Your opinion on these names, please? English naming "rules" are a book with 7 seals to me... [hmm]

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so...:
Vela (which I love and is also the name of a constellation)
Carina (honours somebody that saved my life...)
Erica
Louisa
Carla
Kira (Kira doesn't come from Ciara, it's the feminine form of Cyrus. I think this sounds spunky)

Cedric (my absolute favourite, tbh. I looove this name)
Clement
Isaac
Orion


My better half is English but I am from all over Europe (Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Germany...)
The daddy works for a uni, I myself am a consultant (law).
The daddy would probably just name the kid after grandparents/favourite aunt/uncle and be done with it... But in Britain names can apparently be "wet", "chavy", "common", "try hard"?
The 2nd and 3rd name will honour relatives, so these will be fairly classic....

[1horatio]

I like it as well. But it reminds me a bit of "Miranda rights"...
On the other hand, the Miranda warning is a very positive thing, so it isn't a bad association imo :)

[neonrainbow]

Now miranda is beautiful.

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Yup, didn't know about the raccoon either until I started this thread... :)

To me Cédric is the name of a comics series and a few politians...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9dric_(comics)

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I'm not sure why I like Cedric so much... I just do :)
Right now it looks like:

Cedric Corvus Patrick
Nathaniel/Nathanael Corvus Patrick
Anton Corvus Patrick

Louisa Carina Patience
Carina Patricia Temperance
Miranda Carina Patience

[Flopsyhopsy]

I agree - Cedric is such a cool name! And I've never ever heard of any racoon called this..?!

[neonrainbow]

I've never heard of the raccoon. Honestly op name your baby whatever you like. I'm also coming around to cedric. Its got a good sound.

[LadyAntonella]

Don't give up on Cedric OP! It seems as if you really like it and I think it could be super cool (like the Harry P character. Most people of your DS's generation will never have heard of or seen The Raccoons. It used to be on Saturday morning tv in the uk back when we only had 4 channels, so everyone watched it then, which is why it has come up. i think people even a few years younger than me will think of Harry P before The Raccoons.

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Lighbulb
I don't get anus from any of these names, sorry.

What else...? I don't want a mc name. Not at all. i'd be rather horrified to have an "mc name".
I would have thought Nathaniel would be either Nate or something entirely different (my dh's nickname has nothing to do with his real one).

As fo Cedric the racoon... I do get that this is a concern. But according to Wikipedia this was last broadcasted in 1992. And isn't it also Canadian? I mean, was it ever super popular in the UK?

So, when the little fagiuolo (yes, that's what the baby is called right now... Also Böhnli) is in school... I'd be kind of surprised if this was still a thing. Or maybe it would be associated with Cedric Diggory or something.


I truly appreciate these answers and they do make me... carefully weigh the pro and cons. But Idk, is one racoon really enough to spoil a name?

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Yes, Ezra is really lovely. But not for us, I think. I'm not a big fan of pronounciating the z and r together. I have to concentrate to do this "correctly"... I guess it's just a sound I'm not used to.

Well, Wilfred is a very very nice name and simply absolutely gorgeous!! So who could fault those parents? I love your name suggestions.

[Undercooked]

All your boys names are great and I say that as a totally English Londoner. Cedric would be fine in a London school. My DD has boys in her class called Algernon, Wolfgang, Wilfred and Cornelius.

Anton is a great European name that is easy to pronounce in many languages and does not make be thing of du Beke.

Nathaniel is nice too. I don't like the nn Nate but that is just personal taste.

I suggested Ezra earlier and I still think it's great.

[CheerfulYank]

I like Cedric but I'm American. It's a stereotypical African American name here. I think it's nice :)

[Lightbulbon]

Cedric sounds like dick.

It was also an 80s American cartoon character (the raccoons).

Another of your names had 'anus' in it. Absolutely not!

Nathaniel might get shortened to Nathan which is a wc name not a mc name.

K sound names are always Kommon, thank the kardashians!

