Alabama

[EllenDegenerate]

I really like it.
DP is unsure.

Opinions?

Girl or boy Ellen?

Girl

Seriously OP, any of the other names you have suggested are preferable. Alabama is child abuse territory. Sorry.

And it's just plain weird given that your other children have perfectly nice names. This little one will grow up wondering what she did to make you hate her so much.

Seriously buttered,

I value your opinion as much as any other but I feel you're being a little bit hyperbolic.

Even if she hates her name (and my mum gave me a corker) I doubt she'll assume I hate her, all other evidence hopefully pointing to the contrary.

Thanks for your input though.

You've been great

Ok, well it's your call. But I like all your other names a lot more!

I get you OP it's my fav film too and before my dcs came along I had two cats - Clarence and Alabama. I may well have named my children either one of these names (if I hadn't already used them on the cats dammit)

Thank you beliss
Your cats had cool names though

Op you're not following the rules. The rules are, you propose a name. Everyone else goes urgh yuk, child abuse, bullied, blah blah and you're supposed to go "gosh you're right, ill name my child Sophie instead".

As in, sweet home?
I don't feel so bad for seriously considering Hannibal for my wee boy

What about Arizona? There's an Arizona in Grey's Anatomy.

Alabama slammer!
No.
Just no.

You know what? I usually hate any out-there names, but there's something pleasing about saying Alabama...

It's a nice word.

Having said that, I wouldn't use it for a child. Middle name, maybe?

Alabama Balonz... It's the only answer!

I really disliked Alabama when i opened the thread but the more i say it it's growing on me!

It is very pleasing to say isn't it? But also kind of unnatural with an English accent, especially a southern one. I keep wanting to say Ala-bar-ma.

Also on the bright side, the Alabama coast has some really beautiful beaches.

I've also just remembered that the Alabama State University football team's nickname is "The Crimson Tide", which I swear is also a euphamism for period.
[declaring myself the official source of useless facts about the state of Alabama]

Your other children have fantastic names. I adore the name Delilah!

I'm just not keen on Alabama. Not at all.

God, that's a horrible word to name a child.

I know a woman who named her baby Memphis, after some character in a film (Nicolas Cage?), and people always ask why, particularly as she's never even been to Memphis.

'Alabama' is dick-headed, try-hard and seriously naff. But then giving a child an "ironic" name is very cringe worthy.

Calling me a dickhead won't change my mind lulu.

You did make me laugh though. Have a

Don't post asking for thoughts if you dislike honest opinions.

I don't dislike it,
I thanked you for making me laugh.

I asked for your opinion, I gave you a

What's your problem?

Just for the record, the name Georgia seriously predates the name of the state. Georgia of Clermont was a French nun/Saint who died in AD500; the Italian feminine for George (Giorgio) has always been Giorgia as far as I know.

The state was named after an (English) name, which was already accepted as a girl's name alongside Georgiana and Georgina (I think - not sure when the latter occurred). Whereas Alabama takes its name from a Choctaw word, and has connotations in the UK that an established and popular name like Georgia doesn't have. Quite different.

No problem. Especially as I'm not called Alabama.

Thanks for that info Jassy.

Although it doesn't necessarily dissuade me from Alabama it's really kind of you to go to the trouble of finding the information and posting it here for my (our) perusal

Your hilarious lulu.

I like you!

You get though that Georgia the state was named for George,the king? Its the Latinate feminine version of George. It was a name long before it was a state!