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BeebiesQueen · 04/04/2013 15:49

Bailey Bunting?

Considering the rhyme Baby Bunting (that every one comments on) and my other 2 have been and are still called baby x bunting. Is Baby Bailey Bunting too much? I LOVE the name! I'm considering reverting to my maden name just so I can use it

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metimenowplease · 15/04/2013 18:01

It's just awful, sorry. I think you would be causing your son embarrassment every time he had to give his name as an adult.

overmydeadbody · 15/04/2013 18:01

I love a bit of alliteration in names, and Bailey Bunting is indeed cute for a baby, but not sure how he'd cope as an adult!

With the surname Bunting you need quite a strong nboy's name, rather than a cute one, imo.

Alohomora · 15/04/2013 18:04

I really like it but I have found that since English isn't my first language there are names I like that seem to be a no-no for others because of the connotations - e.g. I've heard the phrase baby bunting but don't actually know the nursery rhyme.

KittenOfDoom · 15/04/2013 23:19

Just ghastly. Bailey is one of those dreadful American surname-type names. You don't know whether you're dealing with a male, a female or a surname. And it sounds ridiculous with Bunting.

The only advantage is that, since it begins with B, there would be no trouble with spoonerisms. Avoid names beginning with C ... and M

SanityClause · 15/04/2013 23:23

It's Bye Baby Bunting. As in Hush a bye. Isn't it?

It does sound weird though. I would choose a different name, if I were you. You might love it, but he has to live with it all his life.

MummyBurrows · 15/04/2013 23:41

Bailey Bunting-very cute for a baby/todder but at 15/30/60?? Not so much and probably rather embarassing for ur DC! A lot of names sound great and very cutesy when u picture a baby/toddler but problem is that they don't stay that way and what sounds great now could sound ridiculous years down the line....Perhaps have Bailey as a middle name and something stronger and less cutesy for a first name,like James or Sebastian or whatever other names that u have/had on ur list :) xx

BellyChancer · 15/04/2013 23:50

I like alliteration too but Bailey Bunting is not great. Bunting is a difficult sur name to work with. Sympathies. Is Bailey unisex/ I would have thought girl.

olivertheoctopus · 16/04/2013 00:51

I agree you need a good strong name to go with Bunting. Bailey Bunting is a bit twee. I would say nothing that begins with a B or ends in a y sound.

BellyChancer · 16/04/2013 07:53

Bruce Bunting! It's more Bill Bixby than Bye Bye Baby

Snowflakepie · 16/04/2013 12:50

Yes it's cute, but not for an adult. It would make me cringe when I heard it, never mind having to live with it.

I think any name beginning with B would have the same effect tbh. Nothing against Bailey as a name, but in the combination I just don't think it works. Sorry op.

MummyBurrows · 16/04/2013 13:55

I think olivertheoctopus has a point,though I think a name starting in B would be fine depending on what it was,but I'd definitely avoid names ending in Y and probably IE too just so the name doesn't have any chance of rhyming or sounding like Baby and also won't sound so cutesy as Bunting is a very soft surname due to the rhyme associated with it....Benjamin Bunting for example sounds great,but Louie Bunting not so much...xx

DomesticCEO · 16/04/2013 14:01

Cute is all well and good on a 2 yr old - becomes hideously embarrassing on a 30 yr old!

IcingOnTheNappyCake · 16/04/2013 16:20

Maybe Bailey could be your LO's middle name? Don't forget about it just yet, just fiddle around until you find a name that 'clicks' with you and
OkayHazel maybe not the best reply to a pregnant lady regarding her little bumps future?

BeebiesQueen · 17/04/2013 15:39

Kitten I'm confused! Dd1's name begins with m and dd2 with c. What have I missed? I need to know now what I've let them in for!

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DontmindifIdo · 17/04/2013 15:42

nope, you aren't just naming a baby, you're naming a grown man who's CV will land on someone's desk. Far too cutsy.

BeebiesQueen · 17/04/2013 15:43

Lol Oliver both my girls have ie names! Maybe I should have consulted more before naming them

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BeebiesQueen · 17/04/2013 15:48

Oh I'm not pregnant yet just thinking about number 3 and names. Actually I might be, I'm late and tests are negative on the tests, just waiting and seeing.
Bailey is a definite no, I just wanted to make sure before I ruled it out.

What about Zachary? Zach? Too American?

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KittenOfDoom · 17/04/2013 17:25

Oh dear. Do you not know what spoonerism means? It's when people swap the initial letters around (or other corresponding syllables). so you get Bie Cunting and Bie Munting

Kids do this a lot, play around with names.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoonerism

BeebiesQueen · 17/04/2013 17:35

Oops. No I had no idea what spoonerisms were. Well I guess I should just start preparing them for a life of torment :(
It's done now, I'm not about to change their names

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BeebiesQueen · 17/04/2013 17:36

Maybe so child 3 doesn't feel left out I should deliberately find another one!

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Still18atheart · 17/04/2013 17:38

I quite like the name Bailey, but not with Bunting

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