Swan for baby girl

[userchanger]

The name Swan for a baby girl AIBU

Jesus the reactions on here! What about wren, Robin...who decides? There’s children named after flowers birds ect.

Op I like the name, it’s original and beautiful.

I wouldn’t but the reactions here when Bear, Fox, Wren, Robin, Raven, Paloma are fairly uncommon are way OTT.

Common obviously not uncommon.

It's not an attractive name, never mind the link to a large white bird with a long neck and orange beak. Why not 'Goose' ?

@ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba

only if your surname is Lake

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I don't like it, as I don't like any names that have become more well known as names that are actually nouns, but the OP is right.

Why is she being ridiculed for 'Swan' when people use

Robin
Willow
Rowan
Sky
Summer
Autumn
Poppy
Rose
Tulip
Tuesday
River
Wren

etc.,etc.,etc ?

I mean. I don't like any of them, but I don't see anything more ridiculous about Swan than any of these other similar names.

Wren is nice.

Swan is fucking ridiculous.

Who knows why.

Your hormones are thinking for you though, OP.
Back to the bumper book of names with you

I like Dove but Swan is awful

Oh also, young children often struggle with a 'S-consonant' sound, so will say Shwan for a few years.

So: 'My name's Shwan', 'Your name's Sian?' 'Sean?' 'Shawn?'

I think Swan is fine

Different and unique!

Sometimes people have used animal names because of the “characteristics” of the said animal or plant.

Swans may be beautiful but they are also aggressive and territorial. They don’t have a beautiful birdsong.” To swan” means to move about or go somewhere in a casual, irresponsible, or ostentatious way.
It’s also an acronym of a medical condition.

So basically people will associate the name with many different characteristics and it won’t be the same ones as you / the same as you would intend.

Of course people who know the child will get used it, but she may struggle in life having to overcome this with every new person. It’s exhausting and can prime you for a negative outlook, because it’s both unusual and not an actual name.

You can always use it as a middle / second name of course.

Is it any worse than Tyger?

Wren and Robin are at least lovely songbirds. Swans are vicious fuckers. There was a swan in Cambridge called Mr Asbo and he had a son called Asboy because they used to attack people on the river!

Swans are very beautiful.

Foxes are a menace that kill small animals for sport and empty dustbins across the street.

Bears kill people.

Doesn’t stop the popularity of the names.

These are ridiculous reasons trying to out the OP off.

Fox and bear are bloody awful as names though. Bear is cringe enough as a nickname (eg Henry Bear 🤮) let alone a given name.

Lol!!

@PattyPan

Fox and bear are bloody awful as names though. Bear is cringe enough as a nickname (eg Henry Bear 🤮) let alone a given name.

I agree but be consistent at least.

Swans are aggressive, territorial and associated with rape.

Robins though, are massive philanderers. Anyone who thinks they're just cute, friendly little things needs to read about the sex lives of robins.

Robins are incredibly territorial and aggressive, too, and the red breast is a threat colour, not a cute Christmas card-themed thing. Mind you, duck sex (gang rape, corkscrew penises, toothed vaginas etc) is probably the most disturbing bird sex fact.

Yes, definitely don't call your child Duck. (Drake!).

Dove
Piper
Raven
Jay
Linnet
Martin
Merlin
Falcon
Kite
Skylark
Swift
I think looking to the natural world for baby names is a nice idea.

Dove
Merlin
Falcon
Kite
Skylark
Swift

Please can we not give OP terrible suggestions? No one should have to endure having one of these as a name.

I really like it :)

We all have unusual names in my family (my son is an animal name and I'm a fruit) and funnily enough, children don't tend to give a shit what you're called. It's the parents who seem to struggle with something out of the ordinary.

Hmmmm

No.