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Baby girl name opinion

20 replies

user1468526955 · 14/07/2016 21:15

My husband and I are really into unique/unheard of baby names. We are having a hard time agreeing on one though, we have both recently heard and started to really like the name Radley. My question is, do you think this name could work for a baby girl?

Any opinions/suggestions would be great!

Thanks!

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SpaceDinosaur · 14/07/2016 21:17

Of you're planning on carrying her around over your arm in her car seat it could work Grin

stiffstink · 14/07/2016 21:18

Will she have a small dog label attached to her?

SpaceDinosaur · 14/07/2016 21:24
Blackpoollassy · 14/07/2016 21:34

Posh boarding school. Like calling her Eton or Harrow

stiffstink · 14/07/2016 21:37

Seriously OP, you'll get the response of "like the handbag?" (I am usually asked "like the song?" when I mention DD's name which is a very unusual name). Alternatively, people will say Boo.

Boo or handbag.

Sophronia · 14/07/2016 21:37

Makes me think of Boo Radley.

stiffstink · 14/07/2016 21:37

Seriously OP, you'll get the response of "like the handbag?" (I am usually asked "like the song?" when I mention DD's name which is a very unusual name). Alternatively, people will say Boo.

Boo or handbag.

EmpressOfTheVaginaDentata · 14/07/2016 21:38

I thought Boo.

Although I can see Rad as a nickname.

stiffstink · 14/07/2016 21:38

Two high fives is a high ten...

ThoraGruntwhistle · 14/07/2016 21:39

Yeah. Doggy handbags. Very surnamey. Mind you, Rad for short would be a nice retro slang nickname.

Just5minswithDacre · 14/07/2016 21:39

How about Pashley? Smile

Liz09 · 14/07/2016 21:41

Boo Radley.

Or the mental institution from Pretty Little Liars (admittedly, most people won't make that connection).

BoboBunnyH0p · 15/07/2016 14:26

Sorry first thought was handbag.

MrsCaecilius · 15/07/2016 14:48

It's a village near Oxford (where the school is). Still, better than being called Slough I suppose.

HettyB · 15/07/2016 19:46

For me it's a private school (I grew up locally to the school), then a handbag, then a band. To my ears, if it's a name, it's a boys one. Sorry!

However, a similar name I think is much more girly is Hadley - would that work? (Although now I've typed it I'm thinking Tony...)

SteviebunsBottrittrundle · 15/07/2016 22:22

I thought of the handbag straight away too (sorry). I don't like Radley handbags, so I probably wouldn't like to name a DD Radley.

Trying to think of something similar to suggest and saw these 'surname' type names for girls on Nameberry:

Sawyer
Delaney
Lennox
Connelly
Campbell
Blaine

Any good?

RiverTam · 15/07/2016 22:26

Horrible dog handbags. Sorry!

Wintersummerwintersummer · 15/07/2016 22:27

It's pretty awful, sorry but then I hate surnames as first names so we have different taste

Porcupinetree · 16/07/2016 08:00

I think it's quite nice OP, certainly no worse than Rafferty that seems to be quite liked on MN.

DerelictMyBalls · 16/07/2016 11:42

I quite like Radley... For a boy.

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