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Surname of Moon - Please vote!

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LookingAtMyBhunas · 07/02/2025 08:10

My DP and I are expecting our first, surname will be his of Moon, which I absolutely love (didn't take my ex H surname for what I claimed were feminist reasons at the time but it was made easier cos his surname was complete shite)

Anyway as much as I love the surname I'm finding it can tend to make an otherwise 'normal' name come across more hippy dippy, not necessarily a bad thing but wanted to run by the mumsnet clan our shortlist:

Theodore 'Teddy' Moon
Rupert Moon
Jasper Moon
Felix Moon

For a girl the only one we really like and agree on is Matilda Moon.

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SecondMrsTanqueray · 07/02/2025 10:19

I like them all, and used one of them.

Teddy Moon sounds a bit like a cartoon character though. Theo would be better.

Not keen on alliterative names, so I’d not go with Matilda.

user1492757084 · 07/02/2025 10:16

I chose Theodore Moon 10/10

Second choice is Felix Moon 10/10.

LoafofSellotape · 07/02/2025 10:11

Teddy Moon sounds like a children's book character imo but Theodore Moon doesn't . I like Felix.

Our childhood friends were The Moons so it has a nice association for me 😊

DoloresODonovan · 07/02/2025 10:05

Wolf
Buck
Hunter

probably not Pink

Clevs · 07/02/2025 09:48

All nice names but Felix goes better with the surname in my opinion.

Scams · 07/02/2025 09:28

Theo Moon is lovely, Teddy Moon sounds a bit Pooh Bear to me.

I can imagine Theo Moon as a grown up in the real world, Teddy not so much.

StormingNorman · 07/02/2025 09:25

LookingAtMyBhunas · 07/02/2025 08:26

Yeah I'm definitely leaning that way too.

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I like the name but it comes across as a moon made of jasper. I don’t think two nouns work.

BootballJoy · 07/02/2025 09:18

Moonlightstars · 07/02/2025 08:18

I'ld assume you are very posh from that list!

A couple of decades ago that might have been the case but these names are very widely used now, top 100 names. Not necessarily posh at all.

BootballJoy · 07/02/2025 09:14

Great list. Felix is one of my favourite names - but I voted Teddy because Teddy Moon/Theo Moon/Ted Moon all sound really good.

FurryTeacup · 07/02/2025 09:12

LookingAtMyBhunas · 07/02/2025 08:30

I did think this.
It's in Glastonbury and run by a woman who has a side hustle on Etsy of selling windchimes.

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Yes! Exactly! She was born Brenda Jones but now goes by Onyx Windhover and dabbles in shamanism.😀

Jillybloop393 · 07/02/2025 09:09

Congratulations! I'm liking 'Teddy', because Theo Moon sounds wonderful!

WoahThreeAces · 07/02/2025 08:59

Teddy Moon is so cute! And Theodore Moon is an awesome name. Or Theo Moon? Ted Moon? All amazing

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 07/02/2025 08:59

@LookingAtMyBhunas

'(didn't take my ex H surname for what I claimed were feminist reasons at the time but it was made easier cos his surname was complete shite)'

Is he a one of that minor aristocratic family the 'Complete-Shites of Jaywick'?

NoBiscuitsLeftInMyTin · 07/02/2025 08:45

BlwyddynNewydd · 07/02/2025 08:21

Rupert Moon is a welsh rugby player.

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yep - I went to school with him.

KetteringQueen · 07/02/2025 08:32

Jasper Moon - the names sound better together. Congratulations OP 🎊

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LookingAtMyBhunas · 07/02/2025 08:30

FurryTeacup · 07/02/2025 08:29

Rupert Moon is to ‘oo’-heavy. (Sorry, rugby-playing Rupert Moon.) Theodore is much the best of your list. I would avoid anything that sounds like a descriptor of Moon — jasper being a gemstone makes Jasper Moon sound a little like a hippy crystals shop.

I did think this.
It's in Glastonbury and run by a woman who has a side hustle on Etsy of selling windchimes.

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FurryTeacup · 07/02/2025 08:29

Rupert Moon is to ‘oo’-heavy. (Sorry, rugby-playing Rupert Moon.) Theodore is much the best of your list. I would avoid anything that sounds like a descriptor of Moon — jasper being a gemstone makes Jasper Moon sound a little like a hippy crystals shop.

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LookingAtMyBhunas · 07/02/2025 08:27

BlwyddynNewydd · 07/02/2025 08:24

Have a Google!

Just did and sent his photo to DP who commented he looks unnervingly like his dad 😂

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LookingAtMyBhunas · 07/02/2025 08:26

bluebunnys · 07/02/2025 08:24

All but Rupert!

I prefer Jasper Moon

Yeah I'm definitely leaning that way too.

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bluebunnys · 07/02/2025 08:24

All but Rupert!

I prefer Jasper Moon

BlwyddynNewydd · 07/02/2025 08:24

Have a Google!

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LookingAtMyBhunas · 07/02/2025 08:23

BlwyddynNewydd · 07/02/2025 08:21

Rupert Moon is a welsh rugby player.

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Is he!!? How funny!

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BlwyddynNewydd · 07/02/2025 08:21

Rupert Moon is a welsh rugby player.

hideawayforever · 07/02/2025 08:19

Felix

Moonlightstars · 07/02/2025 08:18

I'ld assume you are very posh from that list!