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Original poster

Riley for a boy? Nice or not???

40 replies

clpsmum · 08/04/2010 09:07

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crumpette · 08/04/2010 09:46

not

muminthemiddle · 08/04/2010 10:21

Nice

beccas · 08/04/2010 14:34

Wonderful unique but easy to say and spell.
I know it as a surname, but think its a good first name too

izzybiz · 08/04/2010 14:40

As far away from unique as you can get where I live!

Skegness · 08/04/2010 14:48

Highest climber in the 2008 charts

andlipsticktoo · 08/04/2010 14:51

NOT

BunnyLebowski · 08/04/2010 14:53

Definitely definitely not.

thumbwitch · 08/04/2010 14:55

one of the younger boys in our toddler group is called Riley; and another family there has the surname Reilly - I get confused sometimes.

Not un-nice but not something I'd choose.

TheArsenicCupCake · 08/04/2010 14:56

I like it enough to post on a baby name thread

cinnamongreyhound · 08/04/2010 15:04

I like it but is becoming more common.

Dinkytinky · 08/04/2010 15:08

I like it!

LouMacca · 08/04/2010 15:11

Not.

Angela82 · 08/04/2010 15:41

Not keen... Sorry...

usualsuspect · 08/04/2010 15:42

I like

Ineedsomesleep · 08/04/2010 16:24

Not. Have a friend who's cat is called Riley, but not for a boy sorry.

MrsvWoolf · 08/04/2010 16:55

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WhoIsAsking · 08/04/2010 17:00

Smiley Riley!

desperatelylackinglibido · 08/04/2010 17:06

Life of Riley...

Claire236 · 08/04/2010 17:54

Like it

jellybeans · 08/04/2010 19:38

Like it

loobylu3 · 08/04/2010 20:28

Not nice I'm afraid, at least not to my taste!

swanandduck · 09/04/2010 13:19

Don't like it. Sounds like the kind of makey up, pseudo Irish name that people in Hollywood give their kids.

Nemain · 09/04/2010 13:27

I wouldn't choose it myself, but upon seeing the name, I did immediately think boy's name.

(I was also a Buffy fan where there was a character called Riley Finn)

Doozie · 09/04/2010 13:29

NOT. Not a fan of surnames for first names. Sounds, dare I say it, a bit common.

TwatthewWright · 09/04/2010 14:10

I think its lovely.

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