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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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mamazee · 22/09/2008 22:09

blimey... swinging from stereotype to stereotype

HonoriaGlossop · 22/09/2008 22:05

I think it depends on you - round here, a Ripley would belong to the chavvy family and would have a shaved head at pre-school age. However a little surfer boy all dressed in mini boden could probably make the name his own.

mamazee · 22/09/2008 22:04

i like oden.

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ORFlip · 22/09/2008 21:52

Two other names we are considering are Hugo and Oden.

The meaning of ripley that we are drawn to is "the meadow beside a river", which is our favorite spot on our property. It has also had the meaning of "serene". Lastly, we are surfers,and Rip is a surfing term. So Ripleys believe it or not, Alien, then talented Mr Ripley are not associations we like, but people seem to understandably make. Thoughts?

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nooka · 22/09/2008 21:14

I'd think about Ripley's believe it or not too. I would assume it was a surname. Do you have any other ideas?

CuppaTeaJanice · 22/09/2008 21:00

Hasn't Ripley's Believe it or Not just opened in London? With all sorts of oddities, shrunken heads, Victorian circus freaks etc.

I wouldn't use it if he's at all...erm....unusual looking

Megglevache · 22/09/2008 20:58

I think it's a girls name.

Riley is the closest one.

janeite · 22/09/2008 20:55

Don't like it, sorry.

saggyhairyarse · 22/09/2008 20:54

What about:

Rafferty?

mamazee · 22/09/2008 20:54

honestly ? don't like it...will prob be shortened to rip.
how unusual do you mean ?

minkersmum · 22/09/2008 20:52

I lke it. Know a litttle boy from our toddler called ripley. it was also my friend from schools surname.

No actually kid i know is Riley ... but both nice!!

Unusual if thats wot you're after.

ScummyMummy · 22/09/2008 20:50

or as in sigourney weaver in alien?

psychopath v woman with killer alien inside her

Sorry but definite no!

Dragonbutter · 22/09/2008 20:43

what does it mean?

MrsMattie · 22/09/2008 20:43

Honest opinion - horrid.

ScummyMummy · 22/09/2008 20:39

as in the talented mr?