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132 replies

SoonToBeDad30 · 05/09/2020 15:00

Hello, my wife and I are expecting and are having difficulty whittling down our choices. For boys we like:
Jules
August
Forrest
Devon
Clay
Caspian
Fox
Orion
Woody
Bear

For girls we like:
Heather
Paloma
Storm
Marina
Adelaide
Rosemary
Mango

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shartsi · 05/09/2020 20:30

Woody is another word for erection

user1493494961 · 05/09/2020 21:08

Rosemary and Heather are OK, the rest are awful.

sibbys · 05/09/2020 21:09

Paloma + Woody

CaffiSaliMali · 05/09/2020 21:11

Caspian is the best of your boys names. If you like Jules you might like Jude? Also Tristan and Jasper feel like names of a similar style to Caspian.

I really like Rosemary (and other Rose names e.g. Rosa, Rosalie and Rosanna).

Heather, Adelaide and Marina are all nice too, albeit a bit old fashioned.

I don't think your son would thank you for the name Woody, he'll have a lifetime of erection jokes.

Firebird83 · 05/09/2020 23:24

Mango??

RAOK · 06/09/2020 00:26

I don’t like any of these names. Please do not called your child Mango.

Frazzled2207 · 06/09/2020 00:29

Yes Margot is great
Heather is ok, Paloma is nice but I think you would need Spanish connections
Adelaide is fabulous but brave.

Sorry I don’t like any of your boys names. If I had to choose I’d probably go with Woody.

PeaceAndHarmoneeee · 06/09/2020 00:33

Sorry but I don't like any of the boys names.

I like Margo (but definitely not mango!) and Heather is ok.

Giraffey1 · 06/09/2020 00:36

I think most of these names are rather pretentious, but each to their own. But Mango, really? I know that Bob Geldoff’s daughter is Peaches, but that’s frankly just as ridiculous ....

dicksplash · 06/09/2020 00:37

I don't like any, most I hate, some less so. I'm I'm in the UK though, I think that make a difference so if you are not in the UK many of us are not your audience.

Newgirl20 · 06/09/2020 02:40

Jules❌ slightly prententious
August❔ maybe doable think of the rapper tho
Forrest❌ run forest run no
Devon❌ tacky
Clay❌ think of the Rooneys no
Caspian✔️ favourite
Fox❌ just no
Orion✔️ second favourite
Woody❌ no its not toy story
Bear✔️ don't hate not my favourite but a nice name

For girls we like:
Heather❌ just as bad as rosemary
Paloma❔ not sure abit too unusual
Storm❔ also a tad unusual would associate with Kylie jenner
Marina✔️ probably the best
Adelaide✔️ second best
Rosemary❌ awful and dated don't know why people like it
Mango❌ just no

TeensArghhh · 06/09/2020 02:43

Umm... 🤔

alexdgr8 · 06/09/2020 03:34

i think this is a joke.
like something from a sitcom.

soundsystem · 06/09/2020 03:44

Jules or Caspian for a boy
Heather, Paloma or Rosemary from your girls list are ok

You can't call an actual human being Mango

Newgirl20 · 06/09/2020 03:59

@alexdgr8 yeah reading it back I had the feeling, it seemed pretty unbelievable, the names don't seem to fit a criteria at all

Astronica · 06/09/2020 07:36

I love August and Adelaide, so easy choices there for me.

Caspian and Woody are okay, but dislike the rest.

Paloma and Marina are nice enough, not keen on the rest.

PuppyPowerPowder · 06/09/2020 07:45

August (though prefer Augustus) and Marina. The others are not to my taste at all, to put it mildly.

NoemiaElara · 06/09/2020 07:53

August
Devon
Fox
Woody

Heather
Paloma
Marina
Adelaide
Rosemary

Is Mango a joke?

CatteStreet · 06/09/2020 07:54

Caspian and Marina.

The rest of the boys' names are dreadful.

Paloma and Adelaide are OK. The other girls' names, not so. I am going to charitably assume that Mango is a typo for Margo, which would seem to fit your naming style.

Crockof · 06/09/2020 07:55

There is a MNetter with a Plum, which I've actually grown to like so I'm going for Mango. Boys name Spud?

Sexnotgender · 06/09/2020 07:58

Jules no
August I actually met a baby boy August at baby group and quite like the name
Forrest no
Devon ok
Clay no
Caspian no
Fox no
Orion no
Woody if you must
Bear no

For girls we like:
Heather ok
Paloma ok
Storm no
Marina ok
Adelaide no
Rosemary no
Mango dear lord no

FippertyGibbett · 06/09/2020 07:59

I don’t like any.

Smileandtheworldsmileswithyou · 06/09/2020 08:02

I feel like you may be taking the piss with this post.

Correlation · 06/09/2020 08:15

This has to be a joke

SoonToBeDad30 · 06/09/2020 09:43

Update mango is a typo. I meant Margo.

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