Swan for baby girl

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The name Swan for a baby girl AIBU

You can't call your kid swan. Lots of nice nature names if that's your thing. Lots of plants, flowers and trees you could name your baby after. Or if it has to be a bird then Robyn/Robin, Wren, Jay, Dove, Lark, Paloma...

Middle name lake

Actually I prefer it to Wren, which is often commended on here, and which I find sickeningly twee.

Leda?

@Seesawmummadaw - Katie, is that you??

Swan is probably short for Swantje, a Frisian name. It does mean swan or swan’s daughter. Pronounced svant-yeh

No

Frisia = islands off the coast of Netherlands and Northwest Germany, hence a popular name in that region. I have met many women and girls called Swantje or Svantje but wasn’t aware of the nickname.

Honestly, I swear parents get crazier by the minute. Just choose a sensible name which goes well with your surname or any surname you may have in the future, not one she could be bullied over for many years to come. Beaky, anyone!

Stop trying to be the trendy one; it just makes you the laughing stock at the school gate. If you love the name so much, change yours by deed poll and live with it yourself.

@dogistoobigforthesofa

The Irish for swan is Eala. That might work better (unless you live in Ireland of course!)

I bloody love that! How is it pronounced?

I'm officially broody! 😂

oh god why!!

"hi, this is my lawyer, swan"
"swan the stripper" etc

noooo

I see your Swan and I raise you a FRESIA (inspired by others on this thread!)

It would be a perfect name for the first-born of triplets, as long as the siblings who follow are called Stu and Sanuther

not one she could be bullied over for many years to come. Beaky, anyone!

With a slight twist, maybe.... loving the thought of six siblings called Dave, Dee, Daisy, Becky, Mick & Rich

@CandyLeBonBon You can hear it if you follow this link - kind of like Ay-la www.howtopronounce.com/eala

I actually like it

No. Her name is Liz, Swan is a nickname because the protagonists dead wife was also called Liz. To be honest I've heard worse names but its not for me.

If you happen to live anywhere near Middlesbrough, she could grow up to be an 'alternative' celebrity and, for her wacky, nonsensical professional pseudonym phrase (like Joan As Policewoman or Megan Thee Stallion), she could be known as Swan Tees-Made

😂 you can't name a kid "Swan"

Makes me think of matches, filters and Tabacco rolling papers.

Also football "Swansea City"

I mean of you are a 40 a day Rollie smoker and love Swansea city football club go for it 😂

No. The show on Netflix was created for entertainment purposes. A baby is a human, a real person, and deserves a human name.

@CandyLeBonBon Sorry - this is a better link www.teanglann.ie/en/fuaim/-eala More like Ah-la really. i thought it was pronounced Ay-la, but seems I'm wrong (I'm not Irish but DH is). Probably culturally confusing then, so maybe best avoided.

Swan doesn’t work op.

But you can call her duck, magpie, owl or chaffinch of course

Oh wait, maybe you should call her an actual name.

The first thing that jumped into my mind is Swan Vesta.

There was a young man on Big Fat Gypsy Weddings called Swanley Smith.

Is it the sound you like or that it's a bird?

I really don't think naming a child Swan is a good idea.

I've name changed!
Now I'm married, my initials spell SWAN.
It is commented on by everyone when they see it (ie whenever they email me, as my email address is SWAN....@company.com
I'm affectionately called Swanny by some people, but I'd never want it as a name.
Please think again.

I don't think Swan is up there with Bunny - more like rabbit, or mouse or dog. It's definitely not a name!