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Bear

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amrscot · 22/02/2019 19:09

Am I being totally ridiculous considering the name Bear for DS? Blush

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AriadneCrete · 22/02/2019 19:21

I think it’s awful. Don’t do it.

GinaCarbonara · 22/02/2019 19:20

I know a Bear. He's great. It also depends where you live- the Bear I know lives in an area where that name wouldn't really get a second look. Where you live might be different.

saj90 · 22/02/2019 19:20

I don't think it's awful...but I know some people who have named their dogs Bear...

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 22/02/2019 19:19

Teddy?

MissBartlettsconscience · 22/02/2019 19:19

Bear Gryll's actual name is Edward.

TheseThingsAreFunAndFunIsGood · 22/02/2019 19:19

Yes it's bloody silly, and I say that as someone who's given their DS the nickname Bear! Maybe find a name that either means bear or for which bear can be used as a nickname?

LynetteScavo · 22/02/2019 19:18

I really like it. I like it so much I named my cat Bear. I now feel silly having a cat called a Bear.

You might feel silly having a child named Bear. You might not.

It would be a fabulous middle name.

Wolfiefan · 22/02/2019 19:18

It’s lovely for a dog. Blush

JasonGideon · 22/02/2019 19:18

We call my daughter Bear as a nickname. We obviously use her real name as real but I do get some odd looka when we call her Bear as people assume we have copied Cheryl.

merrybloomizoothief · 22/02/2019 19:16

It's really fucking stupid

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amrscot · 22/02/2019 19:15

@Theunreasonableone ha that's true but I still love the name Sad

Even liked it before I got pg

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Bigonesmallone3 · 22/02/2019 19:15

I like it but it's not a birth certificate name..

Theunreasonableone · 22/02/2019 19:14

Would you really want to be associated with naming your child after Cheryl TweedyColeFandangoVermicelliPayne’s (even if you’re not, it’s what people with think)

Letthemysterybe · 22/02/2019 19:14

Yes it’s a bit silly. I love the suggestion of Bruno.

FissionChip5 · 22/02/2019 19:13

Don’t do it, pregnancy hormones making you not think right.

3timeslucky · 22/02/2019 19:12

Yep. Use it as a pet name, a term of endearment but do not inflict it on him as an actual name.

Beetlewing · 22/02/2019 19:11

The trouble with fashionable names is that they go out of fashion. Bear was fashionable a few years ago so now it seems really dated. What about Bruno? It means bear and is a recognised human child's name

chipsandpeas · 22/02/2019 19:09

yes as its awful

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