Savanna & Harvey....thoughts

[MotherOfCleo]

Hi
I am only in my firat trimester but me and my OH already have some favourites names wise. I wondered what other people thought though.

For a girl we are pretty much settled on Savanna Brooke, its unusual and so I'm worried our parents wont like it, but it is a name which means something to us and reflects my OHs history so we are very keen on it.

For a boy we like Harvey Sebastian but I dont like Harv for short which is tricky....we also quite like Ryley and Dexter as first names so this one is less decided.

Any thoughts would be welcome.

[BehindLockNumberNine]

And as an aside, I love the name Cleo (and the spelling ) and I just adore your dog!! Gorgeous!

[CheeseStrawWars]

KenDodd Wikipedia also says that Savannah is a given name but does not recognise Savanna as such. But I could pop onto Wikipedia to update it and change all that right now if I felt like it...

[Cotapaxi]

This might help explain here

[KenDoddsDadsDog]

I didn't read it properly - just googled Savanna. Ok going to update it. Ken Dodd's Wikipedia has a certain ring to it

[nenevomito]

That is all

[CheeseStrawWars]

No, no is all.

[KenDoddsDadsDog]

Well yes who wouldn't want to be Clowey.
I'm off for a choona sandwich and some mylk.

[Cotapaxi]

choona !

[NandH]

I have a 5 week old Harvey :) love the name....obviously ;)

[Greensleeves]

[OliviaMumsnet]

Evening all
Does anyone need a lovely link to the guidelines??

[Greensleeves]

well she started it

[CheeseStrawWars]

Sav or Savvy would bother me as a nickname, regardless of spelling of longer version tbh. They sound a bit too close to Chav or Chavvy for playground nickname potential.

[difficultpickle]

Surely it is better to raise your child to be memorable in their own right rather than saddling them with a name that will be forever misspelt?

Ds has a very very common name - always in the top three of boys names (albeit he has always been the only boy in his year with his name). What makes him stand out and memorable is his personality, not his name.

[Shr0edinger]

I only read the OP. Are the children already named?

[difficultpickle]

Maryz I'd like to politely point out to you that you are spelling your name incorrectly. Surely it should be MaryeeZee?

[NorksAreMessy]

My thoughts are that I don't like either sort of Savanna(h), the 'v' is a bit harsh, and actually I am just weeing against this lamppost whilst I wait for the thread delete notice :)