https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:25:49 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-68534 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:37:55 +0000 mediagirl 68534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, my friend's dog was called Linus. Totally ruins it for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-68497 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:30:05 +0000 erinpye 68497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love it! Even in the U.S. Peanuts are not as well known among younger generations anymore and it's not a bad association, anyway! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-68050 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:46:52 +0000 LuLu Mom 68050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like it, I think it's cute and unique and on trend with the traditