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I don't hate it, but wouldn't use such an "out there" name if I wasn't absolutely in love with it. You're probably going to spend your life (and *his* life) explaining why he was named after Occam's Razor and William of Ockham; it doesn't seem worth it if you're not absolutely convinced.

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Moreover, it really doesn't fit your daughter's name, which is classic and relatively popular. If you ever have another child, you might have trouble finding a name that fits both Eleanore and Occam.

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What other names have you considered? It might help us give suggestions.

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Some alternative ideas:
Otto
Octave
Octavius
Hakon / Haakon (name of several Norwegian monarchs)
Axel
Enoch
Joachim
Lachlan
Madoc
Rocco
Roch
Achilles
Maxime

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Alexandrina, Annabella, Clementine, Charlotte, Emilienne, Florence, Frederica, Katharina, Mary (May), Maud, Penelope, Rosamund, Theodora (Teddy).
Aubrey, Axel, Benedict, Bertrand (Bertie), Cuthbert, Dashiell, Everard, John (Jack) Leopold (Leo), Magnus, Matthias, Maximilian (Max), Wilfred.

This message was edited 9/6/2016, 5:03 PM