Catkin

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So no one liked Ocean or Oceana...

But what about Catkin? I like quirky names as you can tell.

Just Catkin, not short for Catherine.

Thoughts welcome

I think it's lovely... Really lovely, actually!

Phew

It sounds like a lovely nickname, but why not Catherine?

If you want a natural name, what about Blossom?

Fan of hunger games much? Very similar to katniss and is a plant name I think??
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I quite like it, but it is definitely a Marmite name!

Oisin pronounce o-shin, o like in octagon is a lovely welsh name.
What about Wren?

No. It's horrible.

Like pussycat, or cattykins.

Would you really want to be called that?

Mutton I already have one

I think people will think that you must mean Catrin, and change it to that. I love Catrin.

I always wanted to be called all sorts but that's another story!

I love catrin! Catrin works. Didn't think of that

Thanks too much

Catkin pleaaaase no, Catrin yes, it's really pretty

Catrin is lovely.

Catrin is really nice.

Catkin as in the yellow blobby bits that hang off trees? Ha ha ha ha!

Catkin - please no, -it sounds like a pet name for a favourite cat (IMO)

I am delighted that you like Catrin! I have 2 DSs so I haven't been able to use it. It is Welsh. So pleased you like it. I also like Carys (you pronounce it Carr -iss. Imagine you're saying Larr as in Larry. And then put iss on the end).

Catrin is lovely. I quite like Catkin, but not necessarily easy to live with.

A school friend has a dd called Siskin after the bird, which I think is very pretty.

Catkin sounds like a lesser-known Beatrix Potter character. It's a bit too twee for me, and I love twee.

Catrin, yes.
Catkin, no.

Great name....for a cat. But dont inflict it on a child.

Thanks to mm catkin leads to sootikin in my head... That is not a good thing.

absolutely not.

However I quite like Oceane (french) pr O say anne

Catkin is ridiculous. Catrin is lovely, and is an actual name, as opposed to Catkin.

From Wikipedia (I know
"a catkin is a slim, cylindrical flower cluster, with inconspicuous or no petals, usually wind-pollinated but sometimes insect pollinated. They contain many, usually unisexual flowers, arranged closely along a central stem which is often drooping".

Just because a word sounds pretty when you say it, doesn't mean you can use it as a child's name.

Catkin would be a no no for me - they aren't particularly nice looking or nice smelling, no petals just weird droopy things and are also called ament which means thong.

Go with Catrin, much better