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Mon, 01-30-2006 - 11:07am

when you hear the name "Destin"? TIA for honest answers :)

One more: how do you like "Denver"? It is a family name. Both these names are for boys.




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Mon, 01-30-2006 - 3:13pm

Funny, before I found out the gender of this one : Destin was one of the names I liked 'til somebody pointed out the diaper creme "Desitin" So, I couldn't get past that. However, I think Denver is a very cool name! Especially if it is family name

Go for it!

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Mon, 01-30-2006 - 3:22pm
Neither are really my style. I prefer Denver. I think it would be very nice as a mn, but I can't really see it as a first name. Destin just seems too trendy to me. I prefer Dustin.

                             
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Mon, 01-30-2006 - 3:26pm
Not so find of Destin. It reminds me of desetin, or Destiny... a girl's name. Denver, I do like, though. Sounds strong.
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Mon, 01-30-2006 - 6:11pm

Honestly ... Desitin, of course! I haven't read through the other responses yet, but I'm assuming I'm not the only one. Have you considered Dustin? Not quite the same mental image.

Denver is ok, but I think I'd prefer it as a mn.

~Kelli


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Mon, 01-30-2006 - 7:39pm

Thanks y'all, Destin is off my list cause of the desitin thing. More than one person has told me that, and now y'all, so it's not worth it. It just didn't hit me. I thought it was awesome and a unique twist on Dustin. For some reason I'm not a fan of Dustin and I'm sooo into uniqueness. It's SO hard to find unique names I like. For years my boy name was Aidan, and nobody had it and now suddenly, KABAM! It upsets me SO much cause I LOVE that name. I won't even dare say my girl name to anybody, I've never seen it and if it suddenly starts appearing I'm going to go on a rampage, lol. I'm a bit obsessive about names.

I like Denver as a middle name too, but that creates a problem cause I want to give my boy my late father's middle name, which is Dean. I don't know about it as a first name and I don't think it's DH's favorite but if we both liked the first, I'm sure he wouldn't mind the middle being Dean .. and Dean seems to go with everything. (my dad's first name was Barry and I'm not the biggest fan of that).

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Tue, 01-31-2006 - 4:53am

Destin I think of (You forgot the U) It just sounds funny like some sort of baby creme for the sore bumm bumm ..oh yeah Desetin was it wasn't it? Just my humble opinion. Please don't get upset

Denver is okay. It sounds like a city that is cold and fun but that's all that comes to mind.

If you like D names how about these?

Dwyett
Dalton
Damion
Desman
Dryden

How would you feel if you saw a boy named Boston? Probably think it wasn't all that cute is my point and he sure would get razzed a lot if he's called a city name.

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