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Find your ideal baby name on EB's new Baby Names tool: www.essentialbaby.com.au/pregnancy/baby-names

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Gage - love it or hate it?

kath88 View Member Profile	10/01/2013, 02:29 PM Post #1
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Hi everyone I really enjoy this topic and wondered what you think of the name Gage (for a boy) which we have chosen for our first and probably only child together - due in May 2013. My 24 year old daughter absolutely hates it for her brother and thinks he will be teased... "gay boy", "petrol gauge" etc but I have always loved this old name which is of french origin meaning "a pledge or oath, one who is defiant". We dont plan on giving him a middle name as I think Gage is a very strong name that will sit well with our surname (which has 2 syllables). Does anyone know someone by this name? Thanks

BlueEyedBeauties View Member Profile	10/01/2013, 02:31 PM Post #2
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no for me sorry... first thought was rain gauge, petrol gauge.. but its you that loves it, so thats all that matters.

kerrie23 View Member Profile	10/01/2013, 02:32 PM Post #3
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Yeah the started off cute but went very evil and creepy kid, in Pet Cemetary. I will always associate that name with the Stephen King creation of the little boy brought back from the dead.

Bomber girl View Member Profile	10/01/2013, 02:33 PM Post #4
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I agree with your DD

Z-girls rock View Member Profile	10/01/2013, 02:33 PM Post #5
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since you asked... I hate it. sorry. to me it sounds like a bold and the beautiful name. In the same vein as Ridge or Thorn.

Alacritous~Andy View Member Profile	10/01/2013, 02:34 PM Post #6
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I like it. My DS2 has a very similar mn, which got a resounding no from EB, but I love it.

Bel Rowley View Member Profile	10/01/2013, 02:35 PM Post #7
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Not a fan, it's the Pet Sematary kid for me too!

FrogIsAFrogIsAFr... FrogIsAFrogIsAFrog View Member Profile	10/01/2013, 02:36 PM Post #8
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QUOTE Yeah the started off cute but went very evil and creepy kid, in Pet Cemetary. I will always associate that name with the Stephen King creation of the little boy brought back from the dead. Came in to say the same thing! When I saw the name "Gage" I immediately associated it with a very unpalatable character from a Stephen King novel I must've read 20 years ago, but couldn't remember which book. So I guess I'm a 'no' Sorry!

BadCat View Member Profile	10/01/2013, 02:37 PM Post #9
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I love it. It wouldn't go with our surname so we didn't consider using it. There are very few boy's names I like but that is one of them.

ladyp View Member Profile	10/01/2013, 02:40 PM Post #10
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I know a little boy named Gage. He is a very cute kid. His brother goes to school with my DD and his name is Kody. I say use it if you love it. My parents changed my brother's name because my sister hated it and cried for 4 days straight. They had called him Keith and then named him Mark. My sister was 12. This post has been edited by ladyp: 10/01/2013, 02:50 PM

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