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If you weren't called your first name , would you use it for a baby?

110 replies

glovestrains · 22/04/2023 23:34

no for myself

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RunnyPaint · 22/04/2023 23:53

I had a lucky escape and like my own name. If I had been a boy, I would be Nigel!

Itslookinglikeabeautifulday · 22/04/2023 23:52

No, a bit dated now

Saschka · 22/04/2023 23:51

Nope, but only because it is not a particularly common name, so it wouldn’t occur to me to choose it. It’s a nice enough name. There are just others I like more.

justlurkinghere · 22/04/2023 23:50

No. It was dated when my parents gave it to me and I'm sure it hasn't made a comeback for a reason.

ItsmynameKaren · 22/04/2023 23:48

^
Nope.

DramaAlpaca · 22/04/2023 23:46

My first name, definitely not. It can stay in the 60s where it belongs.

My middle name however, which is the one I go by, definitely yes.

WispaBite · 22/04/2023 23:45

No, I hate my name.

Aposterhasnoname · 22/04/2023 23:43

Good god no, it’s up,there with Chardonnay and kaleesi.

Hairday · 22/04/2023 23:40

Nah too naff

Dithyramb · 22/04/2023 23:39

God, no. It was incredibly popular and generic — the Olivia/Amelia of its day.

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