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24 replies

Casta · 07/12/2010 17:17

Here's the shortlist of baby names I'm considering that I generated with Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder. Let me know what you think.

Boys
Dexter
Elias
Elliot
George
Harrison
Orson
Oswald
Reuben
Rohan
Rufus

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LynetteScavo · 07/12/2010 17:19

Dexter yes
Elias Ok
Elliot No
George yes
Harrison ok
Orson Would be OK, but my neighbour Orson has kinda ruined it for me.
Oswald - YES
Reuben - no
Rohan - no
Rufus - Definately!

PureAsTheDrivenShow · 07/12/2010 17:20

Rufus is excellent. The others are all a bit meh.

ShoppingDays · 07/12/2010 18:00

Elias, Rufus and George are all great - like these best from your list :)

Elliot and Reuben are OK.

Most of the others are rather surnamey and isn't Rohan a clothing brand?

BarbieLovesKen · 07/12/2010 19:26

Dexter - Oh dear God no, seriously?
Elias - Lovely
Elliot - Always thought this was very feminine sounding.
George - Lovely
Harrison - Lovelyish
Orson - No way
Oswald - Awful
Reuben - If your Jewish, yes. Otherwise, no
Rohan - na.
Rufus - Awful

EauRudolph · 07/12/2010 19:36

Dexter- quite popular at the mo
Elias- yes
Elliot- yes, prefer this to Elias
George- yes
Harrison- no
Orson- no
Oswald- Mosley
Reuben- yes, lovely
Rohan- isn't this something from LOTR?
Rufus- yes.

thisisyesterday · 07/12/2010 19:39

Dexter- nice but a bit overused now and (round here) a bit of a "chav" name

Elias- lovely

Elliot- also lovely

George- boring

Harrison- meh, not keen

Orson- nice

Oswald- don't really like

Reuben- boring

Rohan- really lovely

Rufus- lovely again!

Edmundo · 07/12/2010 20:05

Dexter - I agree it's downmarket
Elias - Not keen
Elliot - surname
George - great
Harrison - surname
Orson - it's ok
Oswald - terrible
Reuben - trendy, not keen
Rohan - not keen
Rufus - the new Felix, I know so many

George is the best.

tummytickler · 07/12/2010 20:40

Dexter - no, too on trend
Elias - lovely, I love this
Elliot - also nice
George - like this too
Harrison - no, really dislike this (unless his Dad is called Harry?)
Orson - no
Oswald - no, but Ozzy is a cute nn
Reuben - love Reuben, although a little popular. Family name for me.
Rohan - no
Rufus - LOVE Rufus!

MelinaM · 07/12/2010 23:41

Rufus is absolutely divine!

Also loving Orson and Reuben! Not a fan of Oswald or Dexter ..but this may have something to do with a friends cats! Lol!

Casta · 08/12/2010 08:18

I can see I'm going to have to draw up a spreadsheet, with the following points system:

awful/terrible/downmarket/Oh dear God no, seriously? -1
no 0
ok/maybe/meh/indifferent 1
Yes 2
love/definately/divine/great 3

I'll post it on here when I've thrown it together.

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Casta · 08/12/2010 08:49

Ok, the results so far:

Oswald 3
Harrison 4
Dexter 4
Rowan or Rohan 4
Orson 8
Elliot 10
Reuben 11
Elias 15
George 16
Rufus 21

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MsFox · 08/12/2010 08:54

George and Harrison are amazing names Grin

AndOnAndOnAndOn · 08/12/2010 09:54

Rufus & Rohan/Rowan - fab
Elliot & Elias - nice

Rest are just alright, except Oswald (for obvious unfortunate associations)

AllieW · 10/12/2010 11:03

Elias is lovely. Would advise against Orson if your surname is Carter!!

Komondor · 10/12/2010 15:53

Dexter - dont like
Elias - dont like
Elliot - love
George - like
Harrison - dont like
Orson - love
Oswald - dont like. immediately think of Mosely
Reuben - love
Rohan - love
Rufus - love

We3kingsoforientRaahh · 10/12/2010 16:16

Dexter- don't like
Elias- O.k but...
Elliot- prefer this (Ds's name, love it).
George- Like this, popular a few years ago, know lots around the 8/9, not so many now
Harrison- don't like at all. Is my sister's surname- really don't get it as a first name. Harry is nice, though.
Orson- not sure
Oswald- no
Reuben- like it, but v popular
Rohan-like
Rufus- sorry, it's a dogs name

TransatlanticCityGirl · 10/12/2010 17:02

hmmm... I will try another angle.. rather than say what I like and don't like I'll tell you what characteristics I think of for a child with that name.

(I once came across a book that polled people in this way about thousands of names and I thought it was quite interesting!)

Dexter - a bit nerdy, wears thick rimmed glasses
Elias - arty, creative, likes drawing or music
Elliot - cute kid, adorable and happy
George - just your average kid. doesn't excel at anything but also does ok at most things
Harrison - clever, popular, will definately go to uni. might even be quite good looking
Orson - probably a bit on the chubby side
Oswald - for some reason I'm expecting this kid to have a crooked nose???
Reuben - likes sandwiches. LOL
Rohan - slightly defensive kid, doesn't make friends easily
Rufus - has shaggy hair, bit of a hippy, probably smokes dope

cece · 10/12/2010 17:08

All awful in my opinion. Sorry. Apart from George which is OK.

GirlWithTheMouseyHair · 10/12/2010 19:01

Dexter - very cool chic geek, but overly popular name at the moment
Elias - quite like, though bit of a 'baddie' name
Elliot - sensitive, artistic, creative, love it
George - meh, dull
Harrison - meh
Orson - think of orson wells, who was a cock
Oswald - oswald botang? bit kings road for me
Reuben - bit wet
Rohan - Love
Rufus - we used to have this as I love it, but it is a name you'd give to a chocolate labrador and your son would have to be very striking, cool, tall and dark to carry it off

minipie · 10/12/2010 19:15

Another vote for Rufus. Great name. Think Rufus Sewell.

Don't much like any of the others I'm afraid. Dexter is probably the next best.

MelinaM · 10/12/2010 22:14

Back again!!! Rufus is definitely the ONE!!!!! xxx

BelligerentGhoul · 10/12/2010 22:15

Dexter - no
Elias - really love this
Elliot -no
George - no
Harrison - horrible
Orson - horrible
Oswald - horrible
Reuben - not hideous but it doesn't really do it for me
Rohan - really lovely
Rufus - ok

suspiria · 10/12/2010 22:48

I love Elias,Reuben and Rufus

I like Orson and Dexter.Agreed that Dexter is very on trend and will probably date very quickly.
The others are perfectly decent names,just not something I'd choose.

darleneconnor · 11/12/2010 12:34

Boys
Dexter- Charlotte Church's son, tv series, too of the moment
Elias - how to pronounce? but like it
Elliot- very good
George- Harrison or cheap supermarket clothes
Harrison- Ford, prefer Harris
Orson- desperate housewives, prefer kyle
Oswald- Mosley- Nazi so no
Reuben- boring
Rohan- prefer Ronan (little seal)
Rufus- good

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