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Ok, now for a boys name we like....

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Gameofgnomes · 27/08/2017 13:50

I was so pleased with the response about Billie for a girl but this one is a bit more 'unusual'

Link

I know you can lengthen it to be Lincoln but I don't like that so it would just be Link.

DH is a huge Zelda fan Grin

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rosesndt · 27/08/2017 13:50

i love Link, there is one in Hairspray

daisypond · 27/08/2017 14:21

No. Awful. The weak link, weakest link, etc.

indigox · 27/08/2017 14:33

Hate it.

early30smum · 27/08/2017 14:50

Not for me, sorry!

Mrscropley · 27/08/2017 14:51

Yuck.

Decaffstilltastesweird · 27/08/2017 15:03

I'm not keen, but I've heard worse!

chowmeinchick · 27/08/2017 15:05

Is it actually a name?

sonlypuppyfat · 27/08/2017 15:06

Link?

BertrandRussell · 27/08/2017 15:06

Awful.

numbmum83 · 27/08/2017 15:09

I thought you had posted a link to a name , then I realised it was the name! Lol

Hmmm not for me but it's not my child .

NoTractorsAtTheTable · 27/08/2017 15:11

My first thought was Zelda misspent youth Grin

Friend of mine was considering it and went for Hero instead, which is also quite unusual, but seems to be more acceptable as a name.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 27/08/2017 15:45

Sorry, it's a big NO, from me.

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Gameofgnomes · 27/08/2017 15:52

Just me and you rosesndt Grin

I expected it which means I probably shouldn't saddle the child with years of Hmm whenever they introduce themselves.

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daisypond · 27/08/2017 16:01

I've just had to google what Zelda means. To me, Zelda can only be Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of the writer Scott Fitzgerald. I was completely off track on that. But I still don't like Link.

MammieBear · 27/08/2017 16:02

Think it's awful, and I've NEVER said that about a name but technically this isn't one.

TitsalinaBumSquash · 27/08/2017 16:07

I don't think it's awful, I'm a Zelda fan though.

NC4now · 27/08/2017 16:11

Yep, Legends of Zelda. Are you a Nintendo fan?

bridgetreilly · 27/08/2017 16:13

It's awful. It's not a name and as a word it doesn't mean or sound like anything which is a name. Please don't.

NoCapes · 27/08/2017 16:13

Link isn't really a name, I'd go with Lincoln and just call him Link for short

Makes me think of prison break

RiverTam · 27/08/2017 16:13

I would go for Lincoln and then just always call him Link. It makes more sense for those not in the know re Zelda, and it gives him options if he decides Link is too out there.

mooneyboo · 27/08/2017 16:21

I like the sound of it but I don't like how it is written down. Could there be another way to spell it?

Jooni · 27/08/2017 17:15

I quite like it actually

Glumglowworm · 27/08/2017 17:17

Awful sorry

I'm not a fan of Lincoln but it's better than just Link

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Gameofgnomes · 27/08/2017 17:18

The weird thing is, I don't like Lincoln.

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InvisibleCities · 27/08/2017 17:27

If you like it, use it. Just don't be surprised if his mates start calling him URL!

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