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River

59 replies

CloudyVanilla · 11/09/2019 14:19

Am pregnant with DC 3, found out it’s a boy last week and the only name I really love is River. Thoughts?

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Lifebi · 11/09/2019 21:31

The chance of your child being teased or bullied may be low but why risk it.
There's no shortage of names.

ChardonnaysDistantCousin · 11/09/2019 21:25

Canal's older brother?

Shopgirl1 · 11/09/2019 21:22

I love it, think it’s beautiful name.

percheron67 · 11/09/2019 21:18

tigertruly. Hello! Not at all - I do like names but not those which would be embarrassing to a child. If the posters want to be "different" why don't they change their own names? If you have been avidly reading the "name" posts, you will find several in which I have said that the name was a realy good choice.

user1493494961 · 11/09/2019 21:03

Bloody awful.

tigertruly · 11/09/2019 19:35

@percheron67 are there any names you actually like or have you just made an account to slate every name thread

MikeUniformMike · 11/09/2019 19:29

It's a bit wet.
There are many possibilities with the middle name,
Jordan being a good one.

PrettyShiningPeople · 11/09/2019 18:35

I’m not fussed about what names people want to choose, but if I was considering River I’d have to check there were no actual rivers matching my surname!
Is your surname Trent, Thames, Avon, Aire, Tyne, or Mersey? (Or any of the other 100s less well known rivers?)

percheron67 · 11/09/2019 18:28

Great!! Second name could be Thames, Orinoco, Nile? Poor child.

Bookworm4 · 11/09/2019 18:26

@Templetonstunafish
🏆🤣

GlasshouseStoneThrower · 11/09/2019 18:16

I really hate it, sorry! I'm never a fan of made up names though, so if that's your thing don't mind me.

lvra · 11/09/2019 18:14

I love river!

OneShotFinch · 11/09/2019 17:43

I think it's lovely!

Templetonstunafish · 11/09/2019 17:27

I know two rivers and they are both insufferable little wankers.

MissHenty · 11/09/2019 17:25

Yeh I doubt it’ll be the type of name that’ll be teased
But any name could be bullied. A girl at out school called Abi got teased constantly “abi national bank”? The names you’d think would be teased

Bookworm4 · 11/09/2019 17:02

River Never.

Shadow1234 · 11/09/2019 17:01

Love it!

7Worfs · 11/09/2019 16:39

It’s a no from me:

associate it with River Phoenix
because of River Song it’s regarded as a girl name now

LuluBellaBlue · 11/09/2019 16:36

Love it 🥰

MrsSchadenfreude · 11/09/2019 16:19

If you had a second, you could call him Stream or Brook!

breakfastpizza · 11/09/2019 16:18

Absolutely love it. Trendy, but there isn't one in every class. Just be mindful it goes with your surname (i.e. River Oliver (Jamie's son) does not work, IMO).

DancingDelli · 11/09/2019 16:17

Gorgeous name.

I suggested it to DP but it was a no from him, I'm gutted because It was in my top 3!

Cittadina · 11/09/2019 16:10

Meanwhile in Royston Vasey...

'A family near me has 3 boys, August, Winter and River and people are constantly talking about how silly their names are and other children are, unfortunately cruel and take the mick out of their names.'...

To get back to the OP - River, why not, slightly hippy-ish name but sounds nice enough to me.

PrincessHoneysuckle · 11/09/2019 16:00

I like it

AverageMummy · 11/09/2019 15:58

I don’t like it at all but think it’s unlikely to be the cause of bullying

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