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Are my baby names too out there?

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Namechanger60 · 20/01/2020 21:44

We live in the UK, I really love these name & there middle names (middle names are quite popular) just not sure if they're too weird 🤦

Girl : Saige Matilda
Boy : Quincy Eli

Both sound good with our last name!

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BlouseAndSkirt · 21/01/2020 09:20

Sage is good. Saige is ridiculous.
Matilda: lovely
Quincy: I like it. Quite cool. Quincy Jones engine driver!
Eli also good
But Quincy Eli don’t flow well together, two vowel sounds merging.
Seth is great.

BuzzShitbagBobbly · 21/01/2020 09:12

I know a Zaiche

Now I fancy a bit of quiche! Grin

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 21/01/2020 08:56

No to both I’m sorry
Do love Quinn though for a girl

corduroyal · 21/01/2020 08:55

Not keen

Sage is actually quite a masculine herb - it's in loads of aftershaves, give it a smell and you'll recognise it.

I read your boy names as quisinelly, they sort of run together. Imagine being a shy boy announcing yourself as Quincy to a class full of other kids. It's all well and good being different with a baby, but it's got to be a name that serves well all the way through life.

FLOrenze · 21/01/2020 08:50

I know a Zaiche. It pronounced similarly to Sage but with the Softer. Z and elongated ‘age’. I think it is lovely, but I am not too keen on the short sharp Sage.

FancyPants20 · 21/01/2020 08:43

"Sage" means sensible in French. "And this is my other daughter, Sensible..." Grin

Em308 · 21/01/2020 08:42

Sage is ok, but please spell it properly it just makes you look like an illiterate chav. Matilda and Eli are nice, Quincy is a definite no but Quinn is lovely. HTH.

user1493494961 · 21/01/2020 08:36

Just seen that you have a George and Violet. Saige or Quincy will well and truly have drawn the short straw. How can you contemplate naming George's brother Quincy!

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Namechanger60 · 21/01/2020 08:36

@Equanimitas don't worry I'd never use Quint 😂 definitely sounds like c u next Tuesday

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Equanimitas · 21/01/2020 08:33

Quint rather than Quincey

Till some child notices what happens when you take out the i and change the Q to a C ...

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Namechanger60 · 21/01/2020 08:33

Oh and Seth

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TrickyKid · 21/01/2020 08:33

I like Sage. Not sure about Quincy, it's an odd sound and grates a bit to say.

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Namechanger60 · 21/01/2020 08:31

@palomapear the only other boys name is Dexter.
Girls it took us ages to name our daughter we already have so Saige is the only one we liked

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Eyefatigue · 21/01/2020 08:31

Quint rather than Quincey

Shockers · 21/01/2020 08:30

George, Violet and Matilda are great names!

George, Violet and Quentin are too.

They put me in mind of Roald Dahl books.

user1493494961 · 21/01/2020 08:28

Matilda is lovely and Eli OK. Don't like Saige and Quincy at all, Quincy is very American, Saige is odd, both a bit chavvy.

NextdoorNeighbourIsATwat · 21/01/2020 08:27

I like Sage but not Saige.

A friend of mine had a dog called Quince (after the fruit) and I always thought that it sounded rather distinguished!

palomapear · 21/01/2020 08:27

I'd think you could not spell Sage. But it's a good name for a pet.
I would not think of it as a girls name.

And Quincy is not good. It's an American TV show that was shown in the Uk.
I have a Quince tree in my garden.
And it's very similar to quinsy.

Anything else on your list?

mumsie2019 · 21/01/2020 08:22

It's Quinsy the throat infection not Quincy

Equanimitas · 21/01/2020 08:21

I like your names, Siage Matilda

Right there is another demonstration of the problems of sticking a random letter i in.

mumsie2019 · 21/01/2020 08:18

I like your names, Siage Matilda, both sound so lovely and Quincy how cool
I think any name can be made a joke of.
I choose a different middle name and I am so pleased I stuck with it.
Walk around saying the names out loud to hear it and the way others pronounce it
The comments Quincy Eli sounds like a disease, I wouldn't be to concerned to catch that haha

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Namechanger60 · 21/01/2020 08:18

If it makes you all feel better, names like these arnt my usual choice, I have a George & a Violet already. Just this is going to be our last baby so just wanted a name I really loved

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CodenameVillanelle · 21/01/2020 08:13

Adding random i's to words doesn't make them girlier. It just makes you look like you can't spell.

Poppydaisies · 21/01/2020 08:13

Another vote for Sage and Quentin/Quinn.

BaronessBomburst · 21/01/2020 08:12

I read Quinn as Quorn.
I think it's the proximity to Sage. Grin

Sage Mathilda and Mathilda Sage are both lovely, without the random 'i'.

Quentin Eli or Eli Quentin are both equally fabulous, but Quincy is awful.