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Winston

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silver28 · 03/10/2011 20:23

I'm 29 weeks pregnant, sorted on girls names but struggling with boys names. DS is George - evidently we like 'normal' names, and I know friends and family would be Hmm (and not afraid of letting us know it) if we chose anything too unusual. Which shouldn't be a problem, but I do fear that i'd be a little put off a name if I got that sort of reaction.

anyway, I do like the bame Winston (prob nn Win) and surprisingly DH was quite keen too when I suggested it. I d

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silver28 · 03/10/2011 20:25

Oops posted too soon.

I don't want to ask for RL opinions yet (or poss at all) so thought I'd gauge reaction on here first. So please, be honest (but nice, please)!

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qwerty123 · 03/10/2011 20:31

Love it. Hope you go for it.

sparkle12mar08 · 03/10/2011 20:34

It's actually quite cute and not the worst of the grandad-chic names by a long chalk. It wouldn't be for me but it's a perfectly nice name.

needanewname · 03/10/2011 20:36

I like it

Meteorite · 03/10/2011 20:37

Quite nice :)

IntergalacticHussy · 03/10/2011 20:37

Were you watching 'Nowhere Boy' last night by any chance?

I had a brief second during that when thought 'what a cool name' and then i remembered Winston Churchill; that bastard who wanted to sterilise poor people.

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silver28 · 03/10/2011 20:38

Thanks. Now grandad chic is something I'm not normally keen on (dislike Alfie, Bertie etc) so if that's the way people see the name it might not be for me. I just don't know. Flipping heck, choosing boys names is soooooo hard.

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silver28 · 03/10/2011 20:39

No I didn't see that. Have been considering thd name for a c

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silver28 · 03/10/2011 20:39

Aaargh, don't it again! Been considering the name fur a couple if weeks.

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budgieshell · 03/10/2011 20:39

Love it, love it love it. If I wasn't over the hill I would have another baby just to pinch this name.

IntergalacticHussy · 03/10/2011 20:41

Oh in that case i should explain; it was John Lennon's middle name

meditrina · 03/10/2011 20:42

I like it.

And Churchill recanted and apologised for his views on eugenics.

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silver28 · 03/10/2011 20:44

And please excuse typos.

I do like the name, shouldn't be put off by other people's reactions I suppose, but I know I will be.

I liked Robin for DS but other people reacted badly when I suggested it, ended up using it for his middle name (and kind if wish I'd used it as first name, or nor used it all so I could use it for DS2 - if indeed it is a DS2 and not a DD!).

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tammytoby · 03/10/2011 21:07

Love Winston. Also love Quentin, which is similar imo.

MelinaM · 03/10/2011 23:21

Winston is a lovely nameSmile

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PippiLongBottom · 03/10/2011 23:27

Billie Piper has one.

browneyesblue · 03/10/2011 23:28

I like it, and I love the nn Win.

birdofthenorth · 04/10/2011 21:37

Lovely

justhayley · 06/10/2011 13:25

I'm not a fan - it reminds me of the extra in eastenders - black guy who works in the Market - never speaks, my DP also named his cat Winston after this guy lol
Should probably remind me of Churchill but it doesn't lol sorry not keen thunk there are much better names out there!

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