Are there too many Olivers?

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Popes · 29/04/2010 09:45

It was so helpful yesterday to talk about girls names - that I thought I'd pose the question of boys names today!

My favourite name for years has been Oliver - and was fixated on the musical when I was a kid. However, looking at the baby names list - I can see it is enormously popular. Is that a bad thing or a good thing?

Do you all know a lot of Olivers?

Quite a few of my friends have babies already - but there are no Olivers yet...so I really can't decide.

Thanks again for your help.

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TrillianAstra · 29/04/2010 10:38

How cruel, Jamie and Jules can have as many children as they like and don't need your permission!

sophiesmummie · 29/04/2010 10:36

Three Olivers in my ds's class of 24. Personally that would put me off, because I hated having to add my surname initial to my name in school because there were so many of us...

So many other nice names out there...

Magaly · 29/04/2010 10:09

There are a lot of them in the UK. It's still fairly unusual where I live though.

If none of your friends or family has an oliver, then use it. You will probably find that your oliver might well STAY the only oliver in YOUR close circle, as millions of threads about name stealing aside!! I think Most people will look for another name if somebody close to them has 'used up' the name first.

you got there first.

recireci · 29/04/2010 09:50

It's a classic name

SixtyFootDoll · 29/04/2010 09:47

Loads of em

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