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Swan for baby girl

240 replies

userchanger · 28/06/2021 18:28

The name Swan for a baby girl AIBU

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TatianaBis · 29/06/2021 09:21

Swans are very beautiful.

Foxes are a menace that kill small animals for sport and empty dustbins across the street.

Bears kill people.

Doesn’t stop the popularity of the names.

These are ridiculous reasons trying to out the OP off.

PattyPan · 29/06/2021 09:06

Wren and Robin are at least lovely songbirds. Swans are vicious fuckers. There was a swan in Cambridge called Mr Asbo and he had a son called Asboy because they used to attack people on the river!

GingerBeverage · 29/06/2021 08:56

Is it any worse than Tyger?

DasPepe · 29/06/2021 08:28

Sometimes people have used animal names because of the “characteristics” of the said animal or plant.

Swans may be beautiful but they are also aggressive and territorial. They don’t have a beautiful birdsong.” To swan” means to move about or go somewhere in a casual, irresponsible, or ostentatious way.
It’s also an acronym of a medical condition.

So basically people will associate the name with many different characteristics and it won’t be the same ones as you / the same as you would intend.

Of course people who know the child will get used it, but she may struggle in life having to overcome this with every new person. It’s exhausting and can prime you for a negative outlook, because it’s both unusual and not an actual name.

You can always use it as a middle / second name of course.

Guavafish · 29/06/2021 08:24

I think Swan is fine

Different and unique!

lottiegarbanzo · 29/06/2021 08:08

So: 'My name's Shwan', 'Your name's Sian?' 'Sean?' 'Shawn?'

lottiegarbanzo · 29/06/2021 08:06

Oh also, young children often struggle with a 'S-consonant' sound, so will say Shwan for a few years.

BrownEyedGirl80 · 29/06/2021 08:00

I like Dove but Swan is awful

DontDoThatGeorge · 29/06/2021 00:28

Wren is nice.

Swan is fucking ridiculous.

Who knows why.

Your hormones are thinking for you though, OP.
Back to the bumper book of names with you Grin

BackforGood · 29/06/2021 00:14

I don't like it, as I don't like any names that have become more well known as names that are actually nouns, but the OP is right.

Why is she being ridiculed for 'Swan' when people use

Robin
Willow
Rowan
Sky
Summer
Autumn
Poppy
Rose
Tulip
Tuesday
River
Wren

etc.,etc.,etc ?

I mean. I don't like any of them, but I don't see anything more ridiculous about Swan than any of these other similar names.

Starlightstarbright1 · 29/06/2021 00:10

@ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba

only if your surname is Lake
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LuluJakey1 · 29/06/2021 00:09

It's not an attractive name, never mind the link to a large white bird with a long neck and orange beak. Why not 'Goose' ?

TatianaBis · 29/06/2021 00:04

Common obviously not uncommon.

TatianaBis · 28/06/2021 23:57

I wouldn’t but the reactions here when Bear, Fox, Wren, Robin, Raven, Paloma are fairly uncommon are way OTT.

Breastfeedingworries · 28/06/2021 23:36

Jesus the reactions on here! What about wren, Robin...who decides? There’s children named after flowers birds ect.

Op I like the name, it’s original and beautiful.

CandyLeBonBon · 28/06/2021 23:18

@TheRebelle

Who are all these children called Wren? I’ve never, ever heard it used as a name, is it for boys or girls or both (or in my opinion neither)?
I'm 52 and we used to hang out with a lad called wren when I was mid/late teens!
championthewonderhorse70 · 28/06/2021 22:38

The woman was called Lizzie her surname was Swan
Sorry but it's just a bit crap

GingerBeverage · 28/06/2021 22:32

I know a Wren and I think it's sweet. They're cute little birds too.
Ren is a very popular name in Japan for both sexes.

OP - it will cause a lot of jokes, honestly if you simply must use it please consider as a middle name. It could work with quite a few:

Jessica Swan X
Harper Swan X
Olivia Swan X etc

SmidgenofaPigeon · 28/06/2021 22:24

I just had a baby girl while playing Sims 4 and I’ve named her Swan Grin

EnjoyingTheSilence · 28/06/2021 22:18

Why? Just why?

You are naming a person. Not a pet or toy

BanditoShipman · 28/06/2021 22:00

Why not Beaver?

Synchrony · 28/06/2021 21:57

I wouldn't mind a baby called Swan as I like bird names. But I didn't realise it is an acronym for a medical condition so that would put me off now.

Terrazzo · 28/06/2021 21:55

There was a character called Swan in a book I read recently. I raised my eyebrows a lot initially but it’s a very calm and serene and elegant word so why not. People manage to accept everyone they meet’s names, they get over it pretty quickly. Never known anyone to be rude to someone’s face about a name, if they are they’re clearly a dickhead and if they do it behind your back then it may as well never have happened… if a tree falls in a wood and no one is around to hear it…

Snoopsnoggysnog · 28/06/2021 21:54

Wren is bloody awful, always gets suggested on here, I hate how it looks!

Snoopsnoggysnog · 28/06/2021 21:53

There is a French boys name Swanny i think! Maybe you could use that? 😬

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