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I've loved the name Dickon ever since I read The Secret Garden. It's especially nice because it's the only nn I like for my dad's name, Richard. In an ideal world, I'd love to name a son Richard after my father and call him Dickon. Unfortunately, I think the teasing potential is too great. What do you think?
~ Caitlín
"Blue tinted individuals who go about armed to the teeth and quoting twelfth-century poetry are not easy to comprehend." ~ Lloyd Alexander
~ Caitlín
"Blue tinted individuals who go about armed to the teeth and quoting twelfth-century poetry are not easy to comprehend." ~ Lloyd Alexander
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I love the name Dickon too, but the teasing potential would be too high. I've thought about Dicken, but that's just not quite right...
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The teasing potential is too great imo
I snickered just reading the name.
I'm too lazy to think of a clever signature.
~iris
I snickered just reading the name.
~iris
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A big ditto....
Hey, "Did you put your dick on today?".
Kids can be so cruel teasing other children about their names, but I think this name would have teenagers snickering and maybe even adults.
Leslie edd 4/17/05. Baby should be arriving via c-section April 8th, though.
Hey, "Did you put your dick on today?".
Kids can be so cruel teasing other children about their names, but I think this name would have teenagers snickering and maybe even adults.
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Definitely too easy to tease...
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The teasing potential is a bit much
I immediately thought of DIckens. As a middle name, though, its not bad.
Siri
I immediately thought of DIckens. As a middle name, though, its not bad.
Siri
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To me, the name sounds very 19th-century-novelish .. sort of soft and marshmallowy. Not bad, though; interesting, and a real bearer could quickly overcome that impression. I doubt that if you named your son Richard, he'd want to call himself Dickon at school though - at least not for long, unless he turned out to have a really popular personality that let him get away with it. I do think you could certainly name him Richard and call him Dickon yourself, and let him go by Rick or Rich with his peers if that suited him better. You'd have to try it and see .. it's not an awful idea. I just wouldn't hope too hard that he'd go by Dickon, if I were you.
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I love Dickon, i suggested it to Pierre and he laughed!!
I dont think it could have too much teasing potential though
I dont think it could have too much teasing potential though
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I agree. I love the name too, but there is a teasing factor. Maybe use it for a middle name?
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I agree
It's a great name, and I've loved it for ages, too, but as a first name - well, I just wouldn't make a kid that easy of a target.
It's a great name, and I've loved it for ages, too, but as a first name - well, I just wouldn't make a kid that easy of a target.
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