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.

[Viviennemary]

Surely the whole point of asking people's opinion on a name is that they will say what they think. And it will only be what some people will think but not say in real life. So surely it's a good thing that people are honest.

[difficultpickle]

Sorry MarieeZed you are of course correct with your English spelling. I was mistaken in spelling it the trailer trash American way

[DumSpiroSpero]

I like Savanna - I personally would spell it with an 'h' but I don't think it's a major catastrophe to spell it without.

Brooke - is ok, not my cup of tea and for personal reasons I wouldn't use it even if I did like it.

I think the combo works though and it's nice it has meaning for you and DH.

Boys - I like Dexter & Cooper, Harvey is ok but not very unusual if that's what you're after. Don't like Riley/Ryley regardless of spelling but thing it looks daft with 2 y's tbh.

[user12785]

OP, if you go to Mumsnet spelt N.e.t.m.u.m.s. you will get the answers you wanted.

[MotherOfCleo]

well arent you all having fun at my expense, all feel big and clever do you? Proud of yourselves? Hope so, because otherwise why exactly are you here? Was there a reason or just to be bitchy?

[SanityClause]

Sorry, Cleo, your OP says "Any thoughts would be welcome."

Was that not what you meant, then?

[Shr0edinger]

I only read your OP. I didn't realise I was like the 100th person to say something negative. Sorry. I do know how upsetting a pile on thread can be.

[difficultpickle]

Naming your child is one of the most important things you will ever do in your life. Get it wrong and you burden your offspring forever. Maybe you have a name that has to be spelt out every single time you say it and the times you don't it is misspelt? Personally that would be too much for me. Savannah is a lovely name, Savanna is not. As I posted earlier, giving your child a unique name isn't necessary to make them stand out.

[MotherOfCleo]

Well my 'thoughts' on you guys arent exactly what I would like to put in black and white. Sorry, should I have put any constructive thoughts which dont come as a vaguely disguised bitching.....my bad. Didn't realise school ground bullies were on this site, again....my bad.

[KobayashiMaru]

you're right, it is unusual. Because you have spelled it wrong.

[Cotapaxi]

I can't believe that you think people are bitching just because they are giving you their honest opinion .

Go ahead and call your children Savanna and Harveee if you wish no -one really cares you know, but maybe it is a lesson in not asking for opinions if you don't really want them ?

There is a big difference between bitching and just being brutally honest you know.

[MotherOfCleo]

read back paxi so few comments are name related most call me either a chav or suggest I cant spell. Those arent opinions they are bitchy comments aimed to hurt or get a reaction. Eg, Harvee, that was designed to be bitchy!

If you are used to being spoken to as people on here have spoken to me then I feel sorry for you.

[MotherOfCleo]

thanks shr0 and bisjo finally something constructive

[difficultpickle]

If you are keen to name your dd with a very unusual spelling then you will have to put up with a lot more comments than this group of random strangers on an internet forum. You either need to be man enough to face the criticism head on without getting snippy or choose a different name/spelling.

[MotherOfCleo]

and thanks dum we werent really after unusual but it just happened that way as we both liked a certain girls name which I dont even want to write now.

[MotherOfCleo]

maryz its not misspelling.....geez, it has 2 spellings and its personal choice.

[KobayashiMaru]

It's not bitchy to suggest you can't spell when you actually can't spell.

[SanityClause]

I don't even think people have been brutal in their honesty, Cotapaxi. I do think the OP is being over sensitive, though.

Just a suggestion, OP, don't call your DD Savanna or your DS Ryley, as it may really upset you when they are born, and you have to put up with all the "Oh someone's spelt her/his name wrongly, here!" comments. (I have had this for 44 years, including people telling me that Ihave spelled my name wrongly.)

Incidentally, when I was pregnant, I used to get really angry about random stuff, and after I had the baby, I was eye rolling at how my pregnant self could have been so indignant about nothing much at all.

[difficultpickle]

This is interesting. Basically confirms that Savanna is a misspelling of Savannah.

OP why do you want to spell it without the usual 'h'?

[Cotapaxi]

Ok I was pulling your leg a bit with Harvee but honestly you did kind of bring it on yourself with all the 'stop this thread' lark etc.

Didn't you say that your family gave you hell when you named your other child Harlowe? Well would it be churlish to point out that most posters here have been quite polite and second time around you should be a bit more prepared for some honest opinions if you choose a name that is a bit more 'out there'.

Call the baby Charles or Lucy and all will be well .

You do need to lighten up a bit