To call our baby Huckleberry?

[queenmools]

We are really struggling to think of boys' names for our second baby (due in 3 weeks.) We have no idea if it will be a girl or boy. The girl's name is all sorted but we already have one boy and have kind of peaked with naming him. My husband came up with Huckleberry and says he is not joking. I really like it but don't know if I'm brave enough. We are not American and feel it is a very American sounding name so maybe would be out of place. Also would it work for an adult? Would an adult named Huck sound like a complete tosser? I should point out that we live in a very alternative area with lots of unusual names around.

Let me guess, surname Finn?

I'm not sure of this at all. You have to think that this will be the name that your baby carries through all the years of his life.

I'd feel a bit of a twat because - same reason as you said - it's very American and I'm not. But there's not really an equivalent here is there. Gooseberry?

Huckleberry Hound?

Please - for the love of whichever deity you worship - don't.

You're kidding right?

I hope you're joking!

I quite like it. What's your other child called?

Skip the 'Huckleberry', go for 'Finn'

I wouldn't just in case of a resurgence in popularity of retro cartoons.

Bear Grylls has a son called Huckleberry...

Bloody awful.

He will one day be a teenage boy. He will get called Fuckleberry in high school.

I'm dying to know what your firstborn is called.

I like it, especially Huck for short.

Stick with a more British berry and call him or her Rowan

What's your husband's name? Would he like to be called huckleberry? You really would be setting up your child for a lifetime of teasing.

It sounded good - until you mentioned the shortened version! My two have unusual names (one very Swedish and the other one of the seasons) and they've had no strange reactions - but then, neither are easily shortened....Anyway, you could always give him a more traditional middle name and the option of choosing which name to use.

Fuckleberry

Amazing nickname. Just go straight for that.

Huck is ok it a bit American try hard for me.
Huckleberry is awful. Please don't.

No its wanky.

I like Huck but not Huckleberry.

Charles nn Chuck?

No. No, no, no, no, no.

In the nicest possible way - dear lord, no.

I'm trying to imagine how hard it would be to keep a polite and non-shocked look on my face when told the baby/toddler before me was called Huckleberry...

It would, however, be an awesome dog's name.

No! People will think you're idiotic.

Huckle on its own, like Huckle the lovely cat-boy from the Richard Scarry books. If you want an American name, I like Forrest. DH vetoed it for our boys because of Forrest Gump but I love it (though I'd probably spell it with one 'r').

Huck is lovely but it does rhyme with 'fuck' which could prove problematic later in life.