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Is this name too bonkers?!

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YoMommasMomma · 13/01/2019 16:54

Blane
My DH and I like the name for our second son. It is a catholic saints name. Just worried that it is a bit too bonkers!!

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hippipotamiwantstoloseapound · 13/01/2019 22:53

Do had a school friend called Blane. Said Blane is coming up for 20.
Not bonkers!

Echobelly · 13/01/2019 22:09

I quite like it, seems fair enough to me.

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YoMommasMomma · 13/01/2019 22:05

Lol no never watched Glee!

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popcornwizard · 13/01/2019 22:03

With an I. And I'd assume that you were a Glee fan.

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YoMommasMomma · 13/01/2019 22:00

Thank you so much for all your thoughts. We love it and you have helped with our concerns about it being too bonkers! Now we just need to decide on the spelling. I or no I?!

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DramaAlpaca · 13/01/2019 21:47

It's OK. It's better spelled Blaine.

carben · 13/01/2019 21:06

There's a NZ rugby player in Wales called Blade.

Nativityriot · 13/01/2019 20:51

Not unheard of in ireland

CoffeeRunner · 13/01/2019 20:48

I much prefer Blake.

Blane is a bit - well - plain.

CosmicComet · 13/01/2019 20:45

I don’t mind Blaine. It’s very American though.

3out · 13/01/2019 20:40

I know three Blaines. I like it

OVienna · 13/01/2019 20:38

Prefer it without the 'i'. Too American soap star. (I am American.)

TatianaLarina · 13/01/2019 20:36

Blaise is a horse’s name.

TroysMammy · 13/01/2019 20:20

Jesse Ventura played a Blain in Predator.

HotSauceCommittee · 13/01/2019 20:20

I like it.

erja · 13/01/2019 20:18

Also reminds me of Glee and is very American to me when I first hear it - but I think it's just not my style. Nothing bonkers about it though!

DeRigueurMortis · 13/01/2019 20:12

I'm not one for unusual names but I actually really like this (in the sense it's a revivalist name iyswim).

Never encountered it before but I think it's lovely - especially the original spelling of Blane.

I don't like Blaine nearly as much - perhaps because it's not the original spelling and also sounds looks like a surname (and references David Blaine really).

3boysandabump · 13/01/2019 20:04

There's a Blaine in one of my dc classes at school. He's 7. He's the only one I know of

OublietteBravo · 13/01/2019 20:03

How about Blaise? Another catholic saints name.

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YoMommasMomma · 13/01/2019 20:00

Hum.....

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GrannyHaddock · 13/01/2019 20:00

Chill, Blane.

WildCherryBlossom · 13/01/2019 19:29

Kurt's boyfriend in Glee, Blaine Anderson

Is this name too bonkers?!
Inktank · 13/01/2019 19:24

David Blaine.

MikeUniformMike · 13/01/2019 18:54

My first thought was Dunblane.

combatbarbie · 13/01/2019 18:49

I like it, prefer the spelling with the I but I automatically pronounced as in cane

Dunblane doesn't have an I in it Wink

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