Hendrix

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for a boy

what do people think? it just came to me today

(btw am only 8+1 so a long way to go and obvs no idea what i am having yet :o )

i like the name lennon mrswelly

i didnt know gwen stefani has a hendrix

that kind of makes me like it more as she is cool

Have you got Scandinavian or Dutch/German heritage?

If so you could go for Henrik or Hendrik.

oh no, she doesn't! sorry, I was joking, you said you you were musicians. Gwen Stefani is pregnant I think.

Ignore me. I'll get my coat

My DS1 is James which is partly after Jimi (and various other rock-types). That is probably way too conventional. I'd probably make friends with you at baby group on this basis (lots of his tracks popped up on my hospital playlist whilst I was labouring with DS2 so its a good coversation starter) although my alternative roots are very deeply buried these days.

My friend wants this name for her next child. I think it's great.

Both the people I know who are called Hendrix, have brothers called Otis, I think it's a lovely name, better than having to be called by your surname because the half the class has the same name as you.

The parent of a Hendrix would be big into air guitar.

Lennon isn't bad, I quite like Otis but Hendrix is too linked with just one person. Maybe it's a bit too fan girl/boy for me.

oh i looooooove all those names mrsdevere

marley is lovely, would be one of my choices, but my friend already has a :/

and lol at being big in to air guitar :o we definitely are! well dh's is real :o

I think it's quite a big name to pull off? What if he's a shy little thing? But nothing against the name as such.

What other musicians/bands do you like?

Or:
Zed, Rex, Xander, Xavier, Leon, Zachary, Alec
???

Syd
Jarvis
Thurston
Miles
Iggy
Dylan
Cash

Ramone?

It's a bit naff. A bit 'ooh we're rockers what's the first cool rocker name that springs to mind'. Even though it's uncommon, It seems a bit too obvious. I think if I wanted to celebrate a rocky background I'd be looking for something a bit more original, like some of the other names suggested on this thread.

MrsDeVere . How about Sandinista for a girl Clash fan?

I fancy 'Free Bird'. I could like that as a name.

squoosh

other bands dh / i / we like: oh loads. of the top of my head, led zeppelin, iron maiden, metallica, guns n roses, queens of the stone age, pearl jam, sabbath, free, cream, halestorm, slash, velvet revolver, the cult

i have considered Axl

Bonham
Bruce
Lars
Joshua
Ozzy

My cousin actually has an Axel, it really suits him, it was a proper name before Axl Rose came along. I agree that Hendrix is a bit too 'we really like rock music so we gave our kids the most recognisably 'rock' name we could think of'.

Only if your surname is Jimi. Then it would be almost poetic.

I would assume the parents were really, really young - the sort of young where being and out and proud super-fan is seen as a cool thing. They would probably have unframed posters of Jimi blu-tacked on their walls.