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UK mums advice needed on odd name!

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GemmaWild14 · 28/01/2020 14:58

So me and my partner are due to have a baby in April, it's our first together but we both have 2 children each from previous relationships. He has a girl and boy named Hollie and Charlie, I have two boys name Logan and Leo.
We have both come up with the name "Winter" for our expected baby boy, my partner and I love it, however i am so worried it's too "out there" i like names a little different but not bizarre and I feel this name is just bizarre, im worried what people would think especially family members and I dont want to set this child up with a ridiculous name that will have any sort of effect on his life, I really would appriciate unbiased opinions of this name please from uk mums, thankyou x

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stophuggingme · 30/01/2020 13:56

Isn’t it a girls name?
It also sounds at odds with your other children’s names

Hollie, Charlie, Logan, Leo and ........Winter Hmm

Dexter / Jasper / Dylan / Rufus all sound quite nice with the other names though!

Dandelion1993 · 30/01/2020 13:55

Winter is a season not a name

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Ingridla · 30/01/2020 13:55

Love Hunter, strong, gorgeous name

ODFOx · 30/01/2020 13:51

Charlie, Logan, Leo .....
and Hugh or Lucas or Rowan or Seth

ODFOx · 30/01/2020 13:47

Winter is much better than Hunter.

ODFOx · 30/01/2020 13:46

I know a little boy called Winter. His family are arty. They carry it off and it suits him. If you like it go for it OP.

RockinHippy · 30/01/2020 13:46

It's not unusual here. I know of 3. It's a girls name though

Yehdivvy · 30/01/2020 13:43

Sorry I don't like Hunter either but it's better than Winter. There was a boy in my school who was a terrible bully & his name was Hunter. That's just my personal choice though, I much prefer names like Sebastian, Nicco & Louis etc.

Quartz2208 · 30/01/2020 13:02

Winter is a girls name. Hunter at least is a boys name

BUT do look at the names you have already do you really want to start a proper blended family with a name that is a different style to the others. It marks him out as different from the start. In a group Charlie Logan and Leo are all together. Hunter sticks out.

For a first baby I would say fine but please remember the above

Jobloggs14 · 30/01/2020 13:01

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just give him a normal name FFS. would your partner like to be called Hunter?

^^ yes he would LOVE to be called Hunter. Can you explain the definition of normal please as we most definitely are not a normal family 😂

blueruin · 30/01/2020 12:56

He's bound to be veggie or vegan. Then this happens.

UK mums advice needed on odd name!
TatianaLarina · 30/01/2020 12:54

Hunter Davies doesn’t seem to mind.

waterbottle12 · 30/01/2020 12:53

just give him a normal name FFS. would your partner like to be called Hunter?

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TatianaLarina · 30/01/2020 12:53

Shame Hunter Wild would be quite name!

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GemmaWild14 · 30/01/2020 12:51

For everyone asking, no my surname is not Wild!

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TatianaLarina · 30/01/2020 12:47

Much prefer Hunter.

Chickenitalia · 30/01/2020 12:35

I really like Hunter, much better. When I saw it was for a boy actually thought Hunter would work. But not if his last name will be Wild as in your username, that might be pushing it a bit too far!

JKScot4 · 30/01/2020 12:30

Frosty? Snowy?
Just give him a name in fitting with the other kids.

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GemmaWild14 · 30/01/2020 12:28

Ok so this has had the kind of response I thought it would, alot of negative comments and some positive ones (thankyou!) I think I will stay away from Winter. My partner had his heart set on it but we also like Hunter, what are everyones thoughts on that?

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Traditionalwife · 30/01/2020 08:29

Oooh my guilty pleasure name for a girl is 'Robyn Winter Grace' winter sounds alright on a boy too.Flowers

user1480880826 · 30/01/2020 05:55

Terrible name for a boy born in spring.

Although, actually, it’s a terrible name for any child born at any time of year. A boy especially would be teased for a name like that.

Yehdivvy · 30/01/2020 05:53

You're not just naming a baby, you're naming a child who will grow up into an adult. You need to choose a name that will work through all stages of his life, not just the cute baby stage.

Can you imagine your son at secondary school with the girl's name winter. He'll be a target for bullies once they find out his birthday is in April & not actually in the winter season. Protect your child and give him a boy's name that won't make him a target for bullies.

1stTimeMama · 29/01/2020 23:06

My immediate thought was it doesn't go at all with the other children's names, and then that I think of it being a girls name.

I would rethink, especially as you seem so unsure on actually using it, despite how much you like it.