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.

yes, don't saddle her with this. Sorry if we've ridden roughshod over this idea but you need to rein it in.

Bailey would be rather cool. Or Billie.

Have you thought of Bailiff?

or Bail Bondsman.

Bazinga?

How about Baillie? One of my first boyfriends was Andrew Baillie. Always liked that spelling.

Not a fan of Baylor, no.

Or Balliol?

If you are going to be named after a uni.....

A big no, to Baylor - I don't like the look or sound of the word at all.

Laurel is nice though, even though it's annoyingly rampant in my garden.

Sorry OP, but you have asked for opinions and for once they are unanimous. Why would you name a child (saddle it for life) with a name universally disliked? If you don't care, why ask opinions? I really hope this is a wind-up, for the baby's sake.

Sorry but it's bloody awful. Of all the beautiful names in the entire world you could choose for a little girl.

Sounds like you thought Taylor was over used so made up a similar name. Which is what people will think.

I fear the more we scream 'no', the more it's going to grow on her!

Gaylord sounds better. And laurel means bay leaf in Spanish.

It's not just Gaylord that sounds better - everything sounds better than Baylor.

Every time she tells someone her name, she will get a WTF? reaction.

Chachah, I thought everyone loved Laurel (as I believe everyone on my Laurel thread said they did), so hearing people not liking it kind of popped my bubble, so regardless of if we chose Baylor or not I don't think we will be using Laurel. DH however really loves Baylor, and of course I love him, it's just nice to see him really like a name.

MerryMarigold - My own name is pretty much unanimously loved/popular (top 100 for a long time), but personally I hate it, so I changed it. She and my other DC are all welcome to change their names if they don't like it (as did DD1).

Have you thought about Balonz? I hear it's ancient Surrey.

Makes me think of baleful. Awful, sorry. Laurel is lovely though!

Hang on a minute. So you're not using Laurel because a few people didn't like it.
So by that logic you'll only go with a name that has unanimous approval. Which Baylor doesn't.

I thought GOT too!

Its unpleasant.

How about Phillipa? Means horse lover

Or Damaris which means heifer?

Baylor is a contestant on the current series of survivor.

I would recommend never naming your DC after a reality TV show contestant

TheHouseatWhoCorner - I already explained that.

Pastperfect - I don't know where DH got it from but he doesn't watch much TV so I doubt that.. but I googled the show and there are many many popular names on there.

So you either want a name that every single person likes, or one that no one likes except your DH? In that case I think you're going to have to go with Baylor, as you're never going to get unanimous approval on any other name.

Hearts, I think your first boyfriend might now be married to one of my friends! Do you live in Shropshire?

I don't like Baylor sorry. But I like laurel :)

magicalmrmistofelees no, I want a name that both I, DH and the DC like most importantly, and a name that goes with the middle names we like, and a name with a meaning we like. And yes, it would be nice if other people liked it too.

Witty if you're not sure about laurel don't use it :) I like it but it's your name.

I think Baylor sounds very masculine and the other thing is, as someone with a vvvvv unusual name, it sort of takes away any sort of anonymity. Quite hard to explain but for instance I had a hard time at work a few years back. I left that job but it actually haunted me because people had heard about 'this woman called Baylor' and remembered the name and applies it to me when I introduced myself.

I'm going for fairly normal standard names for my child for this reason.

It's just something I don't think everybody thinks of when choosing a name.