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My DH keeps shooting down all my name suggestions, are they really that bad?

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Awhimsy · 12/03/2025 00:28

We may be expecting a child soon, so we have been stewing upon possible names. My recommendations have been Campbell if it's a girl (Not exactly as tribute to our insignificantly small Scottish heritage, more-so because I just really like the sound of it!) and Renn if it's a boy. Are these bad? I've thrown around the idea of Casimir, or Cassidy, but none of them seem to stick with him, is this a me issue?

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greengreyblue · 12/03/2025 19:46

Mumtobabyhavoc · 12/03/2025 19:36

I honestly don't know anyone who has watched it under 50, 40's even. Not trying to throw shade, but the reference is lost.

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Just Asked my DD21 and she knows it’s a long film set in the Deep South of America.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 12/03/2025 19:36

greengreyblue · 12/03/2025 16:01

Gone with the Wind? One of the most well known films of all time.

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I honestly don't know anyone who has watched it under 50, 40's even. Not trying to throw shade, but the reference is lost.

SleepyDormouse59 · 12/03/2025 19:33

greengreyblue · 12/03/2025 18:08

Can I make you feel better by telling you I sang ‘ I am the lord of the dance settee’?

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I give you Our father, who art in heaven, howard be thy name...I thought God's name was Howard for quite a while

melonalone · 12/03/2025 18:45

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I agree with you re those kind of names! I meant clover etc - which is a lovely name for a pony!

Needspaceforlego · 12/03/2025 18:37

ColourlessGreenIdeasSleepFuriously · 12/03/2025 18:31

Bonnibel is absolutely not a French name. But I give you Bonnie Langford.

And Google says she's really Bonita, Bonnie is a nickname or stage name!

fortniteplaya · 12/03/2025 18:36

Canonicalhours · 12/03/2025 06:31

Dignified always wins over risking coming across as attention-seeking for no good reason, in my opinion.

The most British sentence ever. If someone does something you consider different it could never be because they like it or it works for them, nope, they must be "attention-seeking." Blegh.

Incredibly snobby sounding I would add!

Needspaceforlego · 12/03/2025 18:35

greengreyblue · 12/03/2025 18:08

Can I make you feel better by telling you I sang ‘ I am the lord of the dance settee’?

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Oh that's funny.
I can totally see where you got settee from.🤣🤣🤣

ColourlessGreenIdeasSleepFuriously · 12/03/2025 18:31

Bonnibel is absolutely not a French name. But I give you Bonnie Langford.

ColourlessGreenIdeasSleepFuriously · 12/03/2025 18:12

Hamble, like the Playschool doll.

greengreyblue · 12/03/2025 18:08

Needspaceforlego · 12/03/2025 18:00

Please tell me I'm not the only tulip who sang My Bonnet?

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Can I make you feel better by telling you I sang ‘ I am the lord of the dance settee’?

Needspaceforlego · 12/03/2025 18:00

diddl · 12/03/2025 16:14

Yes!

I remember singing "My Bonnie" & The Skye Boat Song at school-about 55yrs ago!

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Please tell me I'm not the only tulip who sang My Bonnet?

RuthW · 12/03/2025 17:51

I'm with your husband's choices.

sel2223 · 12/03/2025 17:37

Sorry OP, your husband is right

ICanTellYouMissMe · 12/03/2025 17:26

MrsMoastyToasty · 12/03/2025 16:21

@MissDoubleU Buckfast isn't Scottish, it's from South Devon. So doesn't fit the brief.
@Awhimsy how about Stirling or Murray if DH is into motorsports?

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Or Lewis!

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MissDoubleU · 12/03/2025 16:52

greengreyblue · 12/03/2025 16:51

My primary school children play The Skye Boat song in recorders.

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Same! I used to sing it to my weans when they were teeny

greengreyblue · 12/03/2025 16:51

diddl · 12/03/2025 16:14

Yes!

I remember singing "My Bonnie" & The Skye Boat Song at school-about 55yrs ago!

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My primary school children play The Skye Boat song in recorders.

HugoYorway · 12/03/2025 16:50

Lewis - Scottish and motorsports

MissDoubleU · 12/03/2025 16:47

MrsMoastyToasty · 12/03/2025 16:21

@MissDoubleU Buckfast isn't Scottish, it's from South Devon. So doesn't fit the brief.
@Awhimsy how about Stirling or Murray if DH is into motorsports?

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It was lighthearted obviously, but it is absolutely and very, very famously beloved in Scotland more than anywhere else in the world. It’s a cultural thing, not an “origin” thing.

HugoYorway · 12/03/2025 16:29

Onetotwo · 12/03/2025 13:10

Okay 😂 people have different tastes, fine not like it but why would I bother exaggerating about it, it’s not that deep!

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you said you always get comments about how nice it is. Smile
It's not a name I'd have chosen but fashions change. I only know it as a surname, and Sloane Rangers.

I'd probably say something nice about Bambi in real life.

MrsMoastyToasty · 12/03/2025 16:21

@MissDoubleU Buckfast isn't Scottish, it's from South Devon. So doesn't fit the brief.
@Awhimsy how about Stirling or Murray if DH is into motorsports?

diddl · 12/03/2025 16:14

Needspaceforlego · 12/03/2025 13:52

Yup thats it, many a Friday afternoon song time at school 🏫

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Yes!

I remember singing "My Bonnie" & The Skye Boat Song at school-about 55yrs ago!

greengreyblue · 12/03/2025 16:02

Mumtobabyhavoc · 12/03/2025 15:50

I don't know anyone who has ever mentioned the film,
or, the actors. But, if you say so.... 🙄

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid- also a major film of the 20th Century.

greengreyblue · 12/03/2025 16:01

Mumtobabyhavoc · 12/03/2025 15:50

I don't know anyone who has ever mentioned the film,
or, the actors. But, if you say so.... 🙄

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Gone with the Wind? One of the most well known films of all time.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 12/03/2025 15:53

HugoYorway · 12/03/2025 09:47

@Mumtobabyhavoc , it's a nice surname. It's ACAF as a first name.
The film was inspired by a real person. Film remakes happen.

MNers seem to think that today's generation will have no general knowledge whatsoever.

Gone with the Wind was filmed in 1939 but people have heard of it. My parents weren't born then.

There is a huge trend in surnames for first names, especially for girls.