Baylor?

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We were originally going with Laurel for our DD, but DH discovered this today and really likes it, but I'm a little unsure - what are MN's opinions?
He really likes the meaning of it and it does fit our family - it means horse trainer.

SnakeyMcBadass - Bay is what the DC plan on calling her, the DDs really like being able to use that as a nickname.

DD4 called the two Quinns 'Twin'. Made sense to her as there were two of them.

I like her logic Math.

I agree with you Moxon that feeling the need to change your name is not something to desired at all. I would have hated it, even if I'd felt I had to go ahead, for the reasons you say.

So OP, I really hope that Baylor likes her name! I do think it is strange not to care about the reactions of people outside the family, as your dd will have to cope with them. Even if she is not teased, it is a chance missed for a nicer name. Still, I really think that when she arrives she could make it work, and Bay is quite cool as a nn.

If Bay is what she is going to be called, then why not use this as her official name too?

What about Philippa - means horse lover?

You've taken all the comments really well, OP, I'm not sure I'd have been as patient.

I actually don't think you'll improve on Elizabeth as a middle name, it seems to work really well. But, I would seriously think about using the Bayla spelling instead, it's so much more feminine.

On a scale of 1 to Allexxxis, Bayla Elizabeth is rather nice!

temporaryusername - Thank you. I was going to say 'is there any names to anyone's taste' but then I was thinking about how Elizabeth has been around and popular for so many years.. maybe it really is the perfect middle name for her (this last part is directed to @QueenOfThorns too). Just need to find another middle name to go with it.

mathanxiety - Because I wouldn't want my DC to have the same name as one of today's most popular chat speak words, even if that is why the DDs love it so much.

whitecampion - Just not a name I like, love the meaning though.

Is the NN not a good reason to scrap the whole idea and start again?

Why would it be? The DDs love it and I think it's cute.

Baylor/Bayla Elizabeth Emma
Baylor/Bayla Elizabeth Eva
Baylor/Bayla Elizabeth Ella

Because having initials that spell BEER is really cool!

QueenOfThorns - , I think we'll have to avoid another E.

How about "Hay" for a middle name? Or "Twine"?

You wouldn't want the baby to have a name that is one of today's most popular chat speak words, but that is what you are going to call her on a daily basis because the DCs love it and think it's cute.

Even though they love Bay and think it's cute and that is sufficient reason to use it daily, it is not sufficient reason to have it on her birth cert. The reason not not have it on her BC is that it is one of today's most popular chat speak words.

On a separate note:
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balor]
I knew I had run across it before.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balor
whoops!

I really don't understand why it bothers people so much. It's not like she's calling her baby Cuntbadger or something like that. Baylor is fine. Not to everyone's tastes but absolutely fine. I have no idea why people think her daughter will get bullied or it will stop her being a lawyer or whatever. Just crazy!

Anyway if I were the OP I'd go with a longer middle name to balance it out.

I think, mokun, we are sensing logical flaws in the argument. If you could offer a well-reasoned non-pothole-littered treatise on 'Cuntbadger' the posters would probably all only say 'well, it is a stupid name, your funeral' and the thread would only be 30replies long. I think the blatant inconsistencies in witty's logic - together with the somewhat ridiculous nature of the name - is what perpetuates the negative (and IMO often constructive) comments from other posters.

mathanxiety -- I'm not sure what point you're trying to make?

Ok, I didn't understand why we ended up with 416 posts for Baylor which just doesn't seem like a spectacularly odd name but I get what you are saying it's like when people spend three hours down the pub arguing about something that they can't even remember the next day. ;)

It has grown on me. Thanks to this thread Baylor now sounds like a perfectly reasonable name and I think Bay is a cure mn. Can someone please tell me what it means in textspeak though??

*cute nn , not cure mn- sorry on phone

Coughle - Bay = Bae = before anyone else, also short for babe.

MokunMokun - I have no idea why it got so many replies. I haven't been on MN for long but it seems like a lot

Moxon has explained it in her post of Thu 16-Oct-14 06:42:21.

(And presumably Bae wouldn't even be the spelling if you were to use Bay as the official name.)

Oh that's perfectly fine, it's not like calling her "Lol" or "XXX" (spelled xxxxxxxxx of course but pronounced x).

Personally, I favour more traditional names.

Theo has a point.

You might want to check with the OP if she is originally from south-east England...?