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I know it is a (minor) celebrity baby name but...

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sofia99 · 21/04/2010 15:07

I love 'Bay'. The colour of a shiney horse and a costal scene, in my head anyway. With normal middle name, wdyt?

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pissyknickers · 21/04/2010 19:47

I have a Great Aunt Bay, she's lovely and it really suits her. Guess that means i think of it as a female name. But no reason it couldn't be unisex.

asdx2 · 21/04/2010 19:41

My great uncle was called Bay born 1900 ish never realised that it wasn't a "new" name.
I like it.

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sofia99 · 21/04/2010 19:36

Good point Lynette I don't really worry what people think anyway, names are so personal, you rarely love other people's choices do you? Still, a bit of love wouldn't go amiss.
Bay...ahhh

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LynetteScavo · 21/04/2010 19:35

Yes, never ask other peoples opinion on a name you really like.

It would be rubbish if all boys were called Jack or James.

ILikeToMoveItMoveIt · 21/04/2010 19:34

I think it's a lovely name for either sex, but if I saw the name written down I would assume it was a male.

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sofia99 · 21/04/2010 19:31

oh, how disapointing, how can something you like so much turn out to be so wrong?! thanks, any more opinions?

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LynetteScavo · 21/04/2010 18:59

I think you should use it as a middle name.

oftenpurple · 21/04/2010 17:48

Another one with Bay for a girl - same imagery as 5Dollar.

Love Caspar though, that's a fab name!

5DollarShake · 21/04/2010 17:06

I actually quite like it - for a girl. Puts me in mind of a tall, willowy, erudite brunette.

I think you would need a surname of at least 3 syllables to carry it off, though.

GibbonInARibbon · 21/04/2010 16:48

We had Bay before, it was a no no then as it is now.

APassionateWoman · 21/04/2010 16:46

Dreadful, sorry.

DrivenToDistraction · 21/04/2010 16:45

Well then, you have to make him let you call him Felix

You're the one who has to give birth, after all!

MmeLindt · 21/04/2010 16:31

I agree with Bucharest, it is too abrupt.

Caspar is great. I would go for something like

Leon
Alexander
Tim

Felix goes well.

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sofia99 · 21/04/2010 16:25

driventodistraction, I agree re Felix but DH hates it. He doesn't know about my hankering for Bay though!

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DastardlyandSmugly · 21/04/2010 15:56

I love it but prefer it for a girl.

GetOrfMoiLand · 21/04/2010 15:55

d for Aunty Mary to chunter that it's not a proper name though.

GetOrfMoiLand · 21/04/2010 15:54

I like it.

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sweetkitty · 21/04/2010 15:47

I don't like it sorry my brain automatically adds leaf on the end

dizzydixies · 21/04/2010 15:45

I love it, we're considering it as a middle name

tis name of Kirsty alsopps eldest - Bay Atlas

DrivenToDistraction · 21/04/2010 15:43

Casper is a grand name, not so keen on Bay at all. I've always thought Felix went well with Casper.

debaronz · 21/04/2010 15:42

I quite like it.

LynetteScavo · 21/04/2010 15:41

Casper is a fantastic name.

I think you need an equally great name, and Bay just isn't up to it.

Bucharest · 21/04/2010 15:40

I have a Bay on my family tree. Old bird from the 1890s or thereabouts, some sister of great grandad. Went to America IIRC.

Don't like it though, too abrupt.

LetThereBeRock · 21/04/2010 15:34

No.It's awful.

Caspar is a great name though.

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