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Heard this on a little boy recently. I think it's awesome. Opinion?
My husband and I both really like Baxter, and lots of other names that end in 'er' like Archer, Porter, Hunter, Ryder and Sawyer. The problem is that our last name is two syllables and ends in 'er'. Do you think any of these names would still be usable even if they rhyme with our last name?
My husband and I both really like Baxter, and lots of other names that end in 'er' like Archer, Porter, Hunter, Ryder and Sawyer. The problem is that our last name is two syllables and ends in 'er'. Do you think any of these names would still be usable even if they rhyme with our last name?
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Great dog name!
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Seen it on too many dogs to think of it as actually useable.
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Sounds too surnamey and rhymey fn and ln is not a good thing to do to a child. Plus, when I hear or see the name Baxter, my first thought tends to be kidney dialisis fluids and the many boxes my grandma had w/ that name on them as a result.
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Baxter has a certain charm to it. It's definitely interesting, and I wouldn't mind seeing it on another person's child.
If your last name is two syllables and ends in 'er', I think that should eliminate all first names that end in 'er'. It would sound silly and not flow well to have someone named (for example) Baxter Fisher. It just doesn't work.
If your last name is two syllables and ends in 'er', I think that should eliminate all first names that end in 'er'. It would sound silly and not flow well to have someone named (for example) Baxter Fisher. It just doesn't work.
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I kind of like it, even though it means a female baker (a male baker is Baker, the same happens in Brewer = male Brewster = female). I like the "Bax" part. It does sound a little bit like "bastard" to me, but no biggie. I also like some -er names, like Mercer, Thayer and Dexter.
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I like it only on a dog
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The man punted Baxter!
Yeah, that's all it makes me think of. :)
But if I try to clear that out of my head, it does have something appealing about it. It's very gentlemanly and tweedy. I would try to stay away from -er names if your last name ends in -er. Unless the cadence of each name is different, then it might not sound so obvious.
Yeah, that's all it makes me think of. :)
But if I try to clear that out of my head, it does have something appealing about it. It's very gentlemanly and tweedy. I would try to stay away from -er names if your last name ends in -er. Unless the cadence of each name is different, then it might not sound so obvious.
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Sorry, but I don't like any of the -er names (they're occupations to me, not personal names). I guess two -er endings would be too repetitive.
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I LOVE BAXTER
Baxter and Webster are my most favourite surname-names. They are so cute and tidy and just edgily preppy enough that they are not as annoying as the more popular Dexter or Cooper. Baxter is so cool, so black-and-white kitchen flooring, Boston-Terrier in a stagecoach on cobblestone and tails with a tophat respectable.
I actually like Baxter and Webster for girls, since they do technically mean "a female baker" and "a female weaver". But I get that they would be seen as more boyish because of the "er" trend you mentioned.
I think a double er-ending name is ok. Baxter Miller for example sounds sharp and like the name of a Puritan-era tale of morals.
Baxter and Webster are my most favourite surname-names. They are so cute and tidy and just edgily preppy enough that they are not as annoying as the more popular Dexter or Cooper. Baxter is so cool, so black-and-white kitchen flooring, Boston-Terrier in a stagecoach on cobblestone and tails with a tophat respectable.
I actually like Baxter and Webster for girls, since they do technically mean "a female baker" and "a female weaver". But I get that they would be seen as more boyish because of the "er" trend you mentioned.
I think a double er-ending name is ok. Baxter Miller for example sounds sharp and like the name of a Puritan-era tale of morals.
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