScreamingValenta · 03/11/2018 17:43

I like it, but your child will have a lifetime of people 'amusingly' leering "Hello Sailor".

PortiaCastis · 03/11/2018 17:42

Jeez don't saddle the child with that, can you imagine the taunts of kids at school.
Heeeeelllllooooo sailor !

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Whitley83 · 03/11/2018 17:42

My dad, grandfather and many before them worked on the seas, it's a tribute to them, it's meaningful and playful

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Darkbaptism · 03/11/2018 17:41

I know a little girl called Sailor and her sister is called Rio.

Twelve8Ts · 03/11/2018 17:41

How can people say it’s not a name when there are already kids called this? I assume they mean they don’t personally know anyone by that name? If people can use Hunter then why not Sailor?

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Whitley83 · 03/11/2018 17:41

Well that went down well. I suppose I'm being judged by the 'Amelia, Mia and fleur' brigade

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CliffordDanger · 03/11/2018 17:41

I like it.

BackforGood · 03/11/2018 17:40

It's a job, not a person's name.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 03/11/2018 17:40

What about Tinker? Spy? Banker? Footballer?

Polkasq · 03/11/2018 17:39

Personally I don't like occupation names. However, Sailor is no worse than Archer, Mason, Carter, Hunter etc. and at least makes a change.

Faster · 03/11/2018 17:38

No.

IHeartKingThistle · 03/11/2018 17:38

Liv Tyler has a Sailor I think. I don't hate it.

DPotter · 03/11/2018 17:38

The world is full of beautiful names - this is not one of them . Please for the love of all you hold dear, do not call your child 'Sailor'.

Thesnobbymiddleclassone · 03/11/2018 17:38

No because it isn't a name.

Giantbanger · 03/11/2018 17:37

What shall we do with the drunken

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