Winter- is this a good name?

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A friend of mine asked me what I thought of this as a potential name for her expected little girl. I said I wasn't sure for a first name but thought it could work really well as a middle name. What do other people think?

I like it - so hmph

Pretty negative reaction then! I still think it would be fine in the middle slot!

I was at school with a boy called Winter and a girl called Summer 15 years ago.

i think the main reason it bothers me at all - which it doesn't, much - is that the reasoning behind the name might be the kid being born in Winter...in which case it kind of makes you go 'well so what - a quarter of babies are born in Winter! that's nothing special!!'

I suppose it is the pedant in me...

I think it's lovely.

No, it's not a good name. It sounds like a sur name.

I hate winter.

I quite like it, and I am not usually one for chavvy kooky names.

I quite like it.. I also love Autumn.

Probably wouldn't use them though!

no

agree winter sounds better for a boy. i quite like it.

I'm not keen on seasonal or month names, and Winter sounds cold and spiky to me, so not very attractive. I think you can pretty much use what you like in the middle, but not as a first name. dd had a friend called Autumn for a while, and I found that hard to get used to, although it was in the States where they don't really use Autumn (always Fall).

I like it but think it is a little too wacky for a first name, better as a middle name.

Spring would be a worse name though!

I had a client once who had it as his middle aame. He had fairly traditional first and surnames so the 'Winter' in the middle added a poetic touch, I thought.

I don't like it. I don't think it sounds nice enough for a name. Now, Frigid has a ring to it, quite Scandinavian.

Oooh no. Too chilly.

Jenny Talia ha ha ha. i once taught a girl called Summer and it suited her but not so sure about winter x

Awful. Can you imagine any time poor child is is grumpy it'll be "alas here is our Winter of discontent".

It reminds me of snowflakes and frosty landscapes. Magical. Use it.

I like it.

I wouldn't pick it, it's not my style at all as polite people would say,,, but I love the nn Winnie!

Autumn/ Summer- yes lovely unusual but not too "out there" names.

Winter?- no specially not for a girl- sounds too masculine.

I know of a child called Autumn. Ah seeker I see you are there before me - you really are me aren't you

I think Winter is rather more odd. Summer is becoming popular - in a hippy-chick kind of way.

Mrs Badger we know families with the surnames Hannah and Rose - which leads to all sorts of possibilities (obv lots of children with first names Rose and Hannah!)

Well my kids like to have fun with it anyway.

Winter is pretty but it will get shortened to Win/Winnie, so depends if you like that?