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Ridley for a boys name?

34 replies

Pinkglow · 02/07/2008 10:54

We have a shortlist of boys names now and my DH suggested Ridley for a boys name (he suggested this while looking at the DVD cover of blade runner after the director Ridley Scott)

I quite like it but wondered if it was a bit odd as it tends to be used as a surname rather than a christian name.

What do you guys think - -one to keep or one to drop off the list

please be honest

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themildmannneredjanitor · 02/07/2008 11:04

sitdown-i am member too!

sitdownpleasegeorge · 02/07/2008 11:04

Newton & Ridley were the brewery who supplied ale to the Rovers in Coronation Street weren't they ?

Well that's what sprang to mind.

It also makes me think of the phrase "riddled with ......"

.... as in "the house was riddled with fleas" or "the boy was riddled with headlice"

It's like a combination of Richard and Rodney.

You want honesty ..... it sounds like a surname used as a christian name and as a fully paid up member of the CAMPAIGN FOR THE USE OF REAL CHRISTIAN NAMES, I obviously loathe it.

themildmannneredjanitor · 02/07/2008 11:03

matthew
alexander
thomas
luke
jonathan
sean
patrick

all good names

henry
philip
peter

MaloryIsCrossWithJohnnie · 02/07/2008 11:02

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edam · 02/07/2008 11:01

If you are working class and proud of it, fine. Otherwise, best not.

themildmannneredjanitor · 02/07/2008 10:59

ridley?mit's really awful! sorry but it is !
it's like a slang word for a pee.
isn't that a jimmy riddle?

james.that's what you want-nice solid name!

MaloryIsCrossWithJohnnie · 02/07/2008 10:56

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hanaflowerisnothana · 02/07/2008 10:56

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seeker · 02/07/2008 10:54

Drop.