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.

Laurel is sounding great right now OP!

No, absolutely not Baylor. Names are an integral part of whom we are, she will not thank you at all for calling her that and I would imagine it would be changed by her in later years.

Laurel is somewhat better.

Are you having boy/girl twins? Goes well with Balonz.

Is this a ruse, to make 'Laurel' sound more appealing ?

To me, 'Baylor' looks like there's been a typo when trying to Taylor or something.

It sounds made up - like half the names round here. I don't think people look to the future and think what the child is going to look like thirty years down the road with a strange name

Bay leaf + Taylor = Baylor

Poor Op.

Laurel is nice.

I agree it sounds like you couldn't decide between Bailey and Taylor.

And on the tree theme what about Olive? You can put that in a ceramic pot, too.

I don't like it. But mainly I'd see it as a boys name.

Laurel (or Lauren? ) is nice.

Bailey or Taylor not my taste but passable. Baylor, erm, isn't. Sorry

I thought it was a name for a boy. I don't think you should call your dd that, however laurel is lovely.

NO.

when you say dh 'discovered' Baylor today - where?

Laurel is really lovely.

Do not like Baylor at all. It might be anglo-saxon in origin but it sounds made-up in contemporary terms. Also, I agree that it sounds like more of a male name.

No just no!

Taylor is nice tho

It's grim. Sorry.

And sorry, forgot to say that yes, Laurel is the loveliest name in the world in comparison.

Baylor....mn is always the place to brighten my day
Do it

And now I'm reconsidering Laurel
I don't know where DH discovered it.

Wherever it was; he should bury it back there immediately and say no more about it...

I only know it as a surname here... and its an unusual one for a surname!

Btw there was a Laurel thread just recently. Don't know if that was you, OP? But fwiw Laurel is fan.

*fab! Laurel is fab!

I prefer Ylrbao as an anagram of Baylor.