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Original poster

Weber?

82 replies

user3243511 · 23/07/2021 21:41

Opinions on Weber?

Dh likes if we have a boy, I’m not so sure.

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Classica · 24/07/2021 00:30

Gerry Weber

My mother's favourite clothing brand.

nocoolnamesleft · 23/07/2021 23:35

I do like my Weber bbq. But wouldn't name a child after it.

2021mumma · 23/07/2021 23:28

Bbq

MrsXx4 · 23/07/2021 23:27

Yuk

MerryMarigold · 23/07/2021 23:24

I think of the composer too and would def pronounce it Vay-ber (which sounds better than Webber anyway). But nah... Don't do it.

embolass · 23/07/2021 23:20

Terrible

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 23/07/2021 23:18

It will be forever misspelt as Webber imo (since that's a more popular spelling for the surname). I also think it's not a particularly nice sound and there is no obvious nn if he doesn't like it.

But if it has family meaning for you I've heard far worse! If it's just the "surname as not too popular given name" you like then Heath, Maxwell, Bennett, Vaughan, Clark etc are all nicer imo.

Rainbowqueeen · 23/07/2021 23:14

Nope. For all the reasons everyone else has said.

Regularsizedrudy · 23/07/2021 23:07

It sounds like a pokemon

chaosrabbitland · 23/07/2021 23:07

it just makes me think of webs , spider webs , sorry op i dont like it much

Thecurtainsofdestiny · 23/07/2021 22:51

Sturge- Weber syndrome

RockingMyFiftiesNot · 23/07/2021 22:50

No one will ever pronounce or spell it properly. Your child will have to live with BBQ related teasing for the rest of their lives
I don't actually believe this is a serious post.

Haybo26 · 23/07/2021 22:48

I love my Weber...FYI..its a BBQ!

IsobelEd · 23/07/2021 22:47

It's either a barbecue or a prominent sociologist.

QueSeraSarah · 23/07/2021 22:44

I thought they made volleyballs, footballs, or some other ball? But no. It's a silly one.

sauceyorange · 23/07/2021 22:44

Malinowski! swoons

DillonPanthersTexas · 23/07/2021 22:43

Yeah, you will be teeing him up nicely for some epic playground piss taking. Maybe call him Grill Master instead?

Stichintime · 23/07/2021 22:40

Poor kid. Just why?

SunSeaSurfGin · 23/07/2021 22:38

I'm on team BBQ I'm afraid

Zilla1 · 23/07/2021 22:37

Did he mean Wunderbar?

irresistibleoverwhelm · 23/07/2021 22:36

@sauceyorange

There's always Marx obviously, but for some reason I think it's a cat name

Bronowski? Mead?

Modern sociology is all fwah fwah french names so not as good IMO

I think a pair of cats called Malinowski and Cixous would be fantastic 😂
Figgygal · 23/07/2021 22:35

Ghastly
Sorry but what even is that?

TatianaBis · 23/07/2021 22:35

Composer to me.

If it’s not spelt Webber as in Andrew Lloyd, it’s def Vayba.

irresistibleoverwhelm · 23/07/2021 22:34

Oh please don’t OP, everyone will think he’s a German grandpa or a brand of garden machinery. And he will always have to spell it.

(No offence to any German grandpas or barbecue enthusiasts…)

ShortBacknSides · 23/07/2021 22:33

You’re going to call your child after a bbq? Seriously??