Would he be known as the michelin man???

[clpsmum]

Hi there
I am pregnant with baby number 3 just now and do not know the sex of the baby but suspect as i already have 2 boys this will be another boy (have girls names sorted anyway!). The problem is me and DH love the name Mitchell the problem is our surname is Flynn so he would be Mitchell Flynn, does this sound too much like/would he get called Michelin as in the Michelin man????

It doesn't sound at all like Michelin Man imho.

thank you for the reassurance, this is the only boys name we have agreed on so far and when we mentioned it to my mum (third pregnancy will i never lern???) she said it sounds like michelin in which case he'll be bullied at school and since then we've been panicking! thanks for your opinion very very gratefull appreciated xx

I don't think the association would ever occur to me,no matter how many times I said the name.

I'm afraid I got called that as Mitchell was my surname, even though I'm a girl. Then again my primary school mates were pretty unimaginitive...

Besides I'm not sure that many children would know the name of the character even if they recognise his image.

So in summary go for it.

Yes, very good point, I was a kid in the (ahem) 1970s so the character was around a bit more.

lol i thought that myself that he is not around so much anymore so kids wouldn't necassarily know it and i suppose whatever he is called he will get lumbered with a nickname and he might turn out to be a she after all this LOL

I don't think anybody under 35 could tell you what the mitchellan man was

I would not make that association.

Eastenders did flicker through my mind but you shouldn't let anything like that bother you, it won't occur to everyone!

I would think "Mitchell" from Being Human - which is always a nice thought.

I wouldn't have thought of it, but even if he did get called Michelin Man it's not a bad nickname, there's nothing wrong with the Michelin Man LOL

But I don't think that Mitchell Flynn - Mitch Flynn - sounds particularly nice. Sorry

I think Milo Flynn or Maxwell Flynn would be nice.

Coffee - My dog is Milo Flynn hahahahaha see if i did not have the dog i love the name milo too but don't think i have heart to call baby after (very lazy!) dog LOL

Thanks for all your reassurance not sure if this is the name we will opt for if he's a boy but nice to know we don't have to rule it out!