CLAIRE for a BOY?

[salmanadersamantha]

Hi,

I'm new to mumsnet so sorry if I get anything wrong! I was wondering what people thought about the name 'Claire' for a boy? I'm due in a couple of weeks and I quite like the idea but my husband's not sure. I know it's slightly unorthodox!

[soontobeslendergirl]

I know a male Kerry, a male Vivian and a female Kevin.......I still wouldn't do it.

[mewkins]

I am a Claire. Was at school with approx. 325 other Claires, met many more in the years since. They have all been girls.

[KittenofDoom]

People, this is not real

[BoyMeetsWorld]

Clair is a male name in quite a lot of romantic literature. If you don't want the odd looks use it as a nn for Sinclair

[raisah]

If your secondary school is anything like my local one then you might need to send him to some self defense classes first. Please give him a known boys name, life is hard for kids in general so dont add a further obstacle for him.

[mikkii]

I don't understand why you'd do this. I went on a residential course and when the rooms were allocated, Lee was put in a boys room. Unfortunately Lee was a girl.......

[KittenofDoom]

Was the Oscar one a troll too? I never believed that one for a moment,

[ifindoubtnamechange]

I met one once.. about twenty five years ago. He wasn't very nice. Probably because he had struggled through life as a Boy Named Sue Clair

[hawkmcqueen]

I'm with you domesticCEO, name him Sue

[seeker]

Or Donald and Eric?

[AuntieStella]

If Bernard's OK for a girl, does that also make Sodoff OK for a boy?

Though Bob has crept in as a female nn.

[HorryIsUpduffed]

That's one of my fave HQ messages EVAH.

[BraveLilBear]

Lol at the reference to Sharon and Tracey... Tracey is actually an actual unisex name, popular in America on boys, spelled without the e. I should know - I carry the male spelling as a middle name.

I'd much prefer Bella on a boy tbh...

[elQuintoConyo]

Nursey in Blackadder - wasn't her name Bernard?

We have dts Persephone and Maud, expecting dc3, a dd we'll call Jesus

[LifeIsBetterInFlipFlops]

Lovely for a boy too, how about Lucy as a middle name.

[recall]

I have three sons?all called Claire

[DaemonPantalaemon]

Oh God! We was had!

[PiratePanda]

MNHQ, you got cojones!

[spiderlight]

[loopydoo]

Sinclair defo but Claire in today's judge world MIT not work quite so well.

[NapaCab]

Oops, cross-post! Another Nabokov fan on this thread, clearly...!

[NapaCab]

Why not spell it 'Clare' instead and then when people say 'oh, Clare for a boy, that's unusual?', you can smile and say 'he's named after Clare Quilty, the pervert / pornographer in Nabokov's Lolita'.

That should impress them.

[MadBusLady]

[cuillereasoupe]

And Angel Clare was a not someone you'd like to name a kid after either!