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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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sparklycheerymummy · 16/10/2009 22:12

Jenny Talia ha ha ha. i once taught a girl called Summer and it suited her but not so sure about winter x

tearinghairout · 16/10/2009 22:08

Oooh no. Too chilly.

CristinaTheAstonishing · 16/10/2009 22:03

I don't like it. I don't think it sounds nice enough for a name. Now, Frigid has a ring to it, quite Scandinavian.

Merle · 16/10/2009 21:58

I had a client once who had it as his middle aame. He had fairly traditional first and surnames so the 'Winter' in the middle added a poetic touch, I thought.

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melpomene · 16/10/2009 13:41

I like it but think it is a little too wacky for a first name, better as a middle name.

Spring would be a worse name though!

nooka · 16/10/2009 05:49

I'm not keen on seasonal or month names, and Winter sounds cold and spiky to me, so not very attractive. I think you can pretty much use what you like in the middle, but not as a first name. dd had a friend called Autumn for a while, and I found that hard to get used to, although it was in the States where they don't really use Autumn (always Fall).

wheniwishuponastar · 15/10/2009 22:33

agree winter sounds better for a boy. i quite like it.

pointyhat · 15/10/2009 22:32

no

katnkittens · 15/10/2009 22:19

I quite like it.. I also love Autumn.

Probably wouldn't use them though!

TanyaBranning · 15/10/2009 21:09

I quite like it, and I am not usually one for chavvy kooky names.

LynetteScavo · 14/10/2009 18:27

No, it's not a good name. It sounds like a sur name.

I hate winter.

donttrythisathome · 14/10/2009 18:24

I think it's lovely.

FlightAttendant · 14/10/2009 17:54

i think the main reason it bothers me at all - which it doesn't, much - is that the reasoning behind the name might be the kid being born in Winter...in which case it kind of makes you go 'well so what - a quarter of babies are born in Winter! that's nothing special!!'

I suppose it is the pedant in me...

CarmenSanDiego · 14/10/2009 17:01

I was at school with a boy called Winter and a girl called Summer 15 years ago.

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hennypennyhen · 14/10/2009 16:15

Pretty negative reaction then! I still think it would be fine in the middle slot!

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EverySingleStar · 14/10/2009 15:29

I like it - so hmph

OrmIrian · 14/10/2009 15:18

Oh I quite like that.

And I'm not normally one for odd names

MrsVik · 14/10/2009 15:17

As a middle name I like it - I think there's a lot more flexibility to be had in middle names than in first names.

mummydarlingsausage · 14/10/2009 14:55

i think it would suit a boy better. reminds me of major winters in band of brothers - though it was his surname.

GrimmaTheNome · 14/10/2009 14:52
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BalloonSlayer · 14/10/2009 14:50
  • well you just don't change your name, then, do you?

As my friend Jenny Smith didn't when she married Frank Talia.

ShinyAndNew · 14/10/2009 14:50

I thinks its quite funky as a name. I'm not sure I would use it though. I'd be worried about the child being bullied at school.

PestoPumpkinMonster · 14/10/2009 14:48

Hope her surname isn't Green

MrsBadger · 14/10/2009 14:47

or Winter Winter...

I always worry about that with surnames-as-first-names imagine if Cameron Diaz had married David Cameron
or Reece Witherspoon had married Griff Rhys-Jones