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Sounds too posh?

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Divejaney · 22/05/2008 10:59

We're having a little boy and have narrowed it down to

Gabriel
Dante
Morgan
Reuben

We like unusual names rather than traditional names. The problem is that we already have a double-barrelled surname. Do you think our poor baby is going to sound too posh?

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tortoiseSHELL · 22/05/2008 11:00

I like Gabriel and Morgan.

Chequers · 22/05/2008 11:01

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funnypeculiar · 22/05/2008 11:01

Like them all except Dante, which is borderline imo

Gabriel defn my fave (vetoed by my dh)

LynetteScavo · 22/05/2008 11:01

None of them too posh.

Dante not posh at all, IMO. The opposite, infact.

nailpolish · 22/05/2008 11:02

does it matter if it sounds posh?

constancereader · 22/05/2008 11:02

They don't sound posh to me, just nice.

Morgan is very popular name around here btw, you obviously don't live in Wales!

nailpolish · 22/05/2008 11:02

lots of morgans round here. but they are all girls

bundle · 22/05/2008 11:03

i know a couple of morgans and a few gabriels (one of my names but we had girls!) - i really don't like dante as it was the name of a rufty-tufty character in that dreadful bbc series waterloo road...

few reubens nr us, tend to be jewish families

funnypeculiar · 22/05/2008 11:19

My borderline is the same as lynette's btw ...

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Divejaney · 22/05/2008 11:20

I suppose we could give him a more traditional middle name and then if he really hates his first name he could change.

Dante could also be Dan or Danny for short.
I love Gabriel but not that keen on Gabe!

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RosaLuxembourg · 22/05/2008 11:20

The only Morgans I know are girls. I like Gabriel and Reuben, not so keen on Dante.

findtheriver · 22/05/2008 11:21

Yeah, Dante definitely not posh- if anything will have the opposite connotations. Isnt one of Bianca's kids called Morgan in Eastenders?? - so ditto with Dante.
Gabriel is lovely

EffiePerine · 22/05/2008 11:23

Gabriel is lovely

muggglewump · 22/05/2008 11:27

I love Gabriel and Reuben, not so keen on the others and would avoid Morgan because of the Eastenders connection

duchesse · 22/05/2008 11:27

Love Gabriel and Morgan. Like Dante quite a lot. Like Reuben, but reminds me of 35 yr old red-necked farmer in Utah or somewhere.

Fennel · 22/05/2008 11:29

I know little boy Gabriels, Reubens and Morgans. None of them are particularly posh. I like all those names.

Nancy66 · 22/05/2008 11:39

don't think any of them are too posh.

Gabriel is lovely and like Reuben too.

Dante is a bit wanky and Morgan is 'orrible.

GooseyLoosey · 22/05/2008 11:40

Would avoid Dante.

suwoo · 22/05/2008 11:49

Morgan is a chav girls name round these parts.

fannybanjo · 22/05/2008 11:52

I really really really really wanted Gabriel for a boy but everyone I mentioned it to laughed at me. LOVE IT, also like Rueben too.

belcantavinissima · 22/05/2008 11:52

love gabriel, love dante. morgan and reuben in these parts is quite chav tho

TillyScoutsmum · 22/05/2008 11:52

Gabriel is my fave. Reuben is nice. Dante - I would think borderline too posh and tend to think of Morgan as more of a girl's name

Ellbell · 22/05/2008 11:55

Love Gabriel, Reuben and Morgan. Dd2 would have been Reuben if she'd been a boy.

Would be faintly ridiculous for me to use Dante (I teach/write about the Italian poet!) so it's hard for me to judge it objectively. I don't like it as much as the other three.

kitsmummy · 22/05/2008 12:10

I think if you call him Morgan there's no chance of it sounding too posh . I do however love Gabriel and i do think that's fairly posh (but in a good way)

jkklpu · 22/05/2008 12:11

Gabriel's lovely. Rest not posh but would risk sounding like a law firm instead of a baby with double surname.