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Christmas Names

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Nightstar · 12/07/2011 21:37

Our baby is due on Xmas eve and I thought that if it did come on the day a Christmassy name might be nice.

Apart from the obvious joke names (Yes, I count Jesus and Santa amoungst those) anyone got any good suggestions for boys?

We have come up with:
Gabriel
Christopher
Caspar (one of the three wise men)
George (From It's a Wonderful Life)

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LaTristesse · 12/07/2011 21:38

Noel?

TyMinisterForMagic · 12/07/2011 21:40

Nicholas

EthelredOnAGoodDay · 12/07/2011 21:41

Rudolph? sorry.

duchesse · 12/07/2011 21:42

My mother was due at Christmas and would have been either Noel or Christine. I think you can guess which she is...

How about plain old Joseph or Mary?

You could go off road- Holly?

Zwitterion · 12/07/2011 21:43

Robin?

breadandhoney · 12/07/2011 21:45

Stephen (as in St. Stephen)
Christian
Noel

PipFEH · 12/07/2011 21:45

I think Gabriel is the best one! I think Winter is a boy's name too?

breadandhoney · 12/07/2011 21:45

Ebenezer Grin

Annunziata · 12/07/2011 21:50

Christian or Malachi?

I also want to say Alfredo, but can't quite remember why. You could Anglicise to Alfred?

PurpleStrawberryGuava · 12/07/2011 21:57

Please DO NOT name a boy Gabriel if he's born on Christmas Eve.

My DH is called Gabriel, he was born on Christmas Eve, and he constantly got dubbed 'Angel Gabriel' in school. The lead up to Christmas was the worse time for him.

LilRedWG · 12/07/2011 21:58

Christmas names suck. I should know as I have one. Please don't do this to your child.

LittleMissFlustered · 12/07/2011 22:01

Hope and Ivy are reasonable festive-without-being-over-the-top names.

thederkinsdame · 12/07/2011 22:01

Joseph?
or go down teh Beckhams route and call him Twelve (days of)

wigglesrock · 12/07/2011 22:02

Stephen, Balthazar, Robin, Joseph, Noel, Nicholas
Holly, Mary, Robyn, Natalie and Natasha are both used in Eastern Europe as Christmassy names.

LittleMissFlustered · 12/07/2011 22:02

Part of me likes the idea of Marley too. Or perhaps Timothy, with the obligatory nickname while he's small?

OriginalPoster · 12/07/2011 22:03

George is a lovely name.

oldsilver · 12/07/2011 22:05

We suggested to others that if DS was a DS and was born on Christmas Day, we lied would call him Damien (wasn't due till 8/1). He WAS born on Christmas Day and we didn't.

ImpyCelyn · 12/07/2011 22:11

A friend has a Christmas name and hates it. Really resents her parents for doing it.

So from your list I would say Christopher and George are best.

ImpyCelyn · 12/07/2011 22:13

Stephen and Nicholas are good too.

I think not so obviously Christmas-themed is the way to go.

Malvapoeding · 12/07/2011 22:19

As someone born on Christmas eve - please don't go there on the Christmas themed names, it really wears thin in the 2 weeks running up to Christmas.

Pastabee · 13/07/2011 08:19

Saint Matthew was the only one of the four to document the birth of Christ so that must count as a Christmas name without being very obviously christmassy.

Pastabee · 13/07/2011 08:22

Sorry, I obviously have forgotten too much since school (it was 18 years ago in my defence!). Saint Luke also documents Christmas story!

TillyIpswitch · 13/07/2011 08:23

How to turn your child off the magic that is birthdays AND Chrismas in one fell swoop... Hmm

If you must - George or Matthew. None of the others will do.

MadEyeMoodyBra · 13/07/2011 08:24

Scrooge

pinkgirlythoughts · 13/07/2011 09:15

My next door neighbour growing up was born a couple of days before Christmas, so his parents named him Joseph. Nice, and not too obviously Christmassy.

My Great-grandma, on the other hand, was born on Christmas day and named Ivy. She hated it.

I also know a Carol who was born on Christmas Eve. Not sure how she feels about her name!

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