Somerset

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As mn for a boy. No real idea what the first name will be yet, possibly Fergus or Douglas.

Will teachers laugh?

I know a couple of people with Somerset as a middle name - to my knowledge, they've never been laughed at.

Its fine as a middle name. They might think you have literary pretensions - well, perhaps you do! (Like your MN name BTW. Wondering what it implies about you!)

I really like it, actually.

As a middle name, ok. As a first name, teachers might laugh.

Fergus and Douglas are fab!

I really like it. Let people laugh if that's their bag.

Nope, don't like it, but have seen worse. Doubt some people with get the literary link, though.

Thanks for all the comments.

It's a geographical thing actually, not literary (although I don't mind if people make that assumption at all). We live in Somerset, and DH is incredibly attached to the area having grown up here.

DD has a name that is linked to area, but not as blatant.

Grimma thanks. I'm not remotely scientific, but I liked the implications of the word (and the sound)

I think people around you might find it weird if its where you live... although that shouldn't in itself stop you.

Like it, but I think you could give anything as a middle name as they are almost never used or even known outside of the family.

I know a baby girl with it as her middle name.

As Using said though it might be weird if you still live there. The baby I know lives elsewhere so it seems okay.

As a middle name I like it.
I know two boys here in Devon whose first name is Devon; they seem to cope.

Not my taste but I like the sentiment behind it - obviously means something to you so use it :)

I like it.

Absolutely love it. I knew two brothers called Somerset and Sebastian.

Isn't there a MNer with a boy called Artemis Somerset? Hmm, surely not, Artemis is a girl's name. I'm sure there is someone around who has used Somerset somewhere in the name though. Or am I making this up?

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