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Due date is this Sunday so final thoughts please...Alex or Felix?

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magbags · 19/08/2009 17:27

DC2 (a boy) is due this Sunday and I think we have narrowed it down now to either Alexander (Alex) or Felix as both go well with our surname.

Thoughts please to help us decide!

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jamandjerusalem · 26/08/2009 13:21

I prefer Felix - less popular than Alex.

I know a Felix with the nn 'Ix'

thedolly · 26/08/2009 12:44

Alex or Lex (like Lex Luther from Superman, I think )

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Supercherry · 26/08/2009 12:35

Alex.

IsItMeOr · 25/08/2009 21:27

Have an Alex, so obviously that is the best boys name ever. But I would say wait and see what you think he looks like. That's what we did!

Anste · 25/08/2009 21:22

Alex

Felix is a cat food.

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magbags · 22/08/2009 13:44

Thanks Emma!

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emmarussell · 22/08/2009 08:26

Got to be Alex. Sorry, but Felix firstly is a cat's name, and secondly, is one of those posh middle class names now so has too many associations. Alex is timeless and classless and therefore a better name to have. Good luck with it all!

suwoo · 20/08/2009 22:34

Thanks sprouts

screamingabdab · 20/08/2009 21:55

Alex, definitely

ilovesprouts · 20/08/2009 21:33

suewoo your dcs are so lovley

ilovesprouts · 20/08/2009 21:29

my cats called felix ,i love the name

LadyPinkofPinkerton · 20/08/2009 21:25

Love Felix

GoldenSnitch · 20/08/2009 20:56

I am biased as I have an Alex(ander)

Felix is definitely a cats name and quite pretentious IMHO

logi · 20/08/2009 20:45

both nice but felix is a little more unusual so go for felix.

electra · 20/08/2009 20:18

I like both but would go for Alex.

boyraiser · 20/08/2009 20:13

Have come across loads of Alexs - Felix is more unusual and I like the meaning of it ('lucky' or 'contented').

Whoever posted that Felix didn't sound "like a man's name" - bit ironic, as Alex is the name here that can be used for both males and females

ErikaMaye · 20/08/2009 20:10

Felix

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magbags · 20/08/2009 19:29

Lol hobbgoblin, now you've really confused me!!

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hobbgoblin · 20/08/2009 19:26

Felix.

Alex is a cat's name - I just called our cat Alex.

WinkyWinkola · 20/08/2009 19:25

Felix. It's funky and cool and also manages to have something solemn about it imo. Just right for when your DS is PM!

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magbags · 20/08/2009 19:14

Anyone else?

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Ondine · 19/08/2009 20:31

I vote Felix. Alex is nice but Felix is more unusual, it didn't make the top 100 last year. Also it means happy and lucky which is a nice auspicious start.

tummytickler · 19/08/2009 20:07

Alexander - timeless, classic and hads loads of nicknames (Alex, Sandy, xander)
Felix - too popular, too quickly.

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magbags · 19/08/2009 19:58

Jellybeans, oh hadn't thought of that. Don't like any of those nicknames tbh!

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