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Fox?

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akamummy · 03/09/2009 22:13

Fox for a boy. Is this just too off-the-wall?

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Rindercella · 03/09/2009 22:48

PMSL at the Wolfie Smith confusion earlier in the thread

Really, really dislike Fox. Imagine calling him in from your garden when he's 3 years old..."Fox....Fox...Oh Foxy...FOX WILL YOU COME IN NOW PLEASE"

You'll have a whole fecking skulk of the blighters at your door!

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akamummy · 03/09/2009 22:48

JOHN????? Are you serious? That is about the most dull and boring name out there.

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cece · 03/09/2009 22:48

I like John too

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akamummy · 03/09/2009 22:47

Like Redd but already have a Ruby and people will think I have a theme. Knox is cool but I'm not a Bradgelina fan.
Tate, Donovan and Woody are yuck. So are Dashiell, Keir, Hal and Gus. I dont feel strongly either way about Flynn or Finnian so that rules them out automatically.
Is Tiger a boys name?

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bogwobbit · 03/09/2009 22:47

No, no and nooooooooooo. What about John?

Bibithree · 03/09/2009 22:46

I love it. Fox. Awesome name.

TheCrackFox · 03/09/2009 22:46

Fox is a fabulous name.

Ponders · 03/09/2009 22:44

You want Todd!
(old fashioned English name for a fox )

zookeeper · 03/09/2009 22:43

I like celtic names that you might think are boring - wish I'd called mine Finbar.

Heated · 03/09/2009 22:43

Gus
Finnian
Hal
Knox
Keir
Dashiell
Flynn

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akamummy · 03/09/2009 22:41

zookeeper - what names do you like? I will be able to tell from your selection whether your opinion is worth counting or not... ha ha

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akamummy · 03/09/2009 22:40

ha ha ha ha ha! love that. No.... its not.

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zookeeper · 03/09/2009 22:40

awful. Really really awful

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BitOfFun · 03/09/2009 22:38

Hmm, I'm not keen on the sexy connotations tbh...

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akamummy · 03/09/2009 22:37

I had a cat called felix so that one is out. Like it though

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Heated · 03/09/2009 22:37

Could you and he live with Foxy as a nn?

millenniumfalcon · 03/09/2009 22:36

felix

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akamummy · 03/09/2009 22:35

Thanks Mrs Ruffallo, I agree with you. There are a lot very boring names out there and I haven't come across anything I like more than Fox (maybe I should spell it Foxx?).

I do live in a part of London where crazy names abound so I don't think Fox will be the craziest one in his school.
I'm going to go for it I think ...

unless anyone has any good alternatives?

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mrsruffallo · 03/09/2009 22:34

I don't think he will necessarily be teased. There are lots of children these days who are not named Emily or Jack.
Go for it

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akamummy · 03/09/2009 22:32

But really, what is the worst a kid could say about it? I mean, most kids get teased at some point. My name is Ellie - which is relatively normal, but I was Smelly, Belly, Jelly, anything that rhymed. I coped.

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mrsruffallo · 03/09/2009 22:31

I like Fox and Wolf for boys.
I say go for it, people are very conservative regarding names on here

Rachmumoftwo · 03/09/2009 22:30

No probs in primary but when he gets to big school he will be teased

(from someone who loves the name)

LadyGlencoraPalliser · 03/09/2009 22:25

Yes, Fox is too off the wall. He won't thank you for it.