What Shipping Forecast region would you name your child?!

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So, if you had to, what region would you choose to name your child, and would it be boy or a girl

Viking
North Utsire
South Utsire
Forties
Cromarty
Forth
Tyne
Dogger
Fisher
German Bight
Humber
Thames
Dover
Wight
Portland
Plymouth
Biscay
Trafalgar
FitzRoy
Sole
Lundy
Fastnet
Irish Sea
Shannon
Rockall
Malin
Hebrides
Bailey
Fair Isle
Faeroes
Southeast Iceland

I'd go for... Malin for a girl and Cromarty for a Boy

I am gutted that Finisterre is no longer an area on the list

Lundy, but not sure whether it is a girl or boy. Good cat name.

I think Fisher could work for either sex but could leave them open for fish-related teasing. I'm quite liking Portland as a strong masculine name... I suppose it could be unisex too, it's a bit like Parker.

Just reading the list is so evocative... immediately feel like it's late at night and some lovely radio 4 person is lulling me to sleep :)

I think Utsire for a girl, Rockall for a boy.

DH is going for the unisex Finisterre (he also doesn't care it's not a region any more).

I said Cromarty and now he's sitting over there

I thought " channel light vessel automatic" was one of the options?

Good for quadruplets.

I knew a lovely Malin.

Malin and Fitzroy.

I like Biscay for a boy and - erm - maybe Utsire for a girl?

I went to uni with a girl called Malin (I think it translates as 'cunning' which would put me off using it).

Was your friend a linguist Hainault?

I think she was a biologist (I knew her through rowing).

Teeeeny tiny bit disappointed now

DS has a middle name from the list, it's not Bailey...

Can we go for some of the weather stations?
Sandettie Lightvessal Automatic would be lovely for a girl.

And Thames for a boy.

South Utsire for a girl, North Utsire for a boy. Though I would be hoping for a girl, South Utsire is my favourite.

Dogger would be a good name for a dog.

UK coastal weather stations (with aitomatics removed )

Tiree
Stornoway
Lerwick
Wick
Aberdeen
Leuchars
Boulmer
Bridlington
Sandettie
Greenwich
St. Catherine's Point
Jersey
Channel
Scilly
Milford Haven
Aberporth
Valley
Liverpool Crosby
Valentia
Ronaldsway
Malin Head
Machrihanish

Humber

I'd only use it as a middle name and DH would know why.

We didn't use it because we are boring and went for traditional family linked names.

Valentia def. a girl.

James Mason's daughter was called Portland.

Definitely Cromarty for a boy! Can imagine him growing up to be an eccentric type.

Malin for a girl as its a beautiful name.

Tiree for a girl (if I'm allowed to take from the weather stations too) and Lundy for a boy

Brilliant post, OP!
Malin for a girl is definitely strong. Liking Tiree, Tyne and Sandettie too, I think.
For boys,Cromarty and Stornoway have a lovely ring to them. Bridlington is very noble... but I think a breed of dog? So maybe not. Fisher's good. I reckon a strong character could manage Viking for a middle name.
Got to agree with PP - Finisterre may be the best, though.

What about inshore waters? Another rich seam there to be mined

Cape Wrath – Rattray Head including Orkney
Rattray Head – Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed – Whitby
Whitby – Gibraltar Point
Gibraltar Point – North Foreland
North Foreland – Selsey Bill
Selsey Bill – Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis – Land's End 
Land's End - St David's Head 
St David's Head – Great Orme Head 
Great Orme Head– Mull of Galloway
Isle of Man
Lough Foyle – Carlingford Lough
Mull of Galloway – Mull of Kintyre
Mull of Kintyre – Ardnamurchan Point
Ardnamurchan Point – Cape Wrath
Shetland Isles

Ooooh (ignoring david and bill) my inshore water children shall be called Kintyre and Selsey!

Whitby and Foyle.

Great thread

Fitzroy for a boy, Hebridies for a girl.