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Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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Please be brutally honest........

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Pepper15 · 08/12/2011 20:59

I have name changed for this one,but I am a regular,in need of some help please.
I already have 2 children and pg with number 3,and pondering names.
I've always loved the name Felix but so far I haven't used it,due to the cat connotation,but I'm now very tempted.
The problem I now have (apart from the cat association) is that our eldest is called Oscar,but as this will be child number 3,obviously it won't just be Oscar and Felix,as I'll have a middle child.
Being a little older,the film The Odd Couple also springs to mind
Would just like people's opinion's please.Would you,or would it be a definate no-no? Thanks!

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PippiLongBottom · 08/12/2011 21:50

My ds2 is called Felix Oscar and I named him this fully aware of the Odd Couple. The only people to ever comment on it were on MN, seemingly no-one in RL has ever heard of 'em.

He was going to be called Felix Arthur until a friend told me that that was two brands of cat food!

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Pepper15 · 08/12/2011 21:53

I'm not too bothered about the name being popular tbh.
Ds1 is the only Oscar at his school and there are no Felix's....yet!
Definately warming to the name I think

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LaFilleSurLePont · 08/12/2011 21:55

I love Felix. I'd use it.

JennyPiccolo · 08/12/2011 21:56

there's a shop in glasgow called felix and oscar. innit.

deepthinks · 08/12/2011 21:59

Feelix sounds like a name from a Knock-Knock joke.

libbyssister · 08/12/2011 22:01

Yep, Oscar and Felix remind me of The Odd Couple and my cousin called his two dogs these names for that very reason!

happybubblebrain · 08/12/2011 22:01

I loved the name Felix until I met a very horrible person with the name.

notmytname · 08/12/2011 22:02

I like both, but then I am also a fan of the shop.

NoWayNoHow · 08/12/2011 22:04

Personally don't like Felix, but know an Oscar and Felix pair of siblings, and IMO the names go well together - although that might just be because I'm used to them!

hohohoshedittant · 08/12/2011 22:04

I like Felix, it is a bit catty, but not enough to put me off. Kitty is popular now and that's got to be worse (in terms of more catty).

I don't know the film so wouldn't think Oscar and Felix is an odd combo.

Love Oscar

Motherofhobbit · 08/12/2011 22:06

I really like Felix and it wouldn't make me think of cats

Floggingmolly · 08/12/2011 22:09

Personally I hate names that sound like they belong to dogs or cats. London has exploded lately with kids called Rufus, Bruno, Felix, Rex, etc,
Haven't actually met a Fido, but am sure there's one somewhere. They're awful.

Lancelottie · 08/12/2011 22:14

To be fair, I've never met an actual cat called Felix. All the mogs round here seem to be called things like Barbara, Kenneth and Sid.

MeconiumHappens · 14/12/2011 21:29

Felix is a great name.

guinealady · 14/12/2011 22:35

My nephews are Oscar and Felix, I think their mum & dad had forgotten about the Odd Couple. I can't imagine them being called anything else now, but I do hear a lot of other 'Oscars' and 'Felixes' being called in the playground so there are quite a few of them around now...

Ihatepeas · 14/12/2011 22:53

I know 3 brothers Oscar, William and felix. Think they are great together and have never considered the cat/dog thing maybe because William is in the middle iyswim. I think they are lovely names.

RillaBlythe · 14/12/2011 23:01

I know twins called Oscar and Felix. I've never heard of this fill
& like the names together.

emmyloo2 · 15/12/2011 02:22

Both are nice but I do wonder whether the two together is too much?

But I love Oscar and Felix is a great name. What about Fergus instead of Felix?

bridgingtheabyss · 15/12/2011 16:09

Apart from the cat connection, Felix is a very middle-class name. It would be cute on a little boy, but what about on a grown-up 6 foot rugby player? I would expect a Felix to be well-spoken, smartly dressed (got an image in my head of a guy wearing a hat, overcoat, cravat and leather gloves), skinny and intellectual.

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