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Original poster

yup it's another saddo "what do you think of these names?" thread :-)

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basilbrush · 02/03/2008 09:40

Hi Girls,

Thought I would distract myself from worrying about the small size of my Bump until I see the midwife tomorrow by asking you your thoughts on these options...

We don't know the sex, so it's Kinder Surprise Also we have a seriously weird 3 syllable surname that starts with T. So we're going for short, punchy names with a max of 2 syllables:

Boy:

Dexter
Fillan
Rowan
Tate

Girl:

Faye
Hazel
Cara
Rose

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Vulgar · 02/03/2008 18:45

sorry, spellings gone all cod

Vulgar · 02/03/2008 18:45

i meant I LIKE rowna, Hazel and rose too.

not that that they reminded me of potatoes too!

edam · 02/03/2008 18:43

Rowan and Rose for me. Don't like any of the others in the OP, sorry.

bigbadwulf · 02/03/2008 18:42

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Vulgar · 02/03/2008 18:39

Cara and Tate make me think of potatoes.

Like Rose, Hazel and Rowan -all plant names too

janeite · 02/03/2008 18:17

Rowan is a fab name for a boy (dd2 would have been Rowan if she'd been a boy); I don't like the other boys' names.

Faye is lovely. Hazel and Rose are nice enough but rather too popular. I don't like Cara.

hatrick · 02/03/2008 17:57

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oxocube · 02/03/2008 17:53

Girls all lovely, don't care for the boys

JeremyVile · 02/03/2008 17:51

I like every one of those names!

Favourites probably Rowan and Hazel.....

Or maybe Tate and Cara??

Or any of the others??

Greensleeves · 02/03/2008 17:50

I like Fraser, it's a nice gentle name and would suit an adult as well as a baby...and it reminds me of "fraise" which means strawberry

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basilbrush · 02/03/2008 17:48

Shock DH has taken great exception to my comment and come up with the following which in the Traditional Manner I don't like that much

FRASER - old man?
HEATH - baaaaaad karma
CAMERON - too common
AARON - possible...
GERARD - old man?
JED - sounds chavvy?
LUKE - pah
LEO - aaaah, Baby Blair
JACOB - possible...but very popular
DALZIEL - pronounced DL apparently. See he's as mad as I am

I LOVE the whole Finn, Finbar thing but we have two sets of good friends, one with a DS called Finn, the other, Flynn

Ned is totally out up here as it means Chav

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Greensleeves · 02/03/2008 17:46

boys' names I think are a bit unusual but not daft (I don't like all of them, but that's not the point!:

Killian
Christy
Finnian
Finlay
Carrick
Kerry
Kay
Kim
Felix
Liam
Aran
Jago
Tym an
Rudy
Rufus
Kian
Lawrence
Rhodri
Brendan
Bracken
Saul
Seth
Jasper

shubiedoo · 02/03/2008 17:36

Or Ronan, not Rowan

shubiedoo · 02/03/2008 17:36

Fintan or Finbarr, and call him Finn

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Greensleeves · 02/03/2008 17:34

I like Rowan

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basilbrush · 02/03/2008 17:34

PS Fillan is celtic Fife saint. There are actually dozens of churches round here called St Fillan

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basilbrush · 02/03/2008 17:31

Thanks for all your thoughts

As ever, it seems the boys' are more controversial.

I am looking for something a bit more unusual but not TOO weird (i.e. not in top 20 or 30 names for UK) . I think we managed this difficult balance with DS but it's hard to do again. Thought about Theo but DS name starts with an F and it's hard to say their names together : F......and Th......

DH isn't being much help, his only (comic) suggestions so far have been Ace and Jafar

DS middle name is John so that's out. I have to admit Dexter is so far my favourite as it could be shortened to Dex and sounds quite feisty. If he's going to be a midgit like his brother (still in 12 month clothes and just turned 2!) he needs a gnarly name, right

Here's a TOTALLY FAR OUT ONE no-one's ever heard of just to really freak you all. In fact if you Google it, there only seems one other guy on the planet with this name and he makes vases in New Zealand:

Merric (Old English - ruler of the sea)

[other mums start throwing heavy, inanimate objects at Basil anbd threatening to call Social Services]

Come on then, suggestions for less weird names that aren't Jack, Josh, Oliver etc??

onehandtypist thanks for your advice

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TheFallenMadonna · 02/03/2008 10:54

Not mad on any of the boys.

Like all the girls except Faye, which isn't dreadful, just a bit meh.

VictorianSqualor · 02/03/2008 10:46

I like Rose and Hazel.
Not keen on the others.

BoysAreLikeDogs · 02/03/2008 10:35

Jon

Troutpout · 02/03/2008 10:32

i like Rose
Not so keen on any of the others...sorry.
I think of Rowan as a girls name.
how about

Ruth
Anna
Jane

and:
John

errm and there i dry up for short punchy names
It's hard this name business isn't it.

brimfull · 02/03/2008 10:29

like all the girls names,not keen on the boys

collision · 02/03/2008 10:25

oh sorry....were you talking about size of baby and not names!! lol

itsahardknocklife · 02/03/2008 10:25

I agree with Mrs Mattie. The boys names are all a bid odd - it sounds like you are trying to be different, and with a long, unusual surname, I don't think they would work. I would go for something simpler.