Sloane or Blair?

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Im hoping for a girl and these are two names ive picked , what do you think of them ? Sloane just jumps out at me I haven't questioned it once I just love it for some reason, for a boy I have Maddox or Theo, am I being ridiculous

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Sorry to say, it is still commonly used as an insult.

Are Sloane and Blair not characters in Gossip Girl??

Yes Sloane is pearls and loafers - Princess Diana being ultimate Sloane ranger.

I like Blair for a boy - ok for a girl.

BratFarrarsPony I have really never heard of Sloane Ranger! Until now of course ,

ClarissaDarling I've never seen gossip girl is it a film ? So I don't know if they are characters ️sorry haha

I actually really like Sloane but I'd say it's hard to pull off of your child will be brought up in Britain.

Blair is a boys name despite what Mrs Lively might think

They sound very American

Sloane is an insult where I'm from

CockneyViv no chance as much as Id love to live in Britain ,
Baby will be born and bred in dublin !

Oh I was going to say Blair till a pp reminded me about Ferris Bueller's day off! Sloane is cool. The Sloane Ranger thing... hmmm not ideal, but I wonder how many people really use the term any more?

Both are awful, sorry

I'm not keen on either. If I had to choose one, I'd go with Sloane, because Sloane Rangers are a slightly better association than Tony Blair.

From your longer list, I like Mila. :)

Sounds very American to me as well - and that's not often a good thing w names (imo).

Sorry, to me Sloane and Blair both sound like vacuous big haired heroines from an eighties US mini series.

Sloane is a name? Awful.

I love the name Mila.

Mila is lovely.

I love Sloane. Sloane Peterson was beautiful.

I like Theo and Sidney for boys.

I like both names but in a movie, Sloane or Blair would always be the impossibly perfect WASP ex girlfriend of the leading man. The one his parents prefer to the leading lady.

I'm sorry, but Sloane is a particularly ugly name, whether as last or first name, and especially for a girl. Blair isn't much better (plus has the Tony Blair association and the film The Blair Witch - not great). The surnames for first names thing is such an unappealing American trend, why copy them?

Why would you do that to your daughter? Give her a proper female name that isn't a surname. Mila for example (which is gorgeous) or, as you are in Dublin, there are so many lovely Irish names.

Sloane is truly hideous. The sound, the connotations, everything. As is Blair, especially for a girl.

Some others on your list are lovely.

I love Theo for a boy and Mila for a girl
Sloane reminds me of the sloane rangers and Blair reminds me of Tony Blair!
But really just go with whatever you love because there will always be someone who doesnt like the name. It just matters that you like it.

I prefer Sloane to Blair. Blair makes me think of both Tony Blair & The Blair Witch Project (horror film).

Out of your whole list, I like Mila best (was also on my list for DD) and also love Harper & Piper.

I like Theo best for a boy

I'm from Dublin and to be honest I think either would work, but I'm sure you'll get lots of 'oooh that's so unusual'. Ireland is weirdly conservative with names.

They're certainly both very preppy American, but so what, if that's your taste that's your taste. God knows the country has enough Aoifes and Ciaras 😉