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Kermit for a boy?

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copperjar · 02/05/2010 19:34

I am watching the muppets at the moment- it was my absolute favourite as a child- and it's got me thinking.

I am nine weeks pregnant at the moment.

What do you think of Kermit for a boy? I doubt it's a top 100 name, and I do want something a little unusual. Good idea, or not?

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funnysinthegarden · 16/06/2010 21:44

Nooooooooo DVC, tis a red tickly horse name. Don't even consider it.

DitaVonCheese · 16/06/2010 19:50

It has actually grown on me but DH says absolutely not. I would save it for a middle name but why not?

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Patsy99 · 16/06/2010 13:40

This is my favourite thread ever on MN, esp. the comments by BitofFun and OrganicHairBrush.

At least watching "The Muppets take Manhattan" together swung it for you with DH.

PortiaNovmerriment · 16/06/2010 12:48

I saw this the first time. I think she is looking for suggestions on a muppet theme because she loves them, but iirc she is not so admiring of Miss Piggy as Kermit (who was great, let's face it), or as set on a pig-inspired name, she is just floating some ideas. Is she joking? Maybe. Is she barmy? Definitely

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funnysinthegarden · 16/06/2010 12:43

this has to be a wind up

GladioliBuckets · 16/06/2010 12:40

Seenyertoeslately, please can you start a thread to swap amusing Hong Kong names we've all heard?

seenyertoeslately · 16/06/2010 11:25

Here in Hong Kong I know 2 Kermits. Not as popular as Garfield though. Bison is still my favorite.

VuvuzelaPlenticlew · 16/06/2010 10:50

Camilla (the chicken) or groovy Janice from the band?

GladioliBuckets · 16/06/2010 10:43

No. Just no.

PickleSarnie · 16/06/2010 10:34

We've been trawling through the really old babynames books OH's mum keeps giving us.

So far it's a close call between Kermit, Gaylord and Lancelot. Perhaps it'll get all three since it would be a shame to let such fine names go to waste.

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copperjar · 15/06/2010 23:07

Hmm,new thread, I think...

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copperjar · 15/06/2010 22:39

UPDATE

DH has agreed!!

If it's a boy, it will definitely be Kermit. Yaaaaaaaay!

It has taken me a while to convince him, but made him watch The Muppets Take Manhattan, and he has come round! Happy happy

Now I need a girl's name. But I have a feeling it will be a boy.

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DomesticG0ddess · 04/05/2010 18:15

Oh, this thread has cheered me up! What about Beaker??

Patsy99 · 04/05/2010 14:42

Do it! You'll bring a lot of laughs to a lot of people. Just maybe not your ds.

I always loved Kermeee too.

mitfordsisters · 04/05/2010 14:29

You could if you go and live in America. I worked for an American company and the finance guy was a lantern-jawed hunk called Kermit. I love it, but it might be a bridge too far??? What about Rudy, Herby or Eugene?

glastocat · 04/05/2010 12:19

You have got to be kidding.

OrganicHairbrush · 04/05/2010 12:08

Have just spilt coffee all over my keyboard sniggering. Your embryo owes me a new keyboard...

flopsy1974 · 03/05/2010 21:24

Don't do it.

MarineIguana · 03/05/2010 21:20

"As a frog, he was a better man than many men are."

QOTW copperjar! And so true...

twolittlemonkeys · 03/05/2010 12:17

I assume you are joking... We nicknamed DS1 Kermit when I was expecting and DH joked that we should name our children after the muppets. But it was only ever a joke...

If you dare, go for it but I think you'll get a lot of

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copperjar · 03/05/2010 12:13

I think what I like about it is the frog association though. Happy memories for me- and I think he had a lot of integrity and a positive attitude. As a frog, he was a better man than many men are.

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thumbwitch · 03/05/2010 08:00

I really wouldn't unless you are American and living in America.

In the UK, it will be synonymous with The Frog and that's just cruel.

You could always go for Scooter though...