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Oaken

105 replies

bananamilkshakes · 22/01/2023 14:40

Yes it is from frozen but I'm sure no one will care about that. I know someone with a girl called Oakah, so I'm considering Oaken for a boy.

I really like how it has a nature sound but also sounds quite solid. And can't be mispronounced easily.

Thoughts?

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tinytemper66 · 22/01/2023 21:38

Why would you do this to your child?

MajorCarolDanvers · 22/01/2023 21:30

Oh dear don't like it nor any of the variations.

They all sound like names of villages - which they are.

VanillaLife · 22/01/2023 21:29

I said the name out loud to my DH to see what he thought because I couldn’t decide if I liked it or not, he misheard me and thought I said you wanted to call your baby ‘Open’, so I think I’m a no too.

Pocketfullofdogtreats · 22/01/2023 21:26

Not Oaken, please. It's awful. It's an adjective, not a name for a child. Oak is better. I love Rowan.

VenusClapTrap · 22/01/2023 21:20

You could go Latin - Quercus. I always thought that would make a good name for a cat.

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bananamilkshakes · 22/01/2023 21:15

Longdarkcloud · 22/01/2023 20:37

I think it invites jokes such as “ he’s as thick as 2 short planks”.
Oakly or Oakley is better.
Or Ash or Aspen but not Sycamore or Yew.

It totally doesn't. There are plenty of tree names!

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Consufed · 22/01/2023 20:47

Yoghurt - the tokens on Yeo Valley yoghurts are called Yeokens.

Longdarkcloud · 22/01/2023 20:37

I think it invites jokes such as “ he’s as thick as 2 short planks”.
Oakly or Oakley is better.
Or Ash or Aspen but not Sycamore or Yew.

OhIdoLike2bBesideTheSeaside · 22/01/2023 19:10

PacificallyRequested · 22/01/2023 14:45

You're joaken, right?

😂
Your right

It certainly is the weekend of crazy baby name suggestions on here!!!!!

SirChenjins · 22/01/2023 18:41

Funnily enough, Oaken is the name of a caravan park Grin

Blowyourowntrumpet · 22/01/2023 18:25

Emsb2022 · 22/01/2023 18:20

Apologies but it sounds like the name of a caravan at Hoseasons

🤣🤣

Blowyourowntrumpet · 22/01/2023 18:24

It's laughably bad.

Notellinganyone · 22/01/2023 18:22

My faith it is an oaken staff. Line from a hymn.

Dogdogwoofwoof · 22/01/2023 18:21

PacificallyRequested · 22/01/2023 14:45

You're joaken, right?

brilliant.

Emsb2022 · 22/01/2023 18:20

Apologies but it sounds like the name of a caravan at Hoseasons

MrsTerryPratchett · 22/01/2023 18:18
MagpiePi · 22/01/2023 18:16

MaxiPaddy · 22/01/2023 15:01

Shield.

/On behalf of every LOTR fan ever.

That was my first thought!

Oakley is a brand that makes glasses, sunglasses and ski goggles and that kind of thing.

How about Okeydokey?

MrsTerryPratchett · 22/01/2023 18:15

Good tip @AuntieStella

Seems I've been deleted already so that's me told. TBF I didn't actually call anyone a cunt. MNHQ were swift on the delete button. I shall mind my Ps&Qs!

ButterBastardBeans · 22/01/2023 18:14

Re watch The Wicker Man and choose another character to name him after.

AuntieStella · 22/01/2023 18:13

@MrsTerryPratchett

It's OK if you reference the behaviour not the person. So, "only a misogynist cunt would use a woman's name as an insult like that"

(Reported similar on a different thread - clearly aimed at the only person on the thread who had said XYZ. and it echoed her very words. Reported, and response said it could stand as it didn't specify a poster

SirChenjins · 22/01/2023 18:10

There’s a bit of a female genitalia theme to your posts @Twoinapod . You getting a bit lightheaded there?

MrsTerryPratchett · 22/01/2023 18:08

Knickers in a twist actually. 'Panties'? Hmm

Twoinapod · 22/01/2023 18:06

MrsTerryPratchett · 22/01/2023 18:01

Berkshire Hunt, not Helen.

As in, "you seem like a right Berk using a woman's name as an insult".

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Well someone has their panties in a bunch

😂😂- just for you

Viviennemary · 22/01/2023 18:04

It's ok for a sideboard made of oak but not for a child.

MrsTerryPratchett · 22/01/2023 18:02

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