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Beegey · 09/12/2013 13:33

Looking for an unusual but not too daft name for our dc3. Can easily come up with a load of girls names we both love but no luck with boys.

It would be a baby brother for Clover and Asa. Little Story? We also like but don't love Dasheill and Joss...

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soontobeslendergirl · 09/12/2013 20:59

What about Nelson? - very topical

MugOnTheHead · 10/12/2013 00:26

Land???

You ARE just sticking a pin in the dictionary! Admit it!

Ooh....Dictionary.....

MortifiedAnyFuckerAdams · 10/12/2013 00:28

Astrid
Stella
Andromeda
Bellatrix
Seren (welsh for star)

ZingSweetPea · 10/12/2013 00:34

falalala

funny you should say that!
when I was pg with DD (we didn't know the gender until she was vorn) our sons decided that if baby is a boy he should be called Yoda Shark, and if a girl Yoda Yoghurt!

I told that to so many people, Yoda started to sound acceptable!

(like "Veto" in Friends! )

OP

Story is not a good idea IMO.

schroedingersdodo · 10/12/2013 00:43

If I ever decide to name a dc a random word, I'd choose Idea. Love the meaning and the sound :) Clover, asa and idea.

Feel free to ignore me :)

Rosencrantz · 10/12/2013 01:44

I thought it was a girls name.

ErrolTheDragon · 10/12/2013 08:52

Idea gave me an idea - Ira might go well with Asa - it's another of those names that comes from more than one culture.

EqualsX · 10/12/2013 09:00

If you like the meaning of "story" how about Saga - its Swedish and quite popular atm over there.

Pancakeflipper · 10/12/2013 09:00

I met the most wonderful boy called Aria last week. He owns that name.

Theonlyoneiknow · 10/12/2013 09:01

I used to au pair for a girl called Aria!

LineRunner · 10/12/2013 09:05

I beg you to go with Kit.

AnAdventureInCakeAndWine · 10/12/2013 09:07

EqaulsX, but here Saga means "holidays for old people".

ErrolTheDragon · 10/12/2013 09:17

But I do agree that maybe it is erring on the side of a bit too silly even for our eclectic tastes. Kids still got to live with it!

I couldn't help thinking about MN baby names threads when reading a bit of The Hogfather to DD last night - something like '...Gawain and Twyla, who had been named by parents who presumably loved them...'

That's the point of these threads isn't it? If a bunch of adults take the piss out of a proposed name, it may not go down well in the playground.

BTW, the only Leif I've known was a Dane, he was pronounced 'Life' not 'Leaf' which wouldn't be naff with Clover.

mrsWast · 10/12/2013 09:21

Gage
Winter
Linus

Beegey · 10/12/2013 09:58

One of my favourite William Boyd books, Any Human Heart features a character called Land and I like it. Anyway, no more girls for me so neither here nor there...

Mrs West - Winter is nice (but he is due in April).

Errol - Ira is a good shout, I will suggest it. I wonder if it sounds girly? Maybe I am thinking of Ida. I don't mind adults taking the piss out of my name choices. Much rather I call my children a name that I love and means something to me and is different than choose from the pool of 5 boys names which are commonly used in our neighbourhood.

Soon tobe - Dh LOVES Nelson, I am less convinced.

Pancake - good suggestion but a friend has a (girl) Aria.

Equals - thanks for the suggestion but not wild on Saga. Doesn't make a nice sound.

Shroed - Idea isn't terrible but I am not looking for a random word. Thanks though!

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PeterParkerSays · 10/12/2013 10:08

How about Beckett, shortened to Beck?

Beegey · 10/12/2013 10:08

Bundaberg - how extraordinary that we have such similar tastes. Not as original as I thought I was! I LOVE Gabriel but dh doesn't agree (spoil sport). From your list I like Beau and love Joss. We know a couple of Sebastians, little boy called Cosmo lives round the corner. I like Skyler, again, dh being awkward.

Lucky you having four boys!

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PeterParkerSays · 10/12/2013 10:10

Shepherd - I've only come across it as a name in a South African children's book, but I like it

Beegey · 10/12/2013 10:10

Ooh, Beckett is quite good. Literary too (though not as literary as Story of course). Will suggest, thanks

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Beegey · 10/12/2013 10:11

Shepherd evokes thoughts of smelly old sheep. Thanks anyway!

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soontobeslendergirl · 10/12/2013 10:14

sylvester?

schroedingersdodo · 11/12/2013 07:30

OP, I didn't mean to make fun of you, it's that I think Idea would be a great name, but DH and I have ended up going for more traditional options (specially because we needed names that would work in different languages).

I think Cosmo is very cool, and Nelson is pretty retro, in a nice way.

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Jaynebxl · 11/12/2013 07:39

Land? Please tell me nobody would seriously call a girl Land?!

Jaynebxl · 11/12/2013 07:40

And I bet there will be loads of Nelsons after this week.

mummybare · 11/12/2013 07:42

Well it's novel... Boom BOOM!

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