Opinions on the name Alaska?

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Alaska for a girl?

Half baked idea, sorry.

Dis - you beat me to it!
(It's a daft name.)

Not keen. Saskia as an alternative maybe?

I like Saskia, but I think Alaska is a little weird. Plus it just makes me think of Sarah Palin and 'I can see Russia from my house'.

Unless you have some really strong personal connection to the place?

Terrible. In the same camp as Chardonnay and Mercedes.

As a RP Drag Race fan I immediately think things you don't want associated with a baby...

It's irrelevant if you've got a 'strong personal connection to a place'.
I've got a strong, personal connection to various locales, but I wouldn't name a child after them.

The car was named after Mercedes, not the other way round
I quite like Alaska. Also like Asia.

I don’t know. I’ll ask her. 😂

Who’s that girl over there?
Alaska
Oh don’t worry I’ll ask her myself

We have a few alaskas at work. They are huskies

Don't you like her then?.

The car was named after Mercedes, not the other way round

I didn't say it wasn't, I referred to it as it's naff that's all.

I was thinking half-baked. Might be quite cute for a husky.

Just dreadful
quite quite dreadful

wtf is goin on with the baby name boards lately?
You do all realise that you are naming people don't you?

Sorry. I immediately thought half baked too.

Makes me think of names like Paris, Montana, Blue and other weird celebrity kids names. I don't see the appeal of naming a kid after a place or a thing.

GreatDuckCookery I think what RickOShay was trying to point out is that Mercedes is in fact an actual girls’ name - it is very common in Spain. So not at all naff there, although I agree that most girls called Mercedes in the UK are more likely to be named after the car, which is naff.

I know a Mercedes who is lovely.

Alaska... hmm, I really don't see the attraction in it as a name.

But I know people with place names - India, Florence, Chelsea, Adelaide, Milan, Devon, Savannah, Paris.

Maybe I'm not keen on Alaska because I've never heard it as a person name.

Thanks MrsFezzi
Still quite like Alaska

Hideous. Please don’t.

Just awful

Sounds like you didn't know how to pronounce and spell Alexa. Sorry.

Alaska Thunderfuck.

I like it Also like Mercedes.