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I Just heard this boys name and I think it's lovely... but what do YOU think?

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Haribosmummy · 26/02/2009 21:21

Eddison... (Eddie)

I think it's really cool.... I've never heard of it before but my friend (baby's mum) told me it's an old english name and she got it from a website and (sure enough) it's on the website...

I think it's lovely... but my other friend (who was also there when she told us the name) thinks it's awful..

So, votes please!

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LuLuBai · 28/02/2009 16:20

Errr this alphabet caterpillar

Am crap at links. Whatever you do don't get one. Unless of course you are tempted to call your actual child Edison. Then get one to make you see the error of your ways.

It may actually be a perfectly nice name, but after hearing that cheery little voice say "Hello I'm Edison" about six squillion times I would probably throttle someone who really had the name (have tried to throttle the caterpillar - didn't work)

LuLuBai · 28/02/2009 16:17

?

Does nobody have the http://www.amazon.co.uk/LeapFrog-46000-Leapfrog-Alphabet-Pal/dp/B00005OWEP Leapfrog Alphabet Caterpillar

"Hello I'm Edison. Let's sing along". Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

TheGreatScootini · 28/02/2009 08:56

I dont mind it.Didnt Thomas Eddison invent the light bulb or something?You might end up with a science genius!

Songbird · 28/02/2009 08:51

Mmnn, I like it. But might be more of a dog's name

lolianja · 28/02/2009 08:49

It's OK. Passable. Wouldn't choose it but am not repulsed by it!

I think Edward sounds far nicer. For names-that-Eddie-could-be-diminutive-for-which-aren't-Edward though, I prefer Edwin and Edgar, the latter in particular.

edam · 28/02/2009 00:05

It's a surname.

It's not normal in English to confuse Christian names and surnames unless you are a Yank OR a member of the gentry bestowing a surname as a middle in the hope that your child will bag an inheritance from the maternal line or A. N. Other rich relative.

In Wales, male names have been used as first or surnames due to the ancient system of naming a son after his father - so Ifan ap Llewellyn would be the son of Llewellyn, and you eventually end up with today's Evan Davies because a long time ago one of his great-great-great grandads was called Dafydd.

KerryMumbles · 28/02/2009 00:03

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mum2b09 · 28/02/2009 00:03

its not something id use but its quite a cool name just cant quite imagine calling my child it x

Hangingbellyofbabylon · 27/02/2009 23:51

I really do like it, might even use it myself if we have a boy this time.

rusmum · 27/02/2009 23:31

i love it too!

Finona · 27/02/2009 23:25

Laughing at the comment earlier that surnames as first names is 'not British'. Erm, in Scotland it is very usual for boys especially to be called after surnames or placenames. Having said that, Eddison is not a Scottish name .

I think it woud depend on your surname. It wouldn't be a 'common' (as in very well used) name.

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Haribosmummy · 27/02/2009 21:55

Wolfblass - I think it's a lovely name too and good luck with the bump-to-baby-transition!!

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Ineedsomesleep · 27/02/2009 17:12

Think Pele's real name is Edison. It gets the yes vote from me.

DD would have been Emerson.

strictmumof3 · 27/02/2009 16:08

Wolfblass did they know that is what you wanted to name your bump? If so that is harsh..

Prefer Edison to Eddison

helsbels4 · 27/02/2009 15:56

I really like it but would probably spell it Edison. I really like Eddie too!

Wolfblass · 27/02/2009 15:49

Wow i am loving that!

Might mention it to dp! We are looking for new inspiration at the moment after a family member ahs called their baby boy what we had chosen for our bump (who arrives in two weeks)

strictmumof3 · 27/02/2009 15:40

I love it, but then i wanted to call my boys Devon and Cayden!

lilywillywoo · 27/02/2009 15:37

I quite like it. Boys names are hard!

gegs73 · 27/02/2009 12:21

Love it, wish I had heard that one before I named DS2 as he would now be called it. He was going to be an Edward but ended up a Thomas.

tearinghairout · 27/02/2009 12:18

Sorry, I don't like it either. Quite like Eddie, but as a shortening of Edward. I agree with ninedragons in that surnames as first names tend to be American, and Not British!

I love old-fashioned Biblical names, like Elijah and Nathaniel. They have a different feel to the surnames-as-first-names, which somehow, to me, seem soulless.

VTVTVT · 27/02/2009 12:15

I like it, its cool

wotulookinat · 27/02/2009 12:14

I like it.

Divineintervention · 27/02/2009 12:12

like it

branflake81 · 27/02/2009 12:09

It's a surname, or at least sounds like one. Ergo chavvy as a first name.

Flightattendant27 · 27/02/2009 11:24

Like Mackenzie or something. Whcih doesn't have 'son' at the end but iyswim.

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