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Theoretically...Bear. Would you?

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cupofteaplease · 20/02/2009 22:47

Ok, so this is VERY theoretical...

Dh and I have decided to try for another baby in 2 years time. So a long way off. We have 2 dds.

But IF we were to have a ds next time, we both love the name Bear. We know an adult Bear and both really love it.

But would you? Could you? Opinions please!

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EdwardCullenCanBiteMe · 03/03/2009 23:24

My son is Edward, and is called Teddy Bear, which will shorten again to Bear I imagine. I LOVE it.
I have only come across Bear grylls more recently, and was amused to see that he was an Edward too.

ROFL@ ninedragons! That is the exact same reason I came in here too!

cory · 06/03/2009 09:25

Two Bjorns in our neighbourhood. Popular name in Germany apparently.

JackBauer · 06/03/2009 09:33

We have names that we wanted to call our DD's but we gave them 'proper' names on their birth certificates and just use them as nicknames.
School/docs etc use their real names which they know as well, even at 17 months DD2 will respond to 3 variants on her name!

RockinSockBunnies · 06/03/2009 09:37

Anthony Kiedis' (Red Hot Chili Peppers)son's middle name is Bear (first name Everly). I have to say I like it. But then perhaps you'd need your parent to be a rock star in order to carry it off.

Regardless, your child would have to be very cool to successfully have a name like that. What would happen if you had a DS, named him Bear, and he turned out to be a shy, retiring type?

MamaG · 06/03/2009 09:41

I wanted to call my dog Monkey

I think I'll start calling BabyG Bear. He's very big and solid.

(BTW I completely mis-got thethread title )

MamaG · 06/03/2009 09:44

lol lol having now read the thread, I see ninedragons reda the same as me

(me too)

100yearsofsolitude · 06/03/2009 09:44

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seeker · 06/03/2009 09:45

Oh for crying out loud.

Allow me to introduce my daughter Gazelle.

And my son, Lemur.

Actually, I wish I hadn't said that, someone will come along and say "Lovely names - don't worry what other people think - be brave"

Carefully sidestepping the fact that the parent doesn't have to be brave - they can carry on being called boring old Mary. It's the child who has to face the humourists in the playground, the puzzled faces of officials and they judgements, sight unseen, of prospective employers for the rest of their lives.

100yearsofsolitude · 06/03/2009 09:53

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Jux · 06/03/2009 09:55

Don't. The Grylls person is called something else and his nickname is Bear. It's a very different thing.

seeker · 06/03/2009 09:57

No of course I don't. And I think bullying from peers is the least of the reasons for not calling children bonkers names. But why risk it? My child, I hope, is not and never will be a bully. But I really don't think he would be able to resist calling his class mate Bear "Bum". Could you? Honestly? Would you not even think it?

izyboy · 06/03/2009 09:58

I like it but then DS narrowly missed being named Merlin.

cory · 06/03/2009 10:01

Nomenclature is unpredictable though. The first parents deciding to resurrect Imogen and Oscar in the '90s or whenever must have looked pretty irresponsible, but now they're all over the place. Maybe Bear would catch on?

seeker · 06/03/2009 13:15

Yes, but Oscar and Imogen don't go with Bum! It's not like resurrecting Edith or Absalom - it's not even using Merlin. It's turning something that has never been a name into a name.

And a name that will make people laugh. Why would you do that?

mrsfossil · 06/03/2009 15:55

i've definately heard of a lot worse and it wouldn't be my choice. When you've you have worked as a teacher and seen how children get ribbed for names etc you might think again. But if you really like then its up to you

nailpolish · 06/03/2009 15:56

not sure bout Bear but i think Tiger is a cool name

Sidge · 06/03/2009 16:03

No. Not in a milion years.

You might as well call a baby Squirrel or Badger.

Or Beaver

cory · 06/03/2009 18:27

Wendy, Seeker? Was never a name...until it was a name.

Fair enough about Bum.

supergluebum · 06/03/2009 18:30

I LOVE Beaver! No I don't really have a DH and all that.

Mhhh Bear....nope. Don't do it to future DC. It will cost a lot in therapy.

seeker · 06/03/2009 18:59

But Wendy doesn't immediately make you thing Essentials, Necessities, Cheek or Bum. A irritating, pathetic, anti-feminist believer in the supernatural, obviously, but not a cause for mirth in all reasonable people!

seeker · 06/03/2009 19:00

If Beaver was a 6 year old boy, he could be a Beaver!

Actually, if Scout was ten and three quarters, she could be a Scout.

H

cory · 07/03/2009 10:54

No I do see your point about Bum, seeker and it's a valid one. Let's settle for Beaver then.

Knax · 08/03/2009 09:37

ROFL at cory.
I actually know a Bear same age as my DS. Wouldn't use it myself. Pre-school now so don't know how it will work at school.

belgo · 08/03/2009 09:39

what about Fox (Mulder)? or Tiger?

Or Leo/Leon

louiserogers · 11/07/2009 17:13

I love the name but then I would I used it for my son.