Cuba

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What are your thoughts? Don't know what I think and if it'll work. We already have 2 dds. Any other options would be appreciated a lot, I like Finn but am stuck! Thanks X

Fidel

Serious suggestions:

Dante
Xavier
Caleb
Reuben

Then he'll guy in nicely george

Sorry fit in

Thank you for peoples' alternatives that's very helpful, love Dante but it's a friends ds and xavier can't be used with our surname Also love Elijah and Idris, Cuba just goes quite well with our surname

Love Cuba.... Cute name!!!

OP I think the issues mentioned with Cuba (the country) by another poster are pretty widely understood... It's not a country I would want to associate my child with.

Very harsh sounding. Not cute and quite boring.

I think if you like it, go for it. The children growing up around him will think of Cuba as his name first, before the country.

I know one and it is fine but I think the are loads - hundreds of nicer names

I think it's really nice.

I know a Cuba. It suits her perfectly and I never think of the country when I talk to her.

I get the impression that boys named Cuba don't have parents who know the history of Cuba...

Now, if I was the other Cuba mums (the ones in your dds classes) I'd be annoyed if you called your child Cuba. They probably chose it as it was uncommon and didn't want them merging into a sea of Jack, Harry and Olivers.

Also, I think most people are at least vaguely familiar with Cuba's history. It was on the gcse syllabus when I was at school. If you want a country name where the history may not be so familiar (albeit not much better) what about Chad?

Not everyone just thinks cruel communist dictatorship some people think beautiful country,kindest people.

There is a Kuba at my dcs preschool. I figured it was from his ethnic background. They pronounce it Kooba.

Seems fine to me
but I'm not a judgy mcjudgepantd

Hmm, if there's already 2 Cubas in your DD's classes maybe better to go for a different political dictatorship. How about Syria, or Iraq? Or maybe Russia?

Think most people aren't keen so maybe I'll have to think otherwise, glad I asked though!

What Fenella said.
Just awful.

Kuba pronounced Kooba is a Polish nickname for Jakub, Poocatcherchampion.

I think Finn is a much better choice than Cuba after the country.

A great name for a boxer puppy.

I prefer it over the jack, Edwards and Harry's all over this site.
I knew a Cuba with a twin Harlem.

I like it. And I am not usually a fan of 'out there' names. I am a Londoner, though .

Is someone introduced their child to me as Cuba or introduced themselves as Cuba I wouldn't be shocked, I would probably think they were from another country and it was either a traditional name or a shortened name. It does sound nice but I probably wohldn't have expected it to be spelt in the same way as the country.
When I see it written down I just think of the country.
There are other country names though like India and America ( both girls names) so this is not something that unusual.

If you like it OP then use it, you could even spell it slightly differently if you wanted to avoid people thinking of the country.

Is it because it sounds exotic? How would you feel if you met a cuban child called england?

What could other spellings be that aren't just stupid like cuhyoobah