Savannah? Yay or nay?

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Dh loves the name Savannah. Although I am not pregnant with # 2 yet, we still argue over baby names as a sort of hobby.

The name Savannah for me conjures up images of gazelles galloping in Africa.

FWIW neither Dh or I are British and it is very unlikely that we will still live in the UK once our child(ren) are school age. The reason I say that is some names work in some countries and some names don't.

So what do you think of Savannah as a girls name?

oh my christ
NOOOOOOOOO

I don't like it because it's a very soccer mom name in the US and so that puts me off.

But others might like it.

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I like it, for a character in a book or film, doesn't really work in RL.

It's pretty, I like it.

Already lmao! Expat- I'm from the US, too. Never knew any soccer moms named Savannah, just one very annoying colleague- from Georgia of all places!!

I was going to add, only use it if you don't care what other people think

nay

NOOOOOOOO!

nope

No, it's a 'trying too hard' name.

It reminds me of the names little girls give their dolls.

Could you not have something more normal like Sienna or Scarlett?

It's very, very popular in teh Denver area, which is Soccer Mom central, and in Texas.

Too popular for my tastes.

But I've long since gone native.

Not my cup of tetley I'm afraid.

Nice enough though.

Sienna- barf!

Scarlett, meh.

Hopefully when the next one comes around he'll be a boy and we won't have to agonize over girls names. Dh and I literally do not have 1 name we can agree on for a girl. His other choice is Zuriel. NO WAY!!!!!

Prefer Susannah which doesn't sound that different really. If shortened, I like Susie more than Savvy.

I don't dislike it though, but I wouldn't choose it.

I love Susannah, sienna and scarlett are the names of two girls I knew who were nearly savannahs.

Savannah No.

Susannah YES!!

Expat what exactly is a soccer mum? I've heard it but not really grasped it.

Zuriel? That sounds like a washing powder

Susannah is lovely.

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I much prefer Susannah

Exactly meemar. Ds is named Gabriel, but Dh wanted to name him Damien!!! We have very different ideas on baby names!! Oh, yeah! He also seriously suggested Nadine, as if I was going to give birth to a chain smoking, 50 year old, truck stop waitress!!!

well i had a renault savannah for about 8 years so no lol