Need feedback on baby names

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We are looking for an uncommon or unusual baby boy name. We really like the name Ripley.

as in the talented mr?

Honest opinion - horrid.

what does it mean?

or as in sigourney weaver in alien?

psychopath v woman with killer alien inside her

Sorry but definite no!

I lke it. Know a litttle boy from our toddler called ripley. it was also my friend from schools surname.

No actually kid i know is Riley ... but both nice!!

Unusual if thats wot you're after.

honestly ? don't like it...will prob be shortened to rip.
how unusual do you mean ?

What about:

Rafferty?

Don't like it, sorry.

I think it's a girls name.

Riley is the closest one.

Hasn't Ripley's Believe it or Not just opened in London? With all sorts of oddities, shrunken heads, Victorian circus freaks etc.

I wouldn't use it if he's at all...erm....unusual looking

I'd think about Ripley's believe it or not too. I would assume it was a surname. Do you have any other ideas?

Two other names we are considering are Hugo and Oden.

The meaning of ripley that we are drawn to is "the meadow beside a river", which is our favorite spot on our property. It has also had the meaning of "serene". Lastly, we are surfers,and Rip is a surfing term. So Ripleys believe it or not, Alien, then talented Mr Ripley are not associations we like, but people seem to understandably make. Thoughts?

i like oden.

I think it depends on you - round here, a Ripley would belong to the chavvy family and would have a shaved head at pre-school age. However a little surfer boy all dressed in mini boden could probably make the name his own.

blimey... swinging from stereotype to stereotype

Not keen tbh, sozza.

Prefer Odin to Oden. But of the three I like Hugo best, even though the only Hugo I knew was a bit of a Hooray Henry. I like unusual names, I just prefer names that are immediately identifiable as a first name.

thats why i don't like hugo...smacks of posh boy.
like odin too.

Ripley is a place near where I live. You would not want to be named after it....

Ripley is ghastly imo. I love Hugo but decided to give it a miss for my two sons as we don't have a country estate and can't afford to send them to Eton.

Relative just called her new baby Oscar - is that any good?

Someone I know gave their son the middle name Flipper. Seriously...

how about hugh?

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otto ?

We know a Ripley. He is the violent one at nursery. But his parents are very cool and he'll grow out of hitting.

I actualy do like the name otto, but my brother named his son that.