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.

[Greensleeves]

"we should know we have history in Africa"

priceless

[Cotapaxi]

You are beginning to sound a tad unhinged now. If you come on a massive forum with millions of readers did you seriously expect everyone to just say yes name is fab - next...

btw I don't hate your choices and many others don't - most people are just saying fgs spell it properly.

That link I attached earlier had a similar heated debate over the spelling of Georgie (perfectly acceptable) and the rather more contentious Jorgie. You see it is all in the spelling.

[MotherOfCleo]

cota hum you may be confused this is my first child! Harlowe.....huh. Perhaps thats another woman your slating not me?!?

I've asked for the thread to be deleted as I dont think its constructive.

[Cotapaxi]

ps there is another thread running about a person considering (a year or so ago) calling her daughter Lushe. It was annihilated as a name but the OP was very gracious in accepting the opinions and called her daughter a different much nicer name. She took on board the suggestions which I suspect is a better way of reacting tbh.

[Cotapaxi]

Oh don't call me hun for gods sake. Sorry I have mistaken you with the gracious poster who was suggesting using Lushe as a name as her other daughter was called Harlowe. She was far more accepting of people's views than you have been this evening it has to be said.

[Cotapaxi]

Greensleeves !

[LazyMonkeyButler]

Ignoring all of the previous comments , I was just going to say that Savanna(h) is a lovely name IMHO, but not at all unusual. Not in this area anyway, it seems as though every other baby girl here at the moment is either a Savannah or a Sienna.

If you want the name because you love it then great - I love it too. But if you want it because it's unusual then it isn't really that anymore, it may have become more popular than you realise. Brooke I've never been keen on but the two names do flow well.

Harvey or Dexter are nice - much better than Ryley in my opinion. I would expect a Ryley to be very loud & very naughty for some reason! Although that might be a bit unfair .

P.S. A work colleague of mine actually has a Harvey spelt Harvee .

[Roopoo]

I like Harvey
Savanna is nice as well!

[teatrolley]

They aren't names I'd choose however you spell them.

[MotherOfCleo]

mary all of those things are true, that is how I feel. I have been called chavvy, horrible and illiterate.....is that not worse than asking people to not be unkind?

[OliviaMumsnet]

Ahem

[Cotapaxi]

There's me thinking I was ahead of the curve with Harvee !

[Cotapaxi]

Very apt Maryz as I am sadly old enough to remember Harvey Smith and his famous V sign !

[Cotapaxi]

I was trying to be constructive by saying that I liked the name but that spelling it in an alternative manner doesn't really help in its general acceptance and perhaps spelling it in the correct manner - back to Georgie and Jorgie - might make life a bit easier in the future especially for your DD to be.

[Cotapaxi]

x posts Maryz!

[MotherOfCleo]

yes please do give up and scurry off.