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Ansel or Adler?

39 replies

cannotdoitagain · 12/06/2019 21:42

My baby boy is actually already here and three days old and I still haven't decided on which to go with as I simply love them both. 😭

I can't even say I have a tiny preference towards one of them over the other. Help me out, please?

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Lavenderblues · 15/06/2019 16:53

The meaning of Adler? An 🦅 eagle!

Is that a nice meaning Confused?

growlingbear · 15/06/2019 09:54

I massively prefer Ansel (actually prefer Anselm because I love Anselm Kiefer's work, but Ansel is close.) I love the meaning of Adler but the word is less musical to the ears.

carmenbea · 15/06/2019 09:49

Love Ansel

Fulltimemummy85 · 15/06/2019 08:32

Ansel by far

FizzyGreenWater · 14/06/2019 11:03

Ansel definitely.

StarJumpsandaHalf · 14/06/2019 01:20

Adler used to be a brand of typewriter Smile

Astronica · 14/06/2019 01:14

Ansel

BikeRunSki · 13/06/2019 13:32

^Ansel is a brilliant name!
Ansel Adams! Greatest photographer ever.^

This is exactly why i considered it (we went in honeymoon to California to see the real places AA had photographed). DH wasn’t brave enough!

Antonin · 13/06/2019 13:28

I think Anselm might be the better option if folk immediately think of condoms. Problem probably wouldn’t arise until sensitive teenage years when his nn might be condom.

Birdie6 · 13/06/2019 12:01

Ansel reminds me of Ansell the condom brand . Sorry, I'm no help.

Lavenderblues · 13/06/2019 11:57

Ansel is lovely!

diddlediddle · 13/06/2019 11:27

Definitely Ansel. Much nicer sound

SoupDragon · 13/06/2019 11:17

All I can hear in my head with Ansel is Danny Dyer reading the story Of 'ansel and Gre'l

sincethereis · 13/06/2019 11:15

Ansel for sure!

Adler isn’t a name in Germany. It’s quite an uncommon surname

BettyUnderswoob · 13/06/2019 11:13

If I were forced to choose... Ansel, but I dislike both.

He'd end up with the NN "Ann" though, surely?

SundayMorningSun · 13/06/2019 08:32

Ansel

EssentialHummus · 13/06/2019 08:28

Ansel. Congratulations Flowers. I’ve only seen Adler as a surname.

MikeUniformMike · 13/06/2019 08:25

I prefer Adler but I don't really like either of them.

Lavenderblues · 13/06/2019 07:44

Adler is definitely NOT a first name in Germany. It means eagle. It's more likely a surname but not a common one.

fairybeagle · 13/06/2019 07:03

I'm going against the grain and saying Adler. Much prefer it

FamilyOfAliens · 13/06/2019 06:57

@FartnissEverbeans

Oh ok, they sound like surnames to me, but it seems from this thread that they are used as forenames in Germany.

tiramisu1 · 13/06/2019 06:40

Ansel is a great name! Strong classic and memorable.

It has nothing to do with Hänsel which is a diminutive of Hans.

Adler is very unusual and is an eagle in German.

StoppinBy · 13/06/2019 05:23

I have to admit that as soon as I saw the name I thought of the condom brand sorry.

Watersnail · 13/06/2019 04:59

Ansel

tomatosalt · 13/06/2019 04:23

Ansel reminds me of the Ansell condom brand and Adler sounds too much like ‘addled’ to me.