Are these names too strange?

[pugwash]

I'm expecting in dec, other half has come up with Bear or Body for first names! Ever heard of these (apart from Bear Gryllis!).

Yes. Too strange.

No. Too out there for me!

No... BUT... I do love the name Bruce.

i think it's the next Gus.

And the connection is................

There is somebody called Bruce Parry who reminds me a bit of Bear Gryllis.

eh no - why on earth would you want to call a baby 'Body?'

what about Bodie?!?!?

I always wanted to use the name Ever but chickened out of that

Do you mean Cody? If it really is Body, it's terrible and I can think of a few evilly cruel nn straight off.

Bear is slightly more acceptable but it's again more a nn or a mn imo.

Bruce is cool.

Just don't.

I think it is pronounced Bodie! I've not looked into it any further as I don't like it! He says that someone who has reached spiritual enlightenment is called a bodie Zephyr or something like that??? He thinks that they will be cool names when it gets older!!!

I like Dylan, we were trying to think of names connected with the sea as we are both sailors.

Dylan is a bit common esp here inSouth Wales!Still a fab name though

I have a Dylan lovely name (mine is a girl though!)

Cordelia means 'daughter of the sea' which is nice too - I also have one of those

Nooooooo, don't do it.

Bodhi means enlightenment I think.

I'm in South Dorset so not many Dylan's around, but other half's name is Bryn so that's the connection.

bear grylls is really edward. it's a nickname, people.

and bodie is a character in the wire.

Unusual boy's names that have a sea connection:
Ahab
Jonah
Albion
Bligh
Caspian

Bear is a nickname, even Mr. Gryllis isn't actually called bear you know.

Body (as in Bodie) sounds like a possible characted on Home and Away or Neighbors.

How about Tempest? I know a Tempest.

Bodhi/Bodie/Body to me will always be the Patrick Swayze character in Point Break. Is Bear really a name? I thought it was a nickname.

Ah Bodhi, I prefer it when I see it spelt like that. I didn't know Mr Grylls wasn't actually called bear!

I remember a boyd on neighbours.

Albion is quite nice but as I work on big grey ships like that it's a bit too work orientated!!

Hmm good excuse to watch point break I have a friend with 10 brothers and sisters and one of her brothers is Neptune and another is Trafalgar. I suppose that traf could be a shortened version? not sure about Neptune!

Bodie not too bad. Bear is terrible.

Here's a name I heard recently and I think it's quite cool (at least on the guy in question): Radcliffe.

erm, Bodhisattva? Well... wouldn't choose it myself.

Depends if he's going for the spiritual aspect or the name of the Patrick Swayze character in Point Break. In either case, Patrick strikes me as an excellent choice, being both a saint and a star.

Horatio, pugwash?