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Reactions to the name Merlin

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nijntje · 06/09/2006 18:37

Hi
I would love to get some honest reactions to the name Merlin ...
I'm not British or living in the UK right now, but my boyfriend's British. We'd like to find a name that works well in English and Dutch. My boyfriend loves Merlin, but I 'm not sure how strange it sounds to British ears ...
Please let me know what you all think.
Thanks!

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NomDePlume · 07/09/2006 22:30

I've only ever known one Merlin, and he was the son of a nomadic new-age wiccan (wore all the crushed velvet she could lay her hands on)... I'm afraid that about sums it up for me.

bran · 07/09/2006 22:36

My ds has a friend called Merlin and I think it suits him well. He does tend to get called other names quite a lot though, Marlon/Marlan/Marlin, more often than most kids.

BlueBeetle · 07/09/2006 22:37

Definitely a bit new age - but lovely ! I probably wouldn't be allowed to use it as Dh extemely square - but I like it a lot !

duchesse · 01/10/2006 12:52

My half French, half English nephew is named Merlin. It works well in both languages, and really suits him. I think it's a lovely name.

soaringflyingCOD · 01/10/2006 12:52

merlin footie stickers?

soaringflyingCOD · 01/10/2006 12:53

her

soaringflyingCOD · 01/10/2006 12:53

id think youd wear tie tied clothes and have cryatals tbh

Socci · 01/10/2006 12:55

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lulumama · 01/10/2006 12:55

depends if you guys can carry it off too--- would suit a new age/ slightly hippy /alternative family ..... i think it is lovely, but then ...do you want to spend the next 18 years watching a lot of people smirk when you introduce your child.....

beansprout · 01/10/2006 12:56

Not great, have to say. And I am also reminded of the popular 1970s electronic game

soaringflyingCOD · 01/10/2006 12:57

id think
"what a tosser"

SpaceCadet · 01/10/2006 12:57

theres a boy is ds's class called merlin..poor kid.

SpaceCadet · 01/10/2006 12:59

forget to say that his mum is as new age as you can get...i like to think of myself as pretty bohemian and used to be a full on new ager, but my kids have very boring names in comparism

SoupDragon · 01/10/2006 13:02

I quite like it actually. It's not really any odder than some of the other names out there right now TBH. Will he have a dutch surname? Merlin Foreignsurname works better than Merlin Smith.

snorkle · 01/10/2006 13:08

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Pruni · 01/10/2006 13:46

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foundintranslation · 01/10/2006 13:48

Wouldn't go there, sorry.

mummydear · 01/10/2006 13:56

Sorry , friend had a black labrador called Merlin , can't make the connected to a child having it now

norkmaiden · 01/10/2006 13:58

I like it (but obv in a minority here)

pizzaexpress · 01/10/2006 14:12

I know someone who called thier son Merlin Keanu Harison Happy + surname - Dont do it !!!!

SoMuchToBits · 01/10/2006 14:12

I think its OK. There was a politician a while ago called Merlin Rees, wasn't there? I don't remember him being particularly "new agey".

colditz · 01/10/2006 14:38

No. no no no no no.

Reminds me of a cartoon.

But i am very very square when it comes to children's names - my sons sound like they have been named after 50 year old accountants.

saadia · 01/10/2006 14:39

Doesn't sound right to me, like a joke name really.

DumbledoresGirl · 01/10/2006 15:00

Love the name Merlin.

Not sure even I would be brave enough to name a child that though.

Tutter · 01/10/2006 15:01
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