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Thoughts on Aspen

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17caterpillars1mouse · 23/05/2021 22:20

What are your thoughts on Aspen? If you know any are they male or female?

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Orpheline · 01/06/2021 19:26

@KillerFlamingo

I'm sure the "first British Gay Dads" couple many years ago named their twins Saffron and Aspen, only time I recall hearing it as a name but it's ok.
No. Aspen's dad has gone off with her boyfriend.
MrMeSeeks · 01/06/2021 18:04

@RosesAndHellebores

It's a ski resort in Colorado. Very reliable snow.
Lol Grin

No, just no as a name.

Toddlerteaplease · 01/06/2021 17:45

@KillerFlamingo

I'm sure the "first British Gay Dads" couple many years ago named their twins Saffron and Aspen, only time I recall hearing it as a name but it's ok.
That was my first thought.
traumatisednoodle · 01/06/2021 17:35

I think it's lovely for a girl. I do really like American names, I also like Peyton, Kendall and Camden

Camden as in town or lock ?
Kendall as in mint cake ?

Give me strength

ChequerBoard · 01/06/2021 17:31

Isn't one of the younger of Dawn Ward's (the main mouthy one from Real Housewives of Cheshire) children called Aspen?

Enough reason to avoid...

JustanotherTuesday · 01/06/2021 17:30

I think it's lovely for a girl. I do really like American names, I also like Peyton, Kendall and Camden.

YouWereGr8InLittleMenstruators · 01/06/2021 17:29

Pretty tree with quivering leaves and striking autumn colour.

traumatisednoodle · 01/06/2021 17:28

I think the snow is better in Whistler

ZenNudist · 01/06/2021 17:26

Love it for skiing.

Not as a human's name.

Maybe for a husky dog?

MaMelon · 01/06/2021 17:24

It sounds like a female character in a teenage US Netflix show - which may be the vibe you're going for. I don't like it, sorry.

ShadierThanaPalmTree · 01/06/2021 17:23

I think it could be a boy or girl. But it sounds so lispy and wet. And potentially would be shortened to arse/ass by other children

ElderMillennial · 01/06/2021 17:19

A friend named her daughter Aspen. She's nearly 3

KatherineJaneway · 25/05/2021 11:02

@teddyclown

Probably not as a name, but brought back memories to an oldie Smile
You read my mind Grin
Phoebesgift · 25/05/2021 01:43

Nope. Ass as a nickname. Jesus Christ, no.

Carouselfish · 25/05/2021 01:34

Very American.

Lalliella · 25/05/2021 00:15

Ski resort.

Also sounds a bit like aspirin.

AnnaSW1 · 24/05/2021 21:50

Makes me think of Sister Wives Grin

Chilldonaldchill · 24/05/2021 21:38

I first think of the ski resort and then the tree.
I don't totally hate it but I would imagine it as a boys' name.

Iremembertheelderlykoreanlady · 24/05/2021 20:56

I like it 🤷‍♀️

But only for a girl

partyatthepalace · 24/05/2021 20:55

Nice family ski-ing resort?

It’s fairly naff as a name, sounds like you watch too many US teen dramas (or that you conceived the kid during apres ski 🎿 ❤️Grin)

MacavityTheDentistsCat · 24/05/2021 20:01

I don't know an Aspen so associate it with the ski resort. Were I to hear it as a person's name, I'd probably assume it belonged to a girl.

I do know an Espen, however. He's a boy from Norway. I think it's an old Norse name.

teddyclown · 24/05/2021 19:51

Probably not as a name, but brought back memories to an oldie Smile

Tal45 · 24/05/2021 19:35

I like it.

BatleyTownswomensGuild · 24/05/2021 19:30

It is a lovely sounding nature name, but the kid will invariably be called Ass all the way through secondary school - so no, definite veto!

EllaPaella · 24/05/2021 18:09

I knew an Aspen at school, I'm 42 now and it was very unusual but I like it.

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