Dublin as a name?

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Thoughts? Would you think boy or girl?

Silly. But I'm Irish.
Boy, probably.

Daft. Is your other child called Birmingham?

I'd think boy.

I'd also be thinking he was conceived on a drunken hen or stag weekend.

I don't like it!

Boy.

Middle or first name?

I wouldn't have a clue if it was a boy or girl but I would think it was weird either way.

I'd have assumed girl.

It means black pool which I'm not sure is great if you care about meanings.

If you would call your offspring Wolverhampton, Hove, or Dundee.

Please no.

Meh, its not to my taste but If people can register Venezuela and Brooklyn, why not Dublin?

How about Grimsby?
Great Yarmouth?
Bray?
Dun Laoghaire?
or Ballsbridge?
See what I mean?

How about Douglas - that's a town, though admittedly not a large town.

I wouldn't have a clue whether it was a boy or girl

It's not to my taste but no worse than Chelsea, Brooklyn, Siena, Lourdes etc I suppose

I can't separate it from the city in my head.

I wouldn't have any idea whether it was a boy or a girl either.

Grimsby!😹

Why would you do that to a baby?

I just keep thinking of my English DP doing his Bono impression, going "Bubblin' Dublin". Just no.

Boy. But I'd feel sorry for him.

Aargh. I would think Aargh. Please don't do this to a child, get a dog or something and call that Dublin...

I'd think boy. You are setting them up for a lifetime of answering why are you called that?/Are you Irish?/is your family Irish?

I'd think daft parents.

It's not like there is a shortage of proper names. Come on.

I would think very much no.

I do know a little girl called Aberdeen whose brother is Galway.

Their parents can be semi-forgiven as they're Australian and met while backpacking around Europe

If you're going to pick an Irish place name, at least pick a place that is scenic and picturesque like Kerry...or Dingle or Muff maybe?

Muff 😂

I'd also be thinking he was conceived on a drunken hen or stag weekend

I'd be thinking s/he was named on a drunken weekend!

I'd think daft parents. It's not like there is a shortage of proper names. Come on
^^ This x100!!!!

I'd assume a child named Dublin was an American girl whose parents grandparents x 5 were Irish immigrants and the parents really want everyone to know this.

Boy, but it's an absolutely awful name. And if I encountered a child with that name I'd definitely wonder whether he was saddled with it because of that stupid trend of naming a child after where they were conceived, which is far TMI in my opinion.