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[audiobiblio.livejournal.com]

My husband's boss and his wife welcomed a son a few weeks ago. They named him Townsend Douglas. He joined sisters Sophia (though she goes by Sophie) and Ada. I can't decide what I think of the name, but I don't think it really goes with his sisters' names. What say you, baby_names?

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[kjerlandsen.livejournal.com]

I'm not a fan of Townsend...That's a mouth full, especially for a baby. Do they call him by a nickname? Love Ada, and Sophia/Sophie is cute, but it seems too popular for my taste.

[audiobiblio.livejournal.com]

I haven't been told of a nickname, though I'm not really sure what else they would call him. Town? Doug?

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

That's a big name for a baby! What do you shorten that to, Townie?

[audiobiblio.livejournal.com]

It is! He sounds like a law firm. Their last name is a mouthful, as well. I cannot come up with a decent nickname for it... Town? Townie? Doug if they went with the middle name? I have a feeling that they just won't be using one. I was totally expecting a more popular or traditional name choice from them, to be honest.

[maddiec24.livejournal.com]

I don't like it as a first name. As a middle name it would be good, and I don't think it goes with his sisters' names.

[dustthouart.livejournal.com]

Is he named after Douglas Townsend? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Townsend)

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I'd never heard of Douglas Townsend. I was thinking Pete Townsend of The Who. OP, I'm curious too if you find he was named for someone/something.

[audiobiblio.livejournal.com]

I'll have to ask, though it would be out of character for the family to have named him after a musician/composer. You never know, though!

[audiobiblio.livejournal.com]

I haven't heard that he was named after anyone and his boss doesn't seem like the type to name his kid after a musician/composer, but I suppose you never know!

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

That name should be flipped around. Douglas Townsend would have been nice, but Sophia, Ada, and Townsend sounds odd, like you said.

[audiobiblio.livejournal.com]

I agree. It sounds much better that way.

[harinakshi.livejournal.com]

Is Townsend even a name? Doesn't sound like one AT ALL. Terrible, absolutely terrible. Even stupid names like Tigerlilly or Buttercup have more appeal than Townsend. Did they mistake him for a map?

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Huh. Weird, because I like Ada, and Sophie is ok. I think that noun/place names are having an even bigger comeback. We just saw an announcement for a little boy named Stillman Graham in the paper. Stillman and Townsend sound like the same kind of name to me.

I wonder what they will use as a nn?

[audiobiblio.livejournal.com]

I agree - Stillman and Townsend sounds like they would make a good sibset. Not my style at all, but at least they go together.

[designingdreams.livejournal.com]

Those two, plus their older brother, Whittaker (a boy's name I heard on vacation) can all get on their yacht and sail around the sea.

[ghost-light.livejournal.com]

I don't care for Townsend, but I like Sophie and I am coming to love Ada

[jeweledvixen.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Townsend is a surname, not a first name. Plus, it sounds so pretentious as a first name. I do love Sophia, and Ada is ok.

[silver-soul.livejournal.com]

I dig it. I would call him "Townes" after Townes Van Zandt.