Sebastian would fit both in your dp's upper mc circle and your European one.

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Oh my. Is Cedric really as bad as Sue?

That "a boy named Sue" maybe just did it. Cedric maybe/probably just said "byebye"...

Have to sleep on it as well.
Good Night! and thank you for commenting.

[Earlgreywithmilk]

Have you heard the song "a boy named Sue?" By Johnny cash?
It's got a great message you may relate to!
I'm off to bed now, good luck with your baby and if it is a boy called Cedric remember:
"no man was ever great by imitation"
Samuel Johnson
Xx

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We're, according to mumsnetters, whom I chose to trust (oh my, I'm a very bad consultant. But I'll just blame hormones ), middle class. Slighty baffling that they could guess so much by my comments, but I digress.

So, Idk. There are dicks everywhere. I grew up with an (imo lovely name... I'm not complimenting myself but my parents!). And though it wasn't bad there was a time where I desperately wanted to be a Vera (just for about half a year. But it does make me cautious now, tbh).

And offsetting it with strong names...? Like, Cedrick Patrick Corvus?

[Earlgreywithmilk]

I think it depends a lot on where you live also. If it's a more middle class area you will probably find people won't bat an eyelid whereas in more working class areas people would probably take the piss. (Il probably get slated now for saying that!)

We have a Fabio at school which is very foreign/unusual but people just get used to it very quickly - also had a Fanny (swedish) which is of course slang for a lady's privates but again, people round here are too polite to make fun!!

[1horatio]

I actually know 2 women called Raffaela/Raphaela. One is called Raphaela Aglaia, now if that isn't name jelousy inducing (at least in my case)...


Yes, where I grew up Cedric is not average but absolutely acceptable. Not sure about an English equivalent for this... (Maybe like Katherina instead of Catherine?)

Hmm, but would Cédric connotate being somewhat foreign or would people just assume English parents that try to be uber special? (As in: "Cedric wasn't enough, they also had to add an accent aigu!? "grumble")

Aww, I like that I'm making somebody like this lovely lovely name

[Earlgreywithmilk]

Also ,op, it doesn't matter whether you add an accent or whatever. British people will still call him Sed-Rick! Just warning u it could be a lifetime of frustration at people not pronouncing his name correctly?

I'm all for being original though and you are starting to make me really like the name Cedric!!

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forvo.com/word/c%C3%A9dric/
Sorry, this link, if you're interested. the last one might be confusing, it's a German website...

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de.forvo.com/word/c%C3%A9dric/

[1horatio]

Well, the whole name Cédric would be softer "more French" (how do I explain that in English? ).
The é and the i would be more open. The i would actually be more like a short ee.
So, Cé-dreec. The last c would also be much softer.

[Earlgreywithmilk]

At the end of the day you should call your child whatever you want to, you obviously love the name Cedric. It's funny isn't it how names have different connotations in other countries? I don't actually dislike it, I would just say that it's considered a bit sissy or feminine in Britain.
I like your other names and I think u can get away with more unusual stuff when you're foreign. My friend has a child called Raphael, if I'd called my son that I'd have had a few strange looks/comments but she gets away with it cos her husband is Italian!

[LadyAntonella]

Anton would make me think of an old episode of Cheers first (the one where Norm pretends to be called Anton - it's funny... But I digress). Then I would probably think du Beke (sorry). I don't mind Anton du Beke though. He's certainly not so bad that I'd be scared to have a DS with the same name or anything.

I think Cedric with the acute(?) accent (sorry can't add it from iPad), is really nice. Would that put the emphasis on the second syllable? I like that.

[1horatio]

Right now it looks like Anton Corvus Patrick or Nathaniel/Nathanael Corvus Patrick.

Would Cedric work better if it was spelled Cédric ?

[Earlgreywithmilk]

Please do not call your son Cedricc or clement if you plan to stay living in Britain. Believe me he will not need another reason to hate you when he's thirteen.