What does everyone think??

[Sophwalms]

I already have 1 som who is 5 called noah and he is so excited that hes having a baby brother and he and my partner wants to call him bear??

So you want to copy two celebs - Bear Grylls and Cheryl Cole at once?

Why not think of something more original?

Don’t do it, OP. It’s really silly.

As a nickname for Edward, if you must.

Most children are excited to be getting a sibling. Giving them a say on the name of that sibling is weird IMHO. Decide it between you and your partner.

If you need validation from MM, you probably aren’t really that comfortable with it.

How about using a proper name but his home nickname can be Bear? you'll be setting him up for a lifetime of not being taken seriously if you give him Bear as his first name, their adults much longer than they are children.

How will that work anyway, if you already call DS1 Bear as a nickname?

Bjorn is bear in swedish

Orson means “bear cub” and had the advantages of being - 1- a real name and 2- unusual but not weird.

My son has s friend called Orson. He spent the first 3 years of their friendship thinking he was called Awesome.

Fine as a nickname but not as a real name

Use Edward or Theodore and have Bear as a nickname

I also know a Rupert who’s family nickname I was Bear when he was little (as in Rupert Bear)

There's a kids clothes brand called Noah and the Bear.

It's a stupid name for a person.

Bear is awful, please don't! He's a person, not a pet or something

I dislike it.

But it's a nice nn.