Sailor?

[sugarplumfairy28]

Sailor is supposedly a German name in orgin, although different sites and information also suggest it could be English, as am I (both English and German that is). It obviously has connections to the sea and boats, as has my family for generations. Given the links, what do people think?

Would you consider Scout?

Love it, but prefer it for a girl. Scout I also love, but again, prefer it for a girl. Aren't they quite strict in Germany re what you can call your child?

I offer you:
Sawyer
Huxley
Zephyr
Cyrus
Everest
Rockford
Woodstock

Sailor is a known male name in Germany anyway, so it wouldn't be a problem. I think it's the US and UK which seem to use male and female names interchangeably, so naming a girl James would be OK in the UK but not here. There is also extra consideration given for foreign names. Not sure I like Scout though. Oddly I do like Felix, but we are very much a cat household and DH firmly considers it a cat name (we have a Felix lookalike but it's not his name) and Felix is a fairly common German name.

I don't think that male and female names are generally used interchangeably in the UK. I would expect that most people in the UK would react negatively to e.g. naming a girl James. Although I think registrars aren't allowed to refuse parents to use proposed names unless they're offensive.

The USA might be more open to that sort of thing.

I can think of a few boys names I've heard for girls, Aiden, Flynn, Bobbie, Cameron, Jordan and Lindsey used to be boy names. If a name is gender-less in Germany then they must have a boys name as a middle name, but strictly no girl specific names.

With the exception of Lindsey, those names are still boys names in the UK.

Aidan used to be a boys name?

Still is!

As in, they're used for boys but not used for girls, even if there's no ban on using them.

Contrary to every other opinion on here I really like Sailor for a boy. Yes Liv Tyler's little boy is Sailor, I don't think that's a bad celebrity reference? He can use Si - a nn I love - later in life too.

Sailor Moon cartoon character from the 80's or so.

Miller and Ottilie are great names.

Sailor is just not, sorry

Turner is nice.

In your shoes I'd open it up a but and look at non- surnamey names too. More important it's a name your DC can enjoy having than that it is exactly the same style as your DS's name.

Turner would be after my Grandad, tbh honest I couldn't name a child with his first name, but he and my Nan who died in October never married even though they had been together 40 years. Technically he is my step Grandad, he has no children of his 'own' and this would be me ensuring that his name albeit Turner, is passed down at least once. It would be a name completely out of love, and he is one hell of a man to be named after.

Miller is my FILs middle name, and Ottilie, well that had been decided since I was about 10 and is my Great Nans name, I think it's simply beautiful.

Jings I said Lindsey used to be a boys name, and my only point was all the other names, I know little girls with those names too, which just is not allowed where I am.

Isn't it Lyndsey/Lyndsay depending on whether it's for a boy or a girl?

Anyway, I hate Sailor and find Turner an improvement on that.

According to the Darkgreener webpage that tracks baby name trends from 1996 to the present names.darkgreener.com/#lindsey Lindsey / Lindsay have been more popular than Lyndsey / Lyndsay.
Darkgreener only has Lindsey and varients recorded as a girl's name.

Hello Sailor!!!
Also--very American.

I only know Lindsays and they are all middle-aged men.

No.

Wasn't Sailor the name of an old horse in a Jilly Cooper novel?

Turner is better than Sailor.

I don't hate it but it sounds very American made up to me.

I really don't like the idea of using an occupation for a first name - I know historically that i how a lot of surnames evolved.

I too am finding it hard to get past the 'Hello Sailor' thing.

If you are German, and her were quite likely to live in Germany all his life then it might not be an issue, but I'm guessing although you are living there now, it's not necessarily where he is likely to live out his days??

No we are here for good, no plans on coming back to the UK. (my German isn't great so having a hard time asking anyone for an opinion) I'm finding German names all a bit dreary! Have lots of Noel, Jonas, Johannes, Luca, Lukas, Max, Maurice! Tim, Marlon, Karl, Kai.

There are naming regulations, but with DH and I both being English (or I am on paper at present), we are subject to a bit more freedom.

We had enough difficulty coming up with Miller for DS but that ended up being a family name he was given (FIL's middle name)

Awful name. Sorry