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Avon as a boy's name - what do you think?

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LeeshaPaper · 27/08/2025 09:55

I saw it in a book. The Lord/Duke was called Avon.

I'd pronounce it Ay-von (like Stratford upon Avon) not Ah-von

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PanderBare · 27/08/2025 14:20

Your post makes no sense, @Needmorelego , regardless of whether you lived there.

It's "Aay-von". - I wouldn't know how to say that. 'Ay' on here means ay as in hay, pay, say.

Gruttenberg · 27/08/2025 14:16

I guess you're not from Scotland @LeeshaPaper? You've forced me to remember this so I'm now forced to share it with you. Glad you changed your mind!

Overtheatlantic · 27/08/2025 13:56

Ivan maybe?

Moveoverdarlin · 27/08/2025 13:55

Avon calling!!!

Overtheatlantic · 27/08/2025 13:55

Yer da sells Avon is an insult I heard a few years ago.

user2848502016 · 27/08/2025 13:55

No sorry I don’t like it, most people will just think of the cosmetics company!
Levon is similar sounding (usually pronounced Luh-Von) and is an actual name

Blanknotebook · 27/08/2025 13:51

It would be as bad as naming someone Rimmel or Revlon. It will always be a name associated with a cosmetic brand.

whatasillygoose · 27/08/2025 13:45

LeeshaPaper · 27/08/2025 13:18

🤣 I really thought it was a nice name!!! Can't believe it's generally thought of as definitely not.
Thanks everyone

I know names are a very personal choice but I do think it’s worth sounding people out online about potential choices.

I wouldn’t confide in close family or friends though. Strangers only apart from a couple of mates who would be really honest but not mean or judgmental.

Needmorelego · 27/08/2025 13:45

PanderBare · 27/08/2025 13:42

I don't think that anyone says Stratford-upon-Eye-von, @Needmorelego .

That was my point.
I read "Ay-von" as "Eye-von" which is wrong.
It's "Aay-von".
I lived there 😂

PanderBare · 27/08/2025 13:42

I don't think that anyone says Stratford-upon-Eye-von, @Needmorelego .

deedeemeloy · 27/08/2025 13:41

He’ll be called the Avon lady for sure

Needmorelego · 27/08/2025 13:37

PanderBare · 27/08/2025 13:30

@Needmorelego , which part of I'd pronounce it Ay-von (like Stratford upon Avon) not Ah-von do you not understand?

She's saying it as ˈeɪvən/ not as ˈævən.

Sorry but I would read "Ay" as rhyming with "Aye".
If she's saying it as rhyming with "Aay" (like Hay, May, Bay etc) it makes sense.
Stratford upon "Aay-von".
🙂

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 27/08/2025 13:36

Avon Barksdale for me!

BoleynMemories13 · 27/08/2025 13:33

ABowlOfPorridge · 27/08/2025 13:32

They are still around. I had a catalogue through my letterbox just last week.

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I thought so. I'm baffled how anyone can't have heard of them.

ABowlOfPorridge · 27/08/2025 13:32

BoleynMemories13 · 27/08/2025 13:31

Have you genuinely never heard of the company Avon? I thought they were still around, they certainly were as recently as the 2010s. Anyone who has heard of Avon calling it's literally the first thing you think of, making it a definite no as a name.

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They are still around. I had a catalogue through my letterbox just last week.

BoleynMemories13 · 27/08/2025 13:31

LeeshaPaper · 27/08/2025 13:18

🤣 I really thought it was a nice name!!! Can't believe it's generally thought of as definitely not.
Thanks everyone

Have you genuinely never heard of the company Avon? I thought they were still around, they certainly were as recently as the 2010s. Anyone who has heard of Avon calling it's literally the first thing you think of, making it a definite no as a name.

PanderBare · 27/08/2025 13:30

@Needmorelego , which part of I'd pronounce it Ay-von (like Stratford upon Avon) not Ah-von do you not understand?

She's saying it as ˈeɪvən/ not as ˈævən.

Needmorelego · 27/08/2025 13:23

Actually... in Blake's 7 wasn't Avon his surname?

Needmorelego · 27/08/2025 13:21

As someone who once lived in Stratford upon Avon I don't quite understand your pronunciation.
Unless you are say "Ay" as "Aay" 🤔
But I'm another that instantly thinks Blake's 7.
Long time since I've seen it but I think he was a bit of a baddie.

decenteringmen · 27/08/2025 13:21

No.

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LeeshaPaper · 27/08/2025 13:18

🤣 I really thought it was a nice name!!! Can't believe it's generally thought of as definitely not.
Thanks everyone

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Happymover · 27/08/2025 13:17

It would work with middle name Colin

HangryBrickShark · 27/08/2025 13:17

Not for me

Weekmindedfool · 27/08/2025 13:16

Anything would be better

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LeeshaPaper · 27/08/2025 13:14

BarnacleBeasley · 27/08/2025 13:13

@LeeshaPaper the Marquis of Vidal's first name is Dominic - I quite like that one?

Yes, Dominic is a good strong name.
And the actor Dominic somebody played a character in The Wire, which also had a character called Avon !
(Were the scriptwriters reading Georgette Heyer??!!)

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