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Linton?
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Grumpy19 · 22/11/2020 15:12
What do you think?
I'm thinking Bronte sounding.
For a boy.
Thoughts welcome 🙂
Sexnotgender · 22/11/2020 15:16
Not a fan, probably because in Scotland there is an east and west Linton so just makes me think of that.
What about Lyndon?
Grumpy19 · 22/11/2020 15:20
Hmm, not a fan of Lyndon as I know one who is a bit of a drunk!
Zolaanna · 22/11/2020 15:20
It's a village in Cambridgeshire. I don't like it at all the name that is not the place, they have a zoo though.
FelicityPike · 22/11/2020 15:20
Lynton is a nicer way to spell it.
ShitXmasCracker · 22/11/2020 15:22
Not nice. Makes me think of lint.
Lyndon slightly better.
Tolleshunt · 22/11/2020 15:23
It has unhappy connotations for me because of Wuthering Heights.
TeaAndHobnob · 22/11/2020 15:23
Are you a fan of Linton Kwesi Johnson OP?
user1493494961 · 22/11/2020 15:23
It's a surname.
Grumpy19 · 22/11/2020 15:25
Ok. It's looking like a no so far.
SingleHandSue · 22/11/2020 15:25
As long as the middle names are Travel and Tavern...
rooarsome · 22/11/2020 15:29
I also associate it with Edgar Linton from Wuthering Heights
MaltedMilk88 · 22/11/2020 15:29
Not for me but if you like it that's all that really matters
TotalBitch · 22/11/2020 15:29
Not keen... I know a Lincoln, which again, isn't to my taste, but you might like. There is also the Irish name Finton?
Squiffany · 22/11/2020 15:30
Linton-on-Ouse is a village in Yorkshire. Makes me think of that.
icedaisy · 22/11/2020 15:35
Village in Scottish Borders to me
BurningEars · 22/11/2020 15:37
I don’t like it.
BurningEars · 22/11/2020 15:37
What about Clinton?
joybrightnice · 22/11/2020 15:39
It's a village near me so no and reminds me of lint.
BowiesJumper · 22/11/2020 15:49
Travel tavern...
TheMarzipanDildo · 22/11/2020 15:52
Linton has fairly unfortunate connotations in Wuthering Heights doesn’t it? I mean all of the characters are dodgy in that book.
melisande99 · 22/11/2020 15:52
It's the wimp from Wuthering Heights, isn't it? Isabella and Heathcliif's snivelling, selfish son?
ShouldHaveCouldHaveWouldHave · 22/11/2020 16:20
There’s a Lynton in my family, I like it.
AlexaShutUp · 22/11/2020 16:22
Sorry, I think of Lynton Crosby, which is not a positive association.
Grumpy19 · 22/11/2020 16:23
Ok. Thanks. Back to the drawing board! 🤣
TheNanny23 · 23/11/2020 15:03
I have a friend with that surname so I’d assume if I heard a boy called Linton that his friends were calling him by his surname.
Clint or Carlton?
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