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A bit too out there?

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bluemoon2468 · 29/02/2020 06:39

Perfectly willing to accept that yes, maybe it is 🙈 Haven't has the nerve to bring it up to DH yet because I can predict his reaction...

I was driving along and the name October came to me, for a girl. I know a couple of people and celebs called January, and obviously there's April, May, June... My baby is due in October. I was thinking it's a bit like Ottilie and Octavia? Nicknames could be Ottie, Tobi?

Is this a really stupid name that my child would be embarrassed for life by? Would I be afraid to shout it in a supermarket? 🙈 Or does anyone else think it's the pretty and cool side of unusual?

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itssquidstella · 02/03/2020 10:35

I know an October. She's in her early twenties and goes by Toby. I like it!

MonsteraDeliciosa · 02/03/2020 10:35

I don’t like it. It’s not that it’s “out there”, it’s just that it’s not a name, and doesn’t sound like one either.

Agree with others that Octavia or Autumn would be better.

OnABeachSomewhere · 02/03/2020 07:15

Octavia is fabulous. I don't like October and it sounds masculine to me (and makes me think of Tobermory the Womble!)

PrincessHoneysuckle · 01/03/2020 20:45

Autumn is much nicer

17caterpillars1mouse · 01/03/2020 20:44

I really like it and yes Tobi would give it a workable shortening

GemmeFatale · 01/03/2020 11:39

I quite like it.

But I had Augustus on my boy list (DH vetoed it)

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bluemoon2468 · 29/02/2020 18:33

I love Autumn so much but DH doesn't like it 😔 Thanks for the replies! DH actually said he thinks it's quite a cool name but probably wouldn't name a baby it himself, which I think is roughly where I'm at with it. I think if I met someone else whose child was called that I'd think wow (in a good way), but I potentially don't want to be the one saying it in the playground 🙈 Maybe I'll save it for a future pet name! I do think Tobi for a girl is great though - surprised that's not a more common one!

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SummerHouse · 29/02/2020 14:17

How about Libra for her probable star sign?

Love Autumn.

Not keen on October.

pelirocco123 · 29/02/2020 14:11

I love it ..and i not normally one for out there names

Boireannachlaidir · 29/02/2020 14:07

Poor kid. Just because some other months work as names (May, June) does not mean they all do. October is not unusual or different it's just stupid and there are far nicer names to choose from. But it's your child...so.

OhCaptain · 29/02/2020 14:04

I’d say the witty comments about guessing her birthday over the years would grate but it’s not awful!

Autumn is very pretty.

Nowayorhighway · 29/02/2020 14:02

It’s not cool and it’s not like Octavia or Ottilie, both of those are classic names. I don’t like the other month names fwiw but October is just silly.

PlantPotting · 29/02/2020 12:30

Autumn is lovely

Milicentbystander72 · 29/02/2020 11:36

I know a girl called Liberty (Libby) and a girl called Browne....I don't think it's any more unusual than that. I think it's cool.

Milicentbystander72 · 29/02/2020 11:35

I love it and I'm not normally one for 'out there' names.

I think 'Tobi' or even 'Toba' for a nn is lovely.
My dd is 15 and she's often said she'd love a really stand out name at school Smile

FairytaleofBykerGrove · 29/02/2020 11:32

It’s cool

Sunshineand · 29/02/2020 11:31

Even if it wasn't the name of a month, I don't think as a sound it is nice. The K T B sounds. It's awkward, as a PP said.

PhantomErik · 29/02/2020 11:13

I love Octavia (if born in October).

I really like the name Autumn but my DD was born in January so no good.

I know an April, a May & a June - all born in those months.

BadCatDirtyCat · 29/02/2020 11:08

It had a nice sound to it, although personally I am grateful for having a "boring" name so wouldn't choose to give such an unusual name to a child.

RickOShay · 29/02/2020 11:05

Not really. Autumn is lovely though.

Doodlesquah1 · 29/02/2020 11:04

It’s lovely

BuffaloCauliflower · 29/02/2020 08:42

October - Tobi for short works for me. But I also like Ottilie and Octavia so my brain seems to compute the same as yours! It is a bit out there, but as you say other months are used and if I knew a child with that name I’d get used to it pretty quickly

PrednoLeucotropin · 29/02/2020 08:40

I do know an Oktoberon though but it's his middle name.

PrednoLeucotropin · 29/02/2020 08:39

I don't like it. It's too awkward a word and the piss will be taken. I also think that if you are already thinking about shortening it so it sounds lesser, it's a no. Sorry.

DoctorBambino · 29/02/2020 08:36

I like it but your comment about calling it out in the supermarket would put me off for sure!

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