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Silas

56 replies

shasha21 · 07/12/2022 13:50

What do you think?

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Purplemagnolias · 07/12/2022 15:14

Silas like Silver or Silvia

is it not to rhyme with sigh rather than sill?

Lullabies2Paralyze · 07/12/2022 15:45

Someone I work with with that name and honestly I always think of Silo (ie pig silo) especially given the nature of our job haha

DunnoIfImOverreacting · 07/12/2022 15:50

I love it, it makes me think of a tv programme of the same name (after the main character) that I loved as a kid.

CornishGem1975 · 07/12/2022 15:50

Reminds me of Silas Marner.

But also, it's a traveller name around here.

Spanielsarepainless · 07/12/2022 15:51

Sounds a good solid name.

4onway · 07/12/2022 15:52

I think objectively it’s a nice name but was forced to study Silas Marner for gcse and it was so dull and depressing

SecretVictoria · 07/12/2022 15:54

I used to watch a (German? Dutch?) TV programme as a kid about a boy who ran away from the circus IIRC. Also reminds me of the serial killer in Hollyoaks.

LittleBrownRug · 07/12/2022 15:56

shasha21 · 07/12/2022 13:50

What do you think?

Please don't. That poor child.

FourChimneys · 07/12/2022 15:59

I love it, but I'm a big fan of George Eliot.

He needs a brother called Edgar, one of my favourite boy's names.

Spenn · 07/12/2022 16:01

Reminds me of summer holiday tv https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas(TVV_series)

Which was so boring (and badly dubbed) we used to call it Silage

handbagsandholidays · 07/12/2022 16:04

I'm
Not keen on it as i used to be a hollyoaks fan in my teens and it reminds me of the serial killer character. However it really doesn't matter what I think and I think if I knew another Silas in reality that wouldn't be my first thought of the name. X

velvetiserenthusiast · 07/12/2022 16:05

Silas is also the name of the main villain in The Vampire Diaries - I wonder if films/TV shows view it on the same level as Lucifer? Given all the replies here reference bad guys on film..

AllPlayedOut · 07/12/2022 16:12

Awful.

Rachaelrachael · 07/12/2022 16:13

Sorry I don't like it. Makes me think of the hollyoaks killer but also generally doesn't have a good 'feel' to it, cant really explain why

SirenSays · 07/12/2022 16:14

Love it! Way better than all the old man names around atm and He was the hot blonde in Weeds

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 07/12/2022 16:14

Love it

Mercurial123 · 07/12/2022 16:16

Hate it.

LadyKenya · 07/12/2022 16:18

Nice strong sounding name. The classroom will not be full of boys with the same name.

chercez · 07/12/2022 16:19

I'm not a fan, reminds me of silage. Sorry

LaLaLouella · 07/12/2022 16:19

Depressed farmer...

miltonj · 07/12/2022 16:27

Not keen but love Cyrus. Go for Cyrus!

TheTeddyBears · 07/12/2022 16:33

Sorry it was same name as a serial killer on Hollyoaks. I don't like it much anyway but this is probably also putting me off.

TippyToesKnows · 07/12/2022 16:33

Marner

forevercooking · 07/12/2022 17:37

Mass murderer from Hollyoaks

Dintananadinta · 07/12/2022 17:38

Vampire diaries