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.

Joins in with the weeping

Thank you Queen there is just no helping some people

Am starting to suspect this is a wind-up.

comments at 22.14 & 22.55
Oh my good god! I just burst out laughing; the cat is practically hanging of the ceiling with fright...
I'm so glad to see this thread again!

gilbert I think you might be right, after that last witty-sism. It will be terribly disappointing though. We've all invested so much!

I think it's a hilarious name.

In an I'm laughing at you rather than I'm laughing with you kinda way

Gilbert the alternative is too terrifying to consider!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=J1H3Yz4R6U4
Get to know your Baylor Bears!

mathanxiety, I didn't know that about Elizabeth/Isabbella, might just stick with Elizabeth then. Thank you , not long now till she is here, very excited.

Well, obviously B.E.L.L.E. is just like, awwwwsum.
The States has clearly had an impact on your ability to tinker so effortlessly with subtlety. Well done, OP. I hereby wish your B.E.L.L.E the best of luck trying to integrate back into the UK school system when you arrive. I am sure somebody's DC will have oodles of fun adding the letters N.D. to the end of all her stationary for her as a welcome gift.

Baylor
Elizabeth
Laurel
Looney
Ennit

Sorry. I'll get my coat.

travelswithtea - I had realised that, but as I have said before, I have never experienced people being bullied for their names so I don't see how it'd be a problem. Everyone here seems to have experienced a lot more bullying/teasing. Personally I can not remember ever being bullied or teased. DD1 had a girl be mean to her on facebook back in year 7, but the girl came up and hugged her and apologized the next day. DD2 and DS have had no problems. Maybe we have just been very lucky with schools - but DD3 will be at the same schools as they were.
Do people share their middle names now? DD1 has one of her middle names in her fb but DD2 doesn't. DD1 says she knows the middle names of only 1 of her friends and DD2 said she knows none, and no one knows hers.
And write names on stationary? The DC's didn't have stationary until secondary school and DD1 never did anything to hers, and DD2 only doodled love hearts, music notes, etc. The only things they wrote names on were their books, and it was just first and last name.

So I don't see how it'd be a problem. It'd just be a cute family name.

And also, if she was writing names on stationary, why wouldn't she include her last name?

DD1 never did anything to hers, and DD2 only doodled love hearts, music notes, etc. The only things they wrote names on were their books, and it was just first and last name.

Hmm. If I were given a name whose initials spelled BELLE or LOVE or JACK or BEAR I as a tween/teen would most probably have used it to mark my school stuff. I would have tried carving it into my desk at school, and developed some new semi-secret font to try writing it all over my legs.
Kids do stupid things to mark their territory.

A balor is a demon or in Irish mythology a giant that wreaks destruction! The word derives from the Celtic baleros meaning deadly one!

How about Beila? I knew a Belgian girl with than name and no who knew her over here in the UK seemed to find it weird. Baylor... I just don't like it. Sorry.

It's like Taylor gone wrong. Like calling your son Bareth instead of Gareth

Sorry jobrum, this thread has been going so long that Baylor now sounds far more normal than Bareth. And please don't put ideas into the OP's head!

Just an update for you all (if anyone is reading this). She is due very soon and we have settled on Baylor Alexis Elizabeth. Two of my favorite names, and I think Elizabeth is just perfect for a middle name. Plus, it 'spells' her future nickname.

Poor kid.
Apparently 'bay' is a shortened form of baby, or babe. Not good.
Elizabeth is fab though.

Bae is Dutch for poo.

Best wishes for the safe arrival of your daughter.
Your baby, absolutely your choice of name, of course; I have not read the whole thread but am bit puzzled about Baylor.

It's the name of a Baptist University in the USA (Texas) famous for its very masculine football team (the Baylor Bears). The university was named after a man with a Germanic-origin surname - Baylor -that means something like 'barrel-inspector' (male) or (just possibly) 'man who delivers goods'. (See Patrick Hanks (ed), Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press 2003).

The similar-sounding name 'Balor' (from Celtic Baleros = 'the deadly one') was the name of a male one-eyed evil monster-giant from Irish mythology. (Balor has never been a girl's name in Ireland and does not mean horse-trainer.)
Balor is also the name of giant, deadly, demons in the game 'Dungeons and Dragons'.

Isn't one-eyed monster and one-eyed snake a nickname for the penis? And alis, is that true about the Dutch poo thing? Hmm... Last-minute rethink? Change to Bay, as a first name on the BC?
Good luck with the delivery, OP! :)