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Mitchell or Levi - Please don't comment if you don't like

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clpsmum · 25/08/2010 16:15

Please please please i am begging you do not comment on the names if you don't like them. I appreciate they are not everyones cup of tea but they are the ONLY two boys names my husband and i can agree on so please don't put me off them just tell me which you prefer! many thanks xxx

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goingbacktowork · 25/08/2010 16:48

I am not sure either are that great.

Levi looks nice but I expect the child/adult may get some stick for it and also the anagram bit is kind of creepy.
How about askign for some suggestions based on some perameters (sorry if that is spelled incorrectly)

BalloonSlayer · 25/08/2010 16:49

I would have been called Mitchell if I had been a boy. For many years I thanked God in Heaven for being female for that reason alone but recently I've thought, I dunno, being called Mitch might have been quite cool actually.

We had Levi on one of our lists for a while. I like it "as a name" ie the sound of it, but I think the reason we rejected it is that we thought it might be seen as trying too hard to be cool.

So I sort of like them both, though I wouldn't pick either...

Look, if you search my name and Baby Names you'll find that's about as enthusiastic as I get. Grin

activate · 25/08/2010 16:50

Levi

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IWouldNotCouldNotWithAGoat · 25/08/2010 16:54

def Levi - v cool

I don't like MItchell at all.

sungirltan · 25/08/2010 16:57

levi. i looked after a levi at after school club and he was just lovely

BorisTheBold · 25/08/2010 16:59

Levi

tummytickler · 25/08/2010 17:40

Levi is the best, but only if you pronounce it le-vee, not lee-vie,
If you want to pronounce it Lee-vie then i prefer Mitchell.

greentriangle · 25/08/2010 17:43

Think of the names on a man as well as on a baby.

I think I prefer Levi for a baby, but Mitchell for a man.

Since he's going to be a man for a lot longer than he'll be a baby, I'd go for Mitchell.

Fredfred · 25/08/2010 18:12

Levi

sleepingsowell · 25/08/2010 18:20

Have you considered Mitch? I quite like that whereas Mitchell (in uk at least) is just so chavvy, I couldn't get past that myself - am in south of England, only known chav types with this name. Mitch is quite cute and doesn't have that connexion imo.

To answer the question straight I'd go for Levi of the two. However, both (in my area) would be chavvy names.

thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 25/08/2010 18:23

I don't know if you watch Eastenders, and I know someone mentioned the Mitchells already, but I feel I need to tell you that Sam Mitchell is going to have a baby boy in the next few weeks and call him Mitchell. It might not sway you either way, but thought I should say.

Fluffypoms · 25/08/2010 18:28

MItchell Mitchell?

Fluffypoms · 25/08/2010 18:29

Or Mitchell butcher?
Or Mitchell Branning?

Eglu · 25/08/2010 18:33

I really like both.

Levi - I think surfer dude

Mitchell - I like Mitch for nn.

DinahRod · 25/08/2010 18:51

Mitchell

(btw, I know a Mitchell and Redd (not Webb) and also a Levi who has siblings called Jody and Jesse)

TrillianAstra · 25/08/2010 18:53

Mitch = David Hasselhoff in Baywatch (wasn't it?)

Levi = jeans, of course

HTH

eatyourveg · 25/08/2010 19:15

I like Levi,

GwendolineMaryLacey · 25/08/2010 19:36

PSML " FallingWithStyle :o

jellybeans · 25/08/2010 19:53

Mitchell

hippipotamiHasLost92lbs · 25/08/2010 19:58

That's ok clpsmum - I did not read it as offensive, was just wondering what the point would be of a skewed set of replies.

Fwiw I like Mitchell better, especially with nn Mitch Smile

horatia · 25/08/2010 20:41

Levi is much nicer. Mitchell is a surname.

SirBoobAlot · 26/08/2010 08:40

Mitchell if I had to choose. I can't picture a middle aged man called Levi...

BalloonSlayer · 26/08/2010 08:41

Erm . . .Levi is a surname as well. Primo Levi?

ProfessorLaytonIsMyLoveSlave · 26/08/2010 08:47

Levi