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Need feedback on baby names

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ORFlip · 22/09/2008 20:38

We are looking for an uncommon or unusual baby boy name. We really like the name Ripley.

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carlottawales · 23/09/2008 14:13

Awful!
It means 'strip clearing' according to behind the name:
www.behindthename.com/name/ripley

pamelat · 23/09/2008 13:33

Sorry, don't like it. Its a town in Derbyshire

devonsmummy · 23/09/2008 13:21

I like Ripley and the fact the meaning is relevant to you makes it special.

My ex MIL's maiden name was Ridley and fortunatley we didn't have kids but would have had Ridley for a boy - found out a few years ago that ex BIL had a girl and called her Ridley.

stroppyknickers · 23/09/2008 10:30

Orson? Digby?

BabyBaby123 · 23/09/2008 10:21

not Ripley - sorry it's awful. It can only be shortened to Rip which is terrible.

How about Riley or Rafferty?

AbbeyA · 23/09/2008 10:20

I think Ripley is ghastly!

nailpolish · 23/09/2008 10:08

i have a nephew Oran
i thnk its irish

i thought it was Oh-ran but apparently its O-ran

gladders · 23/09/2008 10:06

Ivo?

fortyplus · 23/09/2008 09:39

God there are some bad ones on there - 'Arnica' for a girl and 'Dodge' for a boy - and I gave up at D! But there are some nice-sounding ones, too.

MrsFluffleHasAWuffle · 23/09/2008 09:39

Prefer Rip to Ripley - Rip is very cool and dudey!

fortyplus · 23/09/2008 09:37

Here you are: 1400'unique' boys' names!

mamazee · 22/09/2008 23:17

or obie

ThinWhiteDuchess · 22/09/2008 23:16

How about Otis?

nooka · 22/09/2008 23:00

If I'd been a boy my mother was keen on Cosmo. I'm quite glad I wasn't (although my name is probably more unusual than Cosmo).

mamazee · 22/09/2008 22:41

ari
joty
ned
cosmo

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ORFlip · 22/09/2008 22:39

I actualy do like the name otto, but my brother named his son that.

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MrsCurly · 22/09/2008 22:39

We know a Ripley. He is the violent one at nursery. But his parents are very cool and he'll grow out of hitting.

mamazee · 22/09/2008 22:34

ori
arlo
otto ?

SlartyBartFast · 22/09/2008 22:28

how about hugh?

fortyplus · 22/09/2008 22:21

Someone I know gave their son the middle name Flipper. Seriously...

fortyplus · 22/09/2008 22:20

Ripley is ghastly imo. I love Hugo but decided to give it a miss for my two sons as we don't have a country estate and can't afford to send them to Eton.

Relative just called her new baby Oscar - is that any good?

PuppyMonkey · 22/09/2008 22:13

Ripley is a place near where I live. You would not want to be named after it....

mamazee · 22/09/2008 22:13

thats why i don't like hugo...smacks of posh boy.
like odin too.

nooka · 22/09/2008 22:11

Prefer Odin to Oden. But of the three I like Hugo best, even though the only Hugo I knew was a bit of a Hooray Henry. I like unusual names, I just prefer names that are immediately identifiable as a first name.

Thomcat · 22/09/2008 22:10

Not keen tbh, sozza.