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To want an alternative baby name

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GreenieBeanie · 21/03/2018 02:27

DP and I are trying to come up with baby names (we're waiting to find out the sex), he is favouring names such as Leo and Leona, but I love the name Green for a boy or girl. He's trying to veto it but I'm sticking to my guns here, I love it! AIBU to want a pretty out there name for lo? Would I be setting them up for a life of hating their name?

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Seahawk80 · 21/03/2018 03:41

When I was pregnant I loved the name Blue for a boy. DH vetoed it and now I'm quite relieved. We went for an unusual name but it's definitely a name if that makes sense. I would look at some names that you both like. We spent forever choosing a girls name and then had a boy and now my new niece has a v similar name to our choice for a girl so if we have another we'll be back to the drawing board but choosing names is so much fun!

WombOfOnesOwn · 21/03/2018 03:49

If you're considering it because of Little Green, that song is about the real-life daughter Joni Mitchell put up for adoption as a teenager.

That baby was not actually named Green, but Kelly (makes sense, right?). Any possibility you'd consider that (or another shade of green -- Juniper?) as a place to start discussion?

mathanxiety · 21/03/2018 03:49

Hobbit?

Mummyoflittledragon · 21/03/2018 04:00

What about the name Graham and calling him Gray if he’s a boy? Lila, Avery and Arden are beautiful names suggested by math

Mummyoflittledragon · 21/03/2018 04:00

Oh and I meant to say Green reminds me of bowling green. Just no.

SerPants · 21/03/2018 04:23

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lunar1 · 21/03/2018 04:29

Change your own name to Green and give your child an actual name.

DontWannaBeObamasElf · 21/03/2018 04:32

I dunno, it kind of irks me when people want a unique baby name. It won’t be a baby forever and will have to go through life constantly repeating their name, putting up with jibes or constantly spelling it if the parents used a traditional name but with a twist.

Call the baby Green if you want but prepare for them changing the name when old enough.

SerPants · 21/03/2018 04:36

Also, people will understandably assume that Green is their surname and that can cause problems with paperwork (names being wrong way round) etc.

Chocywockydodahhhhhh · 21/03/2018 04:37

You can’t stick to your guns over a baby name if your partner hates it. Also Green is a silly name setting the kid up for years of teasing. Yep in a perfect world no one would get teased due to their name but we don’t live in a perfect work.

SerPants · 21/03/2018 04:47

Change your own name to Green and give your child an actual name.

Agree with this. If you "want a pretty out there name" (as you mentioned in OP), give yourself that honour.

Not someone else.

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GreenieBeanie · 21/03/2018 04:51

I don't think green is that out there in comparison to some of the children in my niece's school class and year above: Storm, Tatti, Drogon (yes, really), Tartan, Colman, Hart. And those are just the ones I've met/heard about from mum's at the gates.

I do like Green but as I say I may just be a bit hormonal and have some more sensible ones in the reserves Grin

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GreenieBeanie · 21/03/2018 04:54

I almost forgot a lady I work with called her DD Atlantic Dream (dream is middle name) because she conceived overseas....
(I'll be so sorry if she is on here!)

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SerPants · 21/03/2018 04:59

The thing is, your child may not always move in those kinds of circles.

Maybe use it as a nickname if you feel that strongly? But give them a relatively normal "official" name?

SerPants · 21/03/2018 05:02

Btw, Tartan?

Colman and Hart (people will hear it as Heart) are a bit odd too.

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GreenieBeanie · 21/03/2018 05:08

Yes Tartan! I kid you not she wears a pink tartan backpack and sometimes a matching tartan bow.

Green isn't sounding so orbital now huh? Grin

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SerPants · 21/03/2018 05:15

Tartan (as a pattern) is cool. But as a name? No. People will shorten it to Tart. Especially for a girl.

I have suspected Aspergers, so I'm never really sure whether someone is being serious or not.

If this is a serious thread, forgive me. But do not call your baby Green.

Bastardingcough · 21/03/2018 05:18

Viridian (Vee or Vi?)
Malachite (Mal?)
Beryl

All green words.

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GreenieBeanie · 21/03/2018 05:19

@SerPants
No worries, I am considering Green I think it's nice but one person's nice is another's Tartan!

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Mummyoflittledragon · 21/03/2018 05:20

I prefer the names you’ve quoted to green. Green to me sounds naff and dreary. As I said, bowling green. Here’s a list of suggestions for people, who like the colour green. You will note that the article does not suggest Green for a name. I think Apple is naff btw and I wouldn’t use Mignonette either but all the others sound good to me.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/green-baby-names_n_5462045

Don’t you like any of the names people have given? Or the colour diminutives Gray, Red or even Blue?

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GreenieBeanie · 21/03/2018 05:20

@Bastardingcough

Forgive me, but they are hideous (says the loopy lady who likes Green)

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GreenieBeanie · 21/03/2018 05:23

@Mummy

Oh no, I like Teal! What have you done Grin

Gray is great, but just reminds me of the cheesy af 50 shades nonsense

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SerPants · 21/03/2018 05:27

As a nickname it's okay.

But please choose a normal name for the birth certificate!

Mummyoflittledragon · 21/03/2018 05:29

Idk. I’ll back away. I don’t want you sobbing in your greenbeanie with all those pregnancy hormones. Wink. Yes, I get the Gray thing but it’s a beautiful name. Teal is more refined than Green imo and is a unisex name.

Bastardingcough · 21/03/2018 05:30

I didn't say I like them, just that they were "green" words!

Personally, I don't like green. For the bogey reason, but also the association of green being a word for someone naive, inexperienced or incompetent.