Apollo....!!

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This is the only boys name i like...! is it too crazy? our surname is osborne.

I actually quite like it - for some strange reason!

bizarre isnt it? my DH went on and on during my first pregnancy and i was like oh shut up! but we had a girl, and now this time round everyone is saying looks like a boy, and i really really like it, but we're worried about what everyones reactions would be!

Sorry, I don't like it.
When I was pregnant with ds1, I wanted to call him Ford. Thank God dp was there to talk me out of it. I'd regret it now.

Not sure what I think tbh. I don't hate it, although my local pub is called The Apollo, so I'm not going to am I

Yes it's crazy.
Unless there's a sibling called Sputnik in which case it's lovely.

All that springs to mind is Apollo Creed from the Rocky films.

horrible, sorry.

Love it. I suggested it when I was expecting DS2.

I also love Milan.

Not unless you're Greek.

Tasty character out of Battlestar Gallactica so I like it!

I love it!

(Stashes it away for possible boy.)

I do like very classical names.

Yama is it from Battlestar Galactica then, coz apparently so it DSs name? I might sound like a crazed fan if so.

Horrid.

a song by adam ant:

we will be fine
apollo nine
even though nasa say's we're out of line

dare anyone to post the next line :D

Crankytwanky - yes it's Lee Adama's flight tagname. He's a pilot.

Hmmn, wonder what your ds is called ...

Not keen, and I don't think that it goes with your surname. My first name ends with the same letter as my surname starts and it does not flow so well.

I came across a girl called Appollonia recently - still unusual but might actually be a bit easier to get away with than the whole Greek God image for a boy.

Oh dear. Really awful.

I read something in a baby name book which says if you like an 'unusual' name so much, why not forget it as a name for your child, and change it to your name instead?

Obviously it was being sarky to make a point, but it's maybe worth thinking about...i.e. if Apollo was MY name, how would I feel about it, would I have to continually explain it, spell it, be embarassed by it etc?

Noo! Imagine his artwork hanging up at school at various ages...by Apollo, 11... by Apollo, 13.... Unless you are expecting a spacecraft, don't do it!

I actually said to DP 'how about Apollo?' a while ago

it was a no

he said 'it's utterly absurd and cruel and the boy will be called Polly'

I'm sorry but I really really dislike it.