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Picked my boy's name now stupid celebrity has called their baby it

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Ceelo · 16/07/2008 22:15

i am supposed to be having a boy in 3 weeks and picked my name only to find out yesterday that stupid Matthew McConaughey had a baby and used the same name. should i still call my baby this name or will he be one of a million with the same name in 5 years? i am all annoyed.

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Jojay · 16/07/2008 22:16

What's the name??

MrsSylar · 16/07/2008 22:16

What's the name?

mrsruffallo · 16/07/2008 22:17

I would still use the name

Hulababy · 16/07/2008 22:17

If you like it, use it.

zippitippitoes · 16/07/2008 22:17

who is matthew mcconaughey

posieflump · 16/07/2008 22:18

don't be daft, who cares what some celeb has called their baby
I don't even know who Matthew McConaughey is

OverMyDeadBody · 16/07/2008 22:18

Levi?

janeashersbookofspacecakes · 16/07/2008 22:18

Don't like the name myself, a bit Essex

OverMyDeadBody · 16/07/2008 22:19

still use the name if you like it, it doesn't matter

ssd · 16/07/2008 22:19

good god ceelo, are you going to bump into Matthew McConaughey at your local asda?

call your baby what you like!

MrsSylar · 16/07/2008 22:20

Aaarghh!
Someone tell me what the name is!!

WigWamBam · 16/07/2008 22:20

If you really like the name, why is it an issue?

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Ceelo · 16/07/2008 22:21

the name is Levi. the stupid celebity is that actor who is in a load of B films...i am living in the US so maybe noone cares about this actor in England. Hope so and can't wait to move back home.

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unknownrebelbang · 16/07/2008 22:22

Matthew McConaughey had a baby?

That's novel.

I'd be more bothered that he was named after denim tbh

OverMyDeadBody · 16/07/2008 22:22

I actually quite like him as an actor, especially in the Wes Anderson films.

Tyke1 · 16/07/2008 22:22

FGS get a grip my friends dog is called levi

ssd · 16/07/2008 22:23

Paul Young (80's singer) has a daughter called Levi

seems another "stupid celebrity" beat you both to it

OverMyDeadBody · 16/07/2008 22:23

lol rebel!

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Ceelo · 16/07/2008 22:23

janeashersbookofspacecakes it is a bit more Old Testament than Essex ... but thanks anyway.... either way I know my mum will hate it

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zippitippitoes · 16/07/2008 22:24

i really dont think you need worry there are not loads of apples fif trixibelles or any other daft names people have more sense

there arent even loads of brooklyns

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Ceelo · 16/07/2008 22:24

not in wes anderson films

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ilovemydog · 16/07/2008 22:24

Oh who cares! You like the name!

It's biblical, so Hollywood actor didn't exactly invent!

wessexgirl · 16/07/2008 22:25

Oh, look, don't worry about Matthew McConaghey. It's not like everyone suddenly called their dds Apple because Gwyneth and Chris did, is it?

Levi is a nice name - you go ahead and have it. There was a character on 'The Bill' with my dd1's full name (fore and surname) but we still went with it (and then the character got written out, phew!). Just have what you like .

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Ceelo · 16/07/2008 22:26

so you all hate the name too...OK my other name is James...i know.... but i am 8 and half months pregnant. i can't be relied on to make any rational descisions.

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zippitippitoes · 16/07/2008 22:26

it sounds like a good name for a rabbi to me