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Samuel...is it too "safe"?

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Wannabuyawatch · 23/09/2013 17:27

I love the name Samuel but is it a bit of a safe option? His surname is Spinola so I thought the name Samuel Spinola was quite a cool combo...thoughts?

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DropYourSword · 27/09/2013 02:47

He sounds like a cool PI ! I really like it, especially connected with your surname. I don't think it's playing it safe. I don't like the current trend for really out there names and think something like Ulysses Spinola or Jupiter Spinola would sound insane IMHO!!

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austenozzy · 27/09/2013 11:01

Sam Spinola sounds great. I'd be waiting for him to make me an offer I couldn't refuse! :-)

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toobreathless · 27/09/2013 11:06

Good, solid name. Absolutely nothing wrong with it, I just find it a bit boring.

Sounds great with your surname.

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tammytoby · 27/09/2013 12:54

If Sam is too boring/overused, how about these S names
Sidney
Stanley
Stephen
Spencer

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miffybun73 · 27/09/2013 18:05

Love it.

Samuel Spinola sounds very cool to me :)

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lestagal78 · 28/09/2013 22:23

A lovely name. And goes great with your surname.

Like most names it is popular but not overly so. Mine is the only one in his year 2 class and I don't know any more than any other boys name.

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BikeRunSki · 28/09/2013 22:29

My Samuel is usually known as Sam or Sammy and has a very unremarkable English occupation surname - similar to Baker. He is just 5, started Reception last month and we have never met another one his age.

Not "safe", nice name, well known for a reason!

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BikeRunSki · 28/09/2013 22:31

"Solid" is what my step father says about Samuel as my DS's name too breathless.

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ZenNudist · 28/09/2013 22:33

I love Samuel. My friend insists on using the long version of her sons name which I think is nice. If you dont mind there being waaaay too many sams out there use it.

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Thesebootsweremadeforwalking · 28/09/2013 22:35

Sam/ Samuel is lovely IMHO.

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NorbertDentressangle · 28/09/2013 22:40

Great surname!

Samuel is a nice name but very over-used around here (in a school of 170 there are about 10 Sams and we know others from out of school too). I think I would go for something a little less common and not necessarily an 'S' name either.

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EugenesAxe · 28/09/2013 23:04

I have a Sam(uel) and also dislike Sammy... but I'm so shit with casualness when it comes to names that I fall back on it lots. He gets called Sam, Sammy, Samuel, Sam Sam, and Samwise.

I think it might be a regional thing though, as it's mainly DH that puts it in my head and he is James but is always called Jamie by his DPs.