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The name Reef?

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June340oo · 14/09/2019 20:50

Opinion on the name Reef?

Found out we are having a baby boy, we both have struggled to agree on names. We like the following three, Reef, River & Oakley. The front runner being Reef.

James being the second name, what is your opinion on Reef?

I work in the marine biology field so it has sentimental value to me as I love the ocean and all things marine, keep marine tanks etc. My wife loves it too.

Just want your honest opinions? We want something different but not to weird.

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Frith2013 · 14/09/2019 21:10

Caspian (as in the sea)
Bay
Ferdinand (Magellan)
Christopher
Morgan (Welsh for man from the sea)
Midas
Neptune
Tristan
Fisher
Ortun (Welsh for of the shore)
Moses

ClashCityRocker · 14/09/2019 21:11

I like it!

(I am drunk right now though)

I think it has a nice sound.

TwatCat · 14/09/2019 21:12

Do you smoke much weed OP? Because that's what I would think.

TheRLodger · 14/09/2019 21:13

Reef alcopops
Reef sandals
Great Barrier Reef

Not a fan on River
Oakley is ok but the best out of a bad bunch

SpanishTiles · 14/09/2019 21:15

Do you like to sit by the river wearing Oakleys and smoking the reefer op?

MajesticWhine · 14/09/2019 21:17

No to Reef.
River and Oakley are ok, if you must.

villainousbroodmare · 14/09/2019 21:18

I know one, aged 6 or so, and he is awfully badly behaved, which colours it for me.

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June340oo · 14/09/2019 21:18

I don’t smoke weed, didn’t even think about the connotation between the two. Just of the ocean and the reefs around them. Keep the opinions coming..

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MileyWiley · 14/09/2019 21:18

Awful. Oakley is marginally better, as is River.

FenellaMaxwell · 14/09/2019 21:19

Crappy alcopop from my student days!

EdWinchester · 14/09/2019 21:21

Don't be silly. No.

Would you like to be saddled with such a twatty, try-hard name?

IggyAce · 14/09/2019 21:23

My dd went to nursery with a boy called Reef, did think it was unusual but not totally out there. Probably because others in the co-hort were called Tiara, Crystal, Preston and Chase.

BelindasGleeTeam · 14/09/2019 21:25

Taught a kid with this name.

No. No. Thrice no.

Disfordarkchocolate · 14/09/2019 21:26

I like River and Reef, not Oakley.

user1493494961 · 14/09/2019 21:26

Go with James, change your name to Reef or River.

SmellMySmellbow · 14/09/2019 21:34

You don't smoke weed, but it's what I would suspect of the parents with a kid called Reef. Or it would just make me think of spliffs. Which is totally fine imo but prob just not what you want people to think of every time they hear his name. Oakley is nice.

ClaraThePigeon · 14/09/2019 21:38

Reef is a bad idea. I'd think of reefer too. River is ok. Oakley is incredibly ugly.

lottiegarbanzo · 14/09/2019 21:44

Reef? What, did you say wreath?

Ralph, or Keith. Not Reef.

ohmysoul · 14/09/2019 21:44

Reef is definitely an alcopop from my late teens. Don't do it!

PotteringAlong · 14/09/2019 21:47

I know one. It has been the subject of much discussion.

GlasshouseStoneThrower · 14/09/2019 21:50

Scylla and Charibdis 😂😂😂😂 please tell me you know what those names mean?

helpmum2003 · 14/09/2019 21:52

Sorry Reef is awful.
Are there any islands you have an attachment to? Eg Lewis?
There are dolphin species called Hector and Fraser.

HerRoyalNotness · 14/09/2019 21:52

Nope I don’t like it.

Plenty of suggestions here, but a lot are bonkers wehavekids.com/baby-names/ocean-inspired-baby-names

One that jumped out was Ridley, a small sea turtle, that’s quite nice and goes well with James.

strawberry2017 · 14/09/2019 21:55

It's not a name sorry

LollyBeebee123 · 14/09/2019 21:55

I’m not keen. I like the other two names much better.