Cedar

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I'm currently pregnant with my 7th and I'm liking the name Cedar if I have a boy. I have a dd is called Rowan and my eldest's middle name is Oak, Mother in law has started referring to our family as the forest which I find annoying and I don't know whether adding a Cedar to the mix would be too much

I love Cedar but also Aspen.

What are your other children's names? I love hearing unusual names.

Ash or Asher is lovely

Maybe as a middle name! Possibly more for a girl.

What about the name forest

Fractionally better than Denham!!!! 😂 😂 😂 Like the suggestion of forest, Henry forest sounds cute

What about cedric? Not my taste but at least it's an actual name

@BabyLlamaZen
My other kids are called Phoebe Oak, Silas Murphy, Freddie River, Audrey Thea, Rowan Jane and Ezra Solomon.

Go with Henry.

He would be nicknamed Cedie if its used as a first name
(Seedy; adjective 1. sleazy, sordid, squalid, low, nasty)

I'm not thinking of using a nickname even though other people might. My son silas gets nicknamed Si and I wouldn't want to use the nickname Cedie and I was thinking more of if he gets nicknamed he would be called C or Cee.

Oh no Cedar is horrid. It's got a real cigars-and-aftershave vibe somehow. Bleurgh. And... it's quite different to your other names. They are original but nice.

And he'd be shortened to Seed or Seedy.

Asa, Felix, Bruno?

Ceda pronounced cedar is usually a girls name but its a tree so no reason not to use it on a boy. I really like it.

Cider.

Nope.

Ash is cool

This threads spooked me a bit haha i was literally just talking to someone about a woman called cida and psychic connections and then i log into mumsnet and see this thread.

Cici for a girl? Willow? Laurel?

Brook for a boy? Heath? Ellis?

I love Willow and Ash but DH doesn't so they are off the list. I love Felix but BIL is called Felix. Thank you for all the other suggestions though.

Linden (one of my favourite trees)
Alder
Cedar could be a great middle name with Henry.

I met a girl recently named Lavender, which, in reality, was just gorgeous. It's a heavenly name.

The Cedar I knew years ago was a girl and often known by CeeCee

I dont think its an issue as your oak has it as middle name and frankly I think your mil is rude

I like Cedar and I've heard of it as a name before. I actually think the forest thing is cute and I like a pp's suggestion of referring to the baby as the little sapling! All of your kids have wonderful names 😊.

Has anyone suggested Reed yet? It's a nature name and has a similar sound to Cedar.

I always read Cedar to rhyme with cheddar I KNOW that’s not how you say it but it always takes me a minute to remember it’s ‘See-far’.

That’s my issue though, and maybe if I knew a cute baby called ‘See-dar’ it would remind me how to say it properly.

—or I would secretly be calling them cheddar in my head—

@CatRamsey
Thank you!
I know a little boy called Reed and think it is a lovely name.

He'd have to change it (or be subjected to sniggers all the time) if he ever moved to France or worked for a French company - Cedar is pronounced the same as SIDA, which is what the French call AIDS.