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Swan for baby girl

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userchanger · 28/06/2021 18:28

The name Swan for a baby girl AIBU

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IsThePopeCatholic · 28/06/2021 20:50

No. If you like swans, choose Odile or Odette.

NigellaSeed · 28/06/2021 20:49

@ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba

when I was pg with DC5 our kids decided baby should be called Yoda. Yoda Shark for a boy Yoda Yogurt for a girl.

I repeated that story so many times they didn't even sound strange by the end.

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MK19590 · 28/06/2021 20:48

You know the lady in Fatherhood wasn't actually called Swan that was her nickname....

3peassuit · 28/06/2021 20:48

No, just don’t.

NotTheCatsWhiskers · 28/06/2021 20:46

SWAN stands for Syndrome Without A Name, look it up.

Because it’s not a name and your child will get the piss taken out of them forever so why would you do that?

NigellaSeed · 28/06/2021 20:45

Swans are beautiful. But the actual spoken word swan is kinda ugly sounding.

tealappeal · 28/06/2021 20:43

@cocoloco987 On the same lines, how about Swanetta!

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userchanger · 28/06/2021 20:43

Still a top contender after all of the positive feedback... 😂

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userchanger · 28/06/2021 20:41

I like the sound and I also love the birds...

Why can I call her Robin or wren but not swan?

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MadeOfStarStuff · 28/06/2021 20:41

It’s absolutely ridiculous, don’t do that to your child!

cocoloco987 · 28/06/2021 20:40

Too short. It would have to be something like Swanhilda.

Swannella!

Lalliella · 28/06/2021 20:40

@TheRebelle

Only if you’re Waynetta Slob.
Too short. It would have to be something like Swanhilda.
MrsFin · 28/06/2021 20:40

You could always call her Swansea with Swan as a nn
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Lalliella · 28/06/2021 20:35

No no no no no no no. And again, no. It’s awful. It would be child cruelty.

ClairKingston · 28/06/2021 20:31

Haven't read the whole thread but Swan for a name? I have heard worse.
Ed Sheerun has a baby daughter called Antarctica!

I only read this today so maybe it is already common knowledge. Weird name though all the same!

cocoloco987 · 28/06/2021 20:29

I don't think Swan is up there with Bunny - more like rabbit, or mouse or dog. It's definitely not a name!

SwanAnon · 28/06/2021 20:27

I've name changed!
Now I'm married, my initials spell SWAN.
It is commented on by everyone when they see it (ie whenever they email me, as my email address is SWAN....@company.com
I'm affectionately called Swanny by some people, but I'd never want it as a name.
Please think again.

LoveFall · 28/06/2021 20:26

I really don't think naming a child Swan is a good idea.

GingerBeverage · 28/06/2021 20:24

There was a young man on Big Fat Gypsy Weddings called Swanley Smith.

Is it the sound you like or that it's a bird?

VerbenaGirl · 28/06/2021 20:22

The first thing that jumped into my mind is Swan Vesta.

Bluntness100 · 28/06/2021 20:20

Swan doesn’t work op.

But you can call her duck, magpie, owl or chaffinch of course

Oh wait, maybe you should call her an actual name.

dogistoobigforthesofa · 28/06/2021 20:18

@CandyLeBonBon Sorry - this is a better link www.teanglann.ie/en/fuaim/-eala More like Ah-la really. i thought it was pronounced Ay-la, but seems I'm wrong (I'm not Irish but DH is). Probably culturally confusing then, so maybe best avoided.

Changethetoner · 28/06/2021 20:17

No. The show on Netflix was created for entertainment purposes. A baby is a human, a real person, and deserves a human name.

MaleficentsCrow · 28/06/2021 20:17

😂 you can't name a kid "Swan"

Makes me think of matches, filters and Tabacco rolling papers.

Also football "Swansea City"

I mean of you are a 40 a day Rollie smoker and love Swansea city football club go for it 😂

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 28/06/2021 20:14

If you happen to live anywhere near Middlesbrough, she could grow up to be an 'alternative' celebrity and, for her wacky, nonsensical professional pseudonym phrase (like Joan As Policewoman or Megan Thee Stallion), she could be known as Swan Tees-Made Grin

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