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Remi - thoughts on this name please.

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DollyTeddy100 · 15/12/2016 16:19

Baby is all well and here. Just need to finalise name.

Remi is top contender right now, thoughts on it?

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OlennasWimple · 15/12/2016 16:20

Hope your surname isn't Martin

BratFarrarsPony · 15/12/2016 16:21

good name.
Wasn't there a St. Remy?

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DollyTeddy100 · 15/12/2016 16:22

It isn't Martin but why would that be a problem?

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TaggieRR · 15/12/2016 16:23

There's a remy Martin cognac or brandy I think!

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DollyTeddy100 · 15/12/2016 16:25

Also do you prefer Remi or Remy? Which is more masculine?

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AvonCallingBarksdale · 15/12/2016 16:37

Hmmm. I do know a Remi- as a name I like it. However at school it was a rather unpleasant nickname for what was then the remedial set. That was a million years ago though!

Out2pasture · 15/12/2016 16:39

Very old school, visions of a French Canadian fur trapper living in a log cabin.

Vixxfacee · 15/12/2016 16:43

I like it. I called my puppy remi. I see Remy as more of a boys name, however Remy Ma the rapper spells hers like that.

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DollyTeddy100 · 15/12/2016 16:45

It's for a boy Smile I'm thinking Remy is probably better.

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Roomba · 15/12/2016 17:06

It reminds me of the character in House of Cards (US version). Beyond that, I have no associations with it - it's a nice name though.

minipie · 15/12/2016 17:16

I'd go with Remy. Remi looks like it's short for something. I like it.

heebiejeebie · 15/12/2016 17:22

Remyifentanil. Anaesthetic

You did ask.

AutumnalLeaves38 · 15/12/2016 17:26

I like it. Prefer the Remy spelling for a boy. As its origins mean "oarsman", I picture a strong-minded, sporty rower...(though, who knows? Could just as easily suit someone shy and studious!).

Just out of interest, do you have French family connections, or do you simply like the name?

Congratulations on your new baby boy Flowers

IHeartKingThistle · 15/12/2016 17:31

I taught a brilliant one once. Great name.

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DollyTeddy100 · 15/12/2016 17:34

We are a French family Smile

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Raines100 · 15/12/2016 17:35

Congratulations on the birth of your son.

Remy (that spelling) is a lovely name.

WuTangFlan · 15/12/2016 17:39

The rat in Ratatouille is a Remy, iirc. No other particular associations (aside from alcohol ones already covered).

VanillaSugarAndChristmasSpice · 15/12/2016 17:40

Oh, I was a out to ask if you were French. As you are, then Yes! A friend of mine called her son Remi (they aren't French) and I that that was a bit pretentious.

Personally, I love Didier. And Olivier.

reindeerbitesback · 15/12/2016 18:16

I love Remi (and Remy) - gorgeous name. Either spelling is lovely.

lilapril · 15/12/2016 18:25

Remy is top of DH's list for a boy! I think it's lovely Smile congratulations on your new arrival Flowers

2014newme · 15/12/2016 18:27

Do you watch house of cards?

It's normally spelt Remy like the booze

Jooni · 15/12/2016 19:14

Remy is lovely. Not keen on the -i spelling. Congratulations Flowers

Sophronia · 15/12/2016 21:48

I really like Remy spelled this way

1horatio · 15/12/2016 22:21

Remy is great

PunkrockerGirl · 15/12/2016 22:23

Sorry, I think it's awful.

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