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Winter- is this a good name?

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hennypennyhen · 14/10/2009 14:36

A friend of mine asked me what I thought of this as a potential name for her expected little girl. I said I wasn't sure for a first name but thought it could work really well as a middle name. What do other people think?

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catsinthejinglebelfry · 18/12/2010 20:58

I think it's lovely, but then I am the only person who'd call a child "Snowdrop". Not that I have, but when I suggested it on here a while ago it was universally flamed. And I still don't know why!

snownelly · 18/12/2010 20:53

No way sorry

SunOverStars · 18/12/2010 19:41

IMO it's the least offensive of all the season names.

Summer = hippy
Spring = really??
Autumn = outdated and overrated
Winter = pretty ok really

LetThereBeRock · 18/12/2010 19:21

...takes aim.

ragged · 18/12/2010 19:14

I like it quite nice for a boy. I like Summer & Autumn, too so shoot me.

LetThereBeRock · 18/12/2010 19:05

Lilly.This thread is over a year old.

Also I'm quite sure that most Mumsnetter's children's names have been discussed on here. It is a baby name forum after all.

It's rather difficult to avoid sharing opinions of names on a forum specifically designed to discuss them.

Also it's not personal. We're not discussing your child,or any other named Winter,but the name.

If we worried about others being offended,then we'd never be able to discuss any name on here,because inevitably someone,somewhere will be called it.

There's little point in people asking for opinions on baby names if the only response we can give,no matter what we actually think, is 'How lovely'.

lillypop83 · 18/12/2010 18:31

Wow people really can be mean cant they Winter is my sons name and it really suits him he is bubbley and sweet I wonder how people on here who are so quick to say negative things about it would feel if it was their childs name being ripped to shreds?

BarakObamasTransitVan · 22/10/2009 10:10

Oh, I rather like it. It's a bit like Willow - which I find rather sweet but a wee bit hippyish for me.
I wouldn't worry about bullying - but then my ds's school is full of dcs with rather out there names.
However the first thing that came to mind was this

Cluttergump · 22/10/2009 10:04

i love it. makes me think of sparkly icicles and toasty fires. i love winnie for a little one too....

Avendesora · 20/10/2009 18:26

It only works as a middle name with 'Lady de' as the first names

blushes · 20/10/2009 14:54

Someone I vaguely know called a baby girl Winter.

I'm not a fan of it myself. Connotations not especially nice (cold, wet, barren, hostile) and the sound of the name itself not lovely either- it sounds "hard".

I'm not opposed to naming a child after a season or month or whatever per se. Summer is a lovely name imo and conjures up lots of positive associations. My baby is due in Jan though, so it's not on the list!

Merle · 19/10/2009 21:28

Yorkshire! Proper weather!

Note that there hasn't been any for 10 months, so perhaps I'm being hopelessly romantic.

TheDemonicButDandyLioness · 19/10/2009 00:22

Nope, not as a first name, but like it as a middle name.

For a boy.

I knew a Wyn at Uni who was very cool, so Winter makes me think of him.

GcE777 · 19/10/2009 00:14

yuk

aLittlePatience · 19/10/2009 00:13

I agree with Colditz (above)- too much American TV.

CristinaTheAstonishing · 18/10/2009 21:45

"It reminds me of snowflakes and frosty landscapes. Magical." Merle, where do you live? I'd have thought rain & slush first.

dizietsma · 18/10/2009 19:28

I really love it. I'm not a fan of 'normal' (read boooooooooring) names though.

Silvj · 17/10/2009 16:12

Winter is pretty but it will get shortened to Win/Winnie, so depends if you like that?

Clary · 17/10/2009 13:18

Mrs Badger we know families with the surnames Hannah and Rose - which leads to all sorts of possibilities (obv lots of children with first names Rose and Hannah!)

Well my kids like to have fun with it anyway.

Clary · 17/10/2009 13:17

I know of a child called Autumn. Ah seeker I see you are there before me - you really are me aren't you

I think Winter is rather more odd. Summer is becoming popular - in a hippy-chick kind of way.

BrigitBigKnickers · 17/10/2009 13:08

Autumn/ Summer- yes lovely unusual but not too "out there" names.

Winter?- no specially not for a girl- sounds too masculine.

MaggieBehaveOutGuising · 17/10/2009 12:44

I wouldn't pick it, it's not my style at all as polite people would say,,, but I love the nn Winnie!

MrsDimples · 17/10/2009 09:48

I like it.

Merle · 17/10/2009 08:32

It reminds me of snowflakes and frosty landscapes. Magical. Use it.

starmucks · 16/10/2009 22:16

Awful. Can you imagine any time poor child is is grumpy it'll be "alas here is our Winter of discontent".