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On a scale of 1 to 10 - how much of a bad idea is this name?????

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coby · 22/01/2008 21:04

1 = not a bad idea at all, it's a wonderful name

10 = what on earth are you thinking???

The name is

Portley (for a boy)

Go on - do you worst

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coby · 22/01/2008 22:20

rosalux Barnstaple eh? The big smoke! DDs were born there. (that makes them city slickers according to the locals here ) Have you changed your MN name? Thought I would remember someone not so far away from me (who am I kidding? Brain departed long ago)

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controlfreakygobshite · 22/01/2008 22:19

kingdom has a certain ring.....

Fennel · 22/01/2008 22:16

Brunel wasn't a Poly it was a 60's uni.

If you're going for engineers turned into names of Unis then Herriot Watt sounds quite unusual . or you could go for James, most engineers seemed to be called James in my History O level. Or Thomas (telford)

thefunkypea · 22/01/2008 22:12

Isambard??????? Plus isn't Brunel now the name of a uni (ex-poly?!) in Middlesex..

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coby · 22/01/2008 22:08

NO! not Isambard (looked it up - couldn't help it) or Brunel...stop giving DH ideas!!!

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AnnakeyRules · 22/01/2008 22:07

Isaac gets a 1 from me

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coby · 22/01/2008 22:06

Isambard kingdom brunel - my hubby's hero (fellow engineer). I don't know the correct spelling so could not use it (not going to look it up either )

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Fennel · 22/01/2008 22:06

Isaac is lovely, though I know several (mostly in Manchester). I like Monty too, I know a little Montgomery called Monty.

RosaLuxOnTheBrightSideOfLife · 22/01/2008 22:06

Oh, I second Isambard. Or Brunel is quite nice.

RosaLuxOnTheBrightSideOfLife · 22/01/2008 22:05

I'm in Barnstaple, Coby.

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coby · 22/01/2008 22:04

Heath Ledger has died????

Rosalux - are you really?? Not too many on your list at my nursery (which is across the border in Devon)

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LyraSilvertongue · 22/01/2008 22:04

If you liked Portley, what about Porter instead?

controlfreakygobshite · 22/01/2008 22:02

tell him from me he has no taste.....

isambard? same sort of great man vibe!

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coby · 22/01/2008 22:00

controlfreakygobshite DH ruled them all out immediately -sorry.

Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin were heroes of mine when I was younger for me the Isaac comes from him not the bible (although Mr Newton was an anally retentive sod, I didn't discover this until I was about 25, by which time I didn't care - Isaac was my boy's name by that time!)

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RosaLuxOnTheBrightSideOfLife · 22/01/2008 22:00

I think Isaac's a Cornish thing Coby. There are none around where I live which is only a matter of 10 miles or so north of you!
Lots of Toms, Bens, Jacks (at least three per class) Bradleys, Brooklyns, Connors.
My girls are always aghast when I tell them what my boy names were!

seeker · 22/01/2008 21:59

Emily and Isaac sound fab together!

Spidermama · 22/01/2008 21:58

Heath as in Heath Ledger (who has sadly just died aged 28 according to another thread.

Great name though. Along the lines of River, Fox and Leaf.

pankhurst · 22/01/2008 21:56

moby?

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coby · 22/01/2008 21:56

DD2 is Poppy (and she is beautiful too)...cor I'm such a lucky mum

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controlfreakygobshite · 22/01/2008 21:54

... and my names coby?

pankhurst · 22/01/2008 21:54

agree with isaac - great name.

like moses, noah, possibly not Ham, don't know about Shem?, Japhet? Abraham? Caspar? Melchior? BALTHAZAR...!!!!!

call him Balthazar!

not Ephraim - diaphragm????

Or a name that sounds good with mohammed?

in ten years time, isaac will be surounded by mohammeds.

kindersurprise · 22/01/2008 21:53

Emily and Isaac

Go well together. What about your other DD?

Lovely girls

Dottydot · 22/01/2008 21:53

Coby - you'll just be tuning into it at the moment - honestly I'm sure there aren't millions of Isaacs around. Keep it on your list and see if you can agree on one or two more, in case he doesn't look like an Isaac.

dp and I agreed that if ds2 came out blonde he'd be a Harry but if he came out with dark hair he'd be a Dylan. The first thing we saw was this HUGE mop of jet black hair..!

Chuffinnora · 22/01/2008 21:52

I love Issac. I wanted to name DS Issac but DH didn't feel the love and we chose another name beginning with I instead.
180 boys in my kids school and not an Issac among them. It's not overdone. Just quietly classic I think.

pooka · 22/01/2008 21:52

I haven't met a single Isaac round here (se London) - not of dd's age (4.5) nor of ds's age (2). Not one.
Of your list, I like Isaac. Quite like monty too, but it does make me think of a mole for some reason.

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