you will all be relieved to know that i am going to stick with bracken

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i love the name bracken wanted something as unusual as dd1s

probably go for bracken hope willow

sits on hands

"i am staying wioth my original choice beacause it fits "

Bet you take one look at the baby and think "OMG, she's a Belinda."

Anyway- it's far better to get the whole range of reactions out of the way when the baby is still a bump.

Has anyone ever posted on a birth announcement "OMG, what a cr*p name?" I don't think I've seen it happen. The Baby Name topic is fair game IMO.

Quite frankly, I wish my parents had run their favoured name past an internet forum before naming me.

SD - are you going to share what it is? I am intrigued now.

Atlanta is a city in Georgia, USA.

We named DD before she was born and MIL said "You're not going to name her that are you?!" We just said, "Yes we are, that's what we're telling you." Bloody evil SIL sent and email saying we were idiots because we hadn't met her. Really annoyed us at the time. We have a sex & name for DC2 but will not be sharing as no-one will complain once the babe is born and owns the name.

What a shame people have to be so down on your choices. Your baby has to fit into your family and I'm guessing one called Alice or Hannah wouldn't feel quite at home

Kat x

www.mamatobegoodies.co.uk

bracken hope willow

why stop there?

what about

bracken willow fern rowan ash

I know an Atlanta. She is in her mid forties, and a double barrelled aristo.

My inverted snobbery assumes her parents got it right...

Did they not Nappyaddict?

Blimey, when I saw the post I didn't think the name Bracken would be so villified.

I grew up knowing a Bracken who is now a mother herself, yes at the time it was unusual and I remember thinking as a child what a strange name, but what the hell.

I think it is quite nice and reminds me of the counrtyside. I do not think it is masculine, again probably because Bracken will always remind me of that child I knew and she was not masculine at all.

As for the people with animals named Bracken well you can call your pet whatever you like, lots of people call their dogs Ben does that mean you cannot call your baby Ben? No of course not!!

Bracken or Brychan is a perfectly fine name. It's just that it is traditionally a boy's name.

Atlanta - again a fine name. I'm just personally not keen on names that are also cities/towns.