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Final decision - thumbs up or thumbs down?

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ChocolatEtVin · 18/12/2011 18:11

Right, thumbs up or thumbs down to our final choices of names (two for each gender)

Pasha Theodore Alex
Leonard Theodore Phoenix (Lenny)

Saffron Eleanor Hero
Violet Eleanor Calypso

Other DCs are Tobias, Jago, Sorrell and Asa.

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talkingnonsense · 18/12/2011 19:45

Sorry, love, names.

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ChocolatEtVin · 18/12/2011 19:54

Neither Asa or Pasha are girls names though.

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FriedSprout · 18/12/2011 19:56

Would like Theodore Alex (not Pasha)
Would like Theodore Leonard (Leo not Lenny, and def, not Phoenix)

Would like Eleanor Saffron (not Hero)
Would like Violet Eleanor (def. not Calypso)

AnotherMincepie · 18/12/2011 20:06

Pasha can be a girls name.

www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Pasha

AnotherMincepie · 18/12/2011 20:06

link

AnotherMincepie · 18/12/2011 20:07

And Asa can also be a girls name.

here

south345 · 18/12/2011 20:09

Pasha makes me think of ibiza too.

PercyFilth · 18/12/2011 20:16

That ice dancer, whatshername, started calling herself Pasha for some reason. Gritschuk & Platov ... Oksana Gritschuk, that's it. I associate the naem with her, therefore assumed it was a girl's name.

upatdawn · 18/12/2011 22:27

Personally I love Pasha and think it's a strong name. Tbh if I met a female Asa or Pasha I would ignorantly think that their parents didn't know what they were on about when choosing a name and to me it would be the same as meeting a female Alan.

rednellie · 19/12/2011 03:40

I automatically think of Pasha as a boys name. Especially after Strictly. Can't see that being an issue.

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MollyMurphy · 19/12/2011 05:30

Love Pasha, LOVE it

Methe · 19/12/2011 05:34

Pasha is a world famous super club. What about Sasha?

Don't much like Leonard and calypso is weird. It the rest are great.
Love your dcs names :)

Methe · 19/12/2011 05:36

Oh and Phoenix is über chavvy. So apart from that too!

nooka · 19/12/2011 07:30

I think that Asa is a strong male name. I don't know why but it feels much more masculine than Pasha. Perhaps just because it's much more familiar. I guess Old Testament names are much more commonly used in the UK than Russian diminutives (I am of course assuming that the OP's family doesn't have a strong Russian connection). The other reason I'm not keen is that like sleepywombat I've heard 'pash' used as slang, although more for someone you have a crush on than for snogging (the urban dictionary has lots of quite gross 'pash' related terms, but they do seem quite Aussie in origin).

DoesntChristmasDragOn · 19/12/2011 07:40

Are you in the UK? If you are, it doesn't matter whether it is a girls name or not but it matters whether most people will assume it is.

Please remember it is not you who will have to deal with it on a daily basis for your entire life.

Theodore Alex is fabulous though. Maybe Theodore Alex Pasha if you really like the name?

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ChocolatEtVin · 19/12/2011 09:33

Can't have Theodore as a first name as Theo is too close to Jago and I despise Ted/Teddy. nooka, DH is a quarter Russian so it wouldn't be too out of place and I think his mum would appreciate there being some link to his heritage. As for the comments about it being unfair giving a child a girly name, I think it's unlikely that after meeting a male Pasha you would go on thinking they were a girl!

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guinealady · 19/12/2011 09:40

I've only known Asa as a girl's name (pronounced Azer) but I know it can be used for a boy.

I do like the idea of Sasha as a nn for a boy (i.e. from Alexander), but think it would be confusing as so many people would expect Sasha to be a girl - I'd personally try to avoid Alex because although I love Alexander I once knew an Alex who was not a very nice person, and it's put me off the name a bit.

Not so sure about Pasha, though, because of the club (although that's spelt Pacha isn't it?)

DoesntChristmasDragOn · 19/12/2011 10:03

" think it's unlikely that after meeting a male Pasha you would go on thinking they were a girl!"

Yes, but going through it every time he is introduced to someone? Like I said, it's not you who has to deal with it. Please bear that in mind whichever you go with.

I'm sure my parents thought a name that rhymed would be fine. It wasn't.

bookqueen · 19/12/2011 15:55

Lenny and Saffron, both lovely!

Also, when it comes to Pasha, I don't think it's an issue that it could be deemed girly. My name (well the abriviation of my name that I'm know by) is a very popular boy's name at the moment. When I arrive for meeting etc everyone expects a guy and it truely doesn't bother me and never has.

missmiss · 19/12/2011 16:18

Violet is lovely. Not keen on Pasha and hate Saffron (sounds chavvy to me). Leonard is okay.

What about Axel as a first name?

MaggieAtwood · 19/12/2011 18:47

I prefer Leonard but think Pasha works better with your sibset.

Definitely Violet as Sorrell and Saffron are too similar.

rachel234 · 19/12/2011 19:27

I don't know any children named Pasha (or Asa) but would have no problem accepting these as boys' names if I met a boy with either name. I also know a male Morgan ans all the Sascha/Sashas I know are male. I also know a female Charlie and James. So, what I'm saying, is that as soon as we meet a person we accept his/her name, whatever it is.

bookqueen · 19/12/2011 21:58

Just a thought how about the name Hera?

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