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Ocean or Oceans?

60 replies

burgatroyd · 12/05/2014 17:40

Which name do you prefer for baby girl or are they too out there? Met baby Ocean and loved the name even though had dismissed it previously when I read it in name book so perhaps works better when said out loud. Thoughts welcome.

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burgatroyd · 12/05/2014 17:40

Meant Ocean or Oceana!

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CocktailQueen · 12/05/2014 17:41

Oh dear. neither for me. Sorry!

oldiebutnctoday · 12/05/2014 17:43

Sorry but both of them make me goHmm Oceana slightly less so maybe ..........

mrssmooth · 12/05/2014 17:44

Erm.. neither of them make me think of a baby girl. A cruise ship, yes, but not a baby. [sorry]

sonlypuppyfat · 12/05/2014 17:44

I know a teenage ocean and sorry I think it's silly.

burgatroyd · 12/05/2014 17:48

Do you mind me asking why its silly?

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hellymelly · 12/05/2014 17:49

Oceana sounds like a Swimming pool complex, don't do it op..

onlywhenitsraininginmadrid · 12/05/2014 17:56

Reminds me of the chain of nightclubs called Oceana.

What about Ophelia?

burgatroyd · 12/05/2014 18:00

Not too sure about Ophelia, too tragic. However sound of Ophelia is beautiful. I like the sound of the word, oooo-shun, if that makes sense. Anything like Ophelia or Ocean?

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notso · 12/05/2014 18:06

I liked it when I was a teenager and East 17's Tony Mortimer named his daughter Ocean. Enough said I think.

girliefriend · 12/05/2014 18:10

For me its way too out there and not a word I would consider to be a name iyswim.

What about Oliva? Smile

onlywhenitsraininginmadrid · 12/05/2014 18:10

Aurelia
Olivia
Octavia

onlywhenitsraininginmadrid · 12/05/2014 18:10

Aurelia
Olivia
Octavia

Chottie · 12/05/2014 18:14

Sorry, it's a no from me too....

Can I ask why you like the name?

IsabellaRockerfeller · 12/05/2014 18:18

No to both of them.

It's a sea or a cruise ship.

burgatroyd · 12/05/2014 18:24

Its the sound chottie!

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Leeds2 · 12/05/2014 18:24

Fania
Fabia
Flavia

I have known three people with these names!

Oceana, to me, is preferable to Ocean, but is still the name of a cruise ship to me.

What about Coral? Slightly more mainstream!

SnakeyMcBadass · 12/05/2014 18:25

Roisin?

tunnocksteacake · 12/05/2014 18:27

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funnyoldonion · 12/05/2014 18:27

Reminds me of the welsh name Osian but that's a boys name x sorry not helping x

catwithflowers · 12/05/2014 18:27

Ophelia is lovely. Ocean or Oceana is a no from me I'm afraid, for all the reasons above.

Vijac · 12/05/2014 18:30

Maybe Oceana (though Otis a dodgy nightclub) but really too out there even for my love of unusual names.

EvilTwins · 12/05/2014 18:35

What about Oksana? DNeice has a friend called that.

Theas18 · 12/05/2014 18:35

Do you mean Osian/Ossian?

Ocean is just ripe for name calling and just not nice " Ocean.........Wild and wet?" etc

EvilTwins · 12/05/2014 18:37

Or Oxana. Russian meaning "hospitable"