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My baby is due December 3rd and I am having second thoughts about the names. We have picked out two names for each sex, just in case when the baby comes out, the names don't suit them.

We have picked out Scarlett June (with Poppy as back up)
And Theodore James (with Otis as a back up)

But the other day a friend commented that Theo was too "ethnic" for a white baby. to be honest i was a little offended. she said that she would assume Theo to be the name of a older greek man. So does Theo have these kind of connotarions?
I don't know, I love Theo and Otis, but maybe Otis would be a better choice.
Help?

Other names that we liked were
Hugo
Miles
Edward
Rory
April
Violet

Comments

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Theodore and Theo aren't ethnic at all to me! I'm going to blame the Cosby Show for making Theo seem ethnic. I don't think of Theodore as being particularly Greek at all. I think of names like Stavros and Constantine as being very Greek.

I think Otis sounds like an old black man, actually, much more than Theo. I think Edward or Hugo would be a better backup than Otis.

Scarlett June is so sweet! I like Poppy too. I also like Dahlia, Zinnia, and Violet, and Ivy for plant names. Violet is sweet, but makes me think of a shy child. Rory is a nice name, but I think of it as a nickname for Regina or Ronan instead of a given name.