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Are we really the only ones to name our baby boy Sky?

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UmMwahahahaaaaa · 13/10/2008 10:42

I know lots of people would hate our baby boy's name, it's Sky - Skyler. We love* it obviously

Now (as my confused relatives tell me) there is Sky Masterson from Guys and Dolls and apparently a bloke from Mamma Mia called Sky but I wondered if there were any hippyMumsnetters with boys called Sky...
We can't be the only ones, surely.

Am convinced Skyler will be as popular as Finley one day think it's v trashy popular in the US.

*Seeker et al, please don't spontaneously combust with inner rage

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Heated · 14/10/2008 20:00

The problem with unisex names - my brother has one - is that they become almost exclusively female over time. I think it can be hard on a boy, particularly if there is a girl of the same name in the same class.

chandellina · 14/10/2008 19:48

my half brother is named Skyler. He's about 20 years old. step-mum ahead of her time ...(and American)

seeker · 13/10/2008 12:19

Ah, but Richenda dates from the 15th century! Skyler dates from 2007

Love Aphra, by the way.

CorpseBrideOfJohnCusack · 13/10/2008 11:32

I like it,mainly because of swoonsome associations with Sky Masterson, ESPECIALLY as played by the young Marlon Brando in the film version of Guys and Dolls

SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore · 13/10/2008 11:28

She hadn't been born then. He was trying to talk me out of it, it didn't work.

MurderousMarla · 13/10/2008 11:27

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UmMwahahahaaaaa · 13/10/2008 11:26

Aw, that's a sweet name. How rude of your friend!

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SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore · 13/10/2008 11:22

lol. I can't CAT. It's not that unusual imo. But when I told a friend he asked "Why on earth would you call a baby that?" DH thought similar things and later revealed when he told his family what she was called they all ed.

'Tis Bryonie-Rae. All one name. I have now realised that I spelt Bryonie wrong. Every time I see it on here its Bryony.

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UmMwahahahaaaaa · 13/10/2008 11:19

cross-post Shesells!

I like Tyler.

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UmMwahahahaaaaa · 13/10/2008 11:18

Shesells, just read your message, thanks . Have taught loads of kids with 'unusual' names, you get used to it so quickly. Really want to know your dd's name, please CAT me!!!

Dh likes to say Skyyyylerrrr in a pirate voice

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MurderousMarla · 13/10/2008 11:15

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SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore · 13/10/2008 11:14

What about me? I said I liked it too

Flightofthenortybats · 13/10/2008 11:13

Oy Seeker. I have a wilbert (well almost!)

I like the derivation of Skyler but not how it sounds when you say it as much as what it looks like written down...iyswim..

but I am glad you chose it for its meaning rather than because you already had a jaylor-aiden-kain it had to surpass.

MrsMattie · 13/10/2008 11:13

mmm, I like Aphra.

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UmMwahahahaaaaa · 13/10/2008 11:12

Our dd is called KaffaRyn, Seeker. Actually, no, she is Aphra. But, Seeker, it's surely better than Richenda

So Skyler for a girl has made the transition from US... just as well, my Skyler is dressed in a pink flowery top today.

LOL at Six Degrees of Skyler! He is Smiler right now, bless him.

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hannahsaunt · 13/10/2008 11:09

I love Skye. For a girl.

MrsMattie · 13/10/2008 11:07

There you go@UmMwahahahaaaaa

Everyone knows a Skyler/Skylar/Skylor!

We could almost play Six Degrees of Skyler...

mangolassi · 13/10/2008 11:06

New dad said in his introducing-the-baby email, Skylor, rhymes with harbor.

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mangolassi · 13/10/2008 11:03

Not me, but friend has a boy called Skylor.

That really is misspelt. But then, they are American.

WhereWolfTheWildThingsWere · 13/10/2008 11:03

at MrsMattie, they are actually tres bohemian.

WhereWolfTheWildThingsWere · 13/10/2008 11:01

Oh and it is Dutch and means 'shelter'. Actually [thick emoticon] her name is Skylar not Skyler. And the above meaning is for that spelling ooops.

slayerette · 13/10/2008 11:01

I like it.

MrsMattie · 13/10/2008 11:00

Oh Nooooooo!

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The invasion of girl Skylers is already happening...

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