Help with baby name..... Cougar?

[Babstefani]

Hello all... I need some help. My DH and I have settled on calling our ds Legend Cougar or Cougar Legend. Which do you like better?

The only other option we will think of is Xander. Thanks for your help.

LOL AllieBongo this thread is cheering me right up

If that is the norm in California, seek opinions on Californian boards.

If you want to know what middle-class British women think about it, come to Mumsnet, where it is going to get more or less the same response as asking if you should call your baby Fuckhead.

sorry, i thought this was a piss take.

They are both truly dreadful. Go for Xander (with Alexander as the official version)

If we call him John he will bullied because John here means loo.

Cougar is the call sign of one of the pilots in Top Gun. Call him Maverick or Ice Man instead.

well over here, a cougar is a poor mans sports car made by ford and legend is an album by bob marley... you ca bring that argument into anything

Well then how about Henley?

Goes quite nicely with Kingston..

Listen to ninedragons - why aren't you asking locals? There are a few mners in California, why don't you ask them.

Names like Cougar and Legend aren't often popular on mn. We like when children are called Fabio Isabella and Oliver.

Ok, btw I am british and terribly middle-class, but i didn't realise that while I've been away fuckhead has become so popular.

or Kingston and "upon Thames"

this is v funny

imagine having to live up to either of those names they are just too ridiculous no one would call their kid either of them unless they were fruit loops

and in the us cougar is even more prevalent as the name for women to date young men than it is here

surely if you were a cougar you'd feel obliged to grow whiskers and run very fast. i don't think i could ever manage that, the pressure would be horrendous

i think you should go the other way and call him englebert... or even better, randy. that's a nice all american name. best of luck gwen.

I realise that these names aren't that popular, but don't these same boards suggest things like Topaz and Fin? Isn't the point of these to be unique? We are just trying to incorporate a tribute with a unique name.

Cougar makes me think of Top Gun. Great film but not a good name for a baby. Xander is very nice, though.

That's lovely an' all, but no matter your reasoning, not many on this thread like your names.

Your baby, call him what you like.

That's funny, because my father-in-law is called Randy

Isn't there a singer called John Cougar Mellencamp?

That sounds OKish (in a way to out there way for me), Cougar as a middle name. It's the Legend bit that is bleuugh. It isn't a name.

I don't believe that John will lead to endless ribbing about name.

But John is not the only normal name. Many to choose from.

its not they arent popular its they arent names

is your partner henry cooper

it's a great name. you could team it with a middle name roger. randy roger. what surname will they have? stfani or rossendale?

randy roger rossendale.

has a nice ring to it. very wholesome too.

A unique name is one thing.

A unique name which will make him the butt of jokes and bullying is quite another.

There are plenty of strong names out there which wouldn't make him sound like a wrestler. And which wouldn't have him cursing you for them somewhere down the line.

How seriously would you take your bank manager/solicitor/plumber if he was introduced to you as Cougar Legend Smith?

plenty of Americans called John - are you sure you aren't 14 and live in Croydon?