WDYT of Alban?

[meadowlarks]

As in the saint/town. I love it but I'm wondering whether I'm a little odd.

Too much like All Bran.

Bit too saintly for me! [atheist]

All Bran? I clearly need to branch out in the cereal department.

montmartre - Funnily enough, I'm an atheist too. I just like old names, and since saints were the only people documented well, they're usually saint's names.

I like it, I know one, but he is in France. Good solid name. I like Anselm too.

sounds like alpen...not my cup of tea a cereal sounding name...

up to you though its your DC

I like it, it's a very nice name :)

Would think you said Almond.
Which I think might be cool as a Girl's name. :)

PandaEis - Are you pronouncing it "Al-Ben"? It's "All-buhn". Otherwise I don't see how it could be miscontrued as Alpen, or Almond, for that matter. "Ar-mund" is really different to "All-buhn".

I like it. Could be Albie for short, which I really like too. Different without being too way out.

Would always remind me of this guy!

no meadow in my accent alpen sounds like AL-pn so alban would sound , to me, in my accent as AL-bn so very similar alot of names sound different in different regions so not the end of that name and if you like it then its not anyone elses opinion that counts

I assume you don't live there, or in herts, other wise quite cute

I love it. Love Urban too.

I like it. It's my dads middle name!

Well, I love St Albans, lovely place, but no, not as a name.

PandaEis - Sorry, I didn't mean to sound rude, obviously it's difficult when I can't hear you say it. I'm trained to hear my boring Southern accent.

cookielove - No, I don't. Actually, I've never been to either. Like I said, I just like the name.

There was one at my school. Posh family with a double barrelled surname. Suited them though. I think many "posh" names from 20 years ago are much more democratised these days.

So...I say why not.

Well there you go, its fine.

SpiderWilliam - Oh no, was he awful?

I know it's not spelled the same but it just reminds me of Damon from Blur.

I wouldn't thank you if you called me Alban. Also agree that it's very cereal-esque.

Curly - "cereal-esque" just made my day Well, I was going to post another thread soon about a similarly old/unusual name that could never be called "cereal-esque". Maybe I'll stick with that.

Our priest is called Alban! Has never heard the name before then, I like it.

A few others along similar lines....... Aidan, Aloysius, Anselm, Aubrey, Augustine, Augustus, Artemas, Aurelio and Austin :)

Pauline - Yay! Good for his parents

Laundry - Thanks.

Know one, he always goes by a nn for his middle name!