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.

So 'horse trainer' is a meaning you like. Wouldn't convince me to choose Baylor. It sounds agricultural.

"A pretty horse breaker" was a Victorian euphemism for a woman with not much virtue to lose. One of my favourite obscure facts.

Yikes. Just when we thought Baylor couldn't get any worse that adds a whole new level of awfulness!

Owlcapone, Allison is the masculine version. I believe Madison originates from 'son of Maud'.

Just Bay is nixe

Allison is the masculine version

I didn't say Allison though.

I know you didn't ??. I was just saying that Allison is a masculine name. In general, names ending in 'son' are masculine as they refer to 'son of'. Obviously not always the case, as you kindly pointed out. Madison, however, is traditionally masculine and means 'son of Maud'. Apologies for my poor phrasing.

There aren't enough words to describe how awful that name is.

She will be teased at school, so don't post here to complain about bullying when she is.

And adults will think you are stupid.

It sounds made up. It sounds like it's for a boy. It sounds and looks ugly.

Don't use it for a little girl or any other living thing for that matter

Not keen on Laurel either. Laurel and Hardy.

In general, names ending in 'son' are masculine as they refer to 'son of'. Obviously not always the case

So your somewhat condescending post about Madison definitely being masculine because of the "son" ending was nonsense.

Madison and Mackenzie are girls names.

Or certainly can be

Apologies, it wasn't meant to be condescending at all. I just meant that I have always thought Madison was a boys name as it derives from 'son of Maud'. The same way that 'Jackson' is 'son of Jack'. Again, apologies for my phrasing. Things often come across on screen in a different way to how they were intended. I think I'll leave the thread now.

It depends where you live in terms of being teased at school. Round here there are so many unusual names, nothing will stick out. Not because it is an area full of creative people, but there are people from all over the world here (literally - from Oz to Colombia to Nigeria to Bangladesh to Uzbekhistan). My dd's name is 'made up' but no-one would know it!

Awful.

Maybe I'm in the minority but I don't necessarily find unusual names that memorable. It depends on the name but for me names like Baylor get forgotten in a 'is she called Taylor or Bailey or something else like that?' sort of way.

Not for me. If a friend told me they had named their daughter that, my best response would be "how unusual" whilst actually thinking "why?"

OP, is it the Bay part of the sound that you like? I like that sound too. Would you think about going for something like Bay Eleanor? or maybe Baye with an E at the end. That looks more like a name.

Baylor/Taylor etc........... not gonna go down well on mumnset as they like quite posh names. Posh = classic mostly. And you can't go wrong with classic. You want to be a bit quirky I get that. maybe get the sound you're after but from classic names? Beatrice Eleanor nn Baye?

It sounds masculine to me (and reminds me of bailiff).

OP is your name Esme?

How are you planning to pronounce it, if you say that Baylor and Bayla are pronoinced differently?

Mackenzie might be used by some people as a girls name but it is. Make name by virtue of its meaning (son of). If a girl was called John that doesn't make John a girls name, just the name of one girl. Mackenzie Is a surname and a clan name.

If you're going to name your child after a university in the US you should at least use one of the top ones, like Harvard or Caltech, or even stay closer to home with Oxford or Cambridge.

You must be joking.

This is possibly the worst name I've read on the baby name boards, and I read the thread with the name Slithery*. Honestly it's awful. Truly awful.

• yes I do know this was actually a joke. Still better than Baylor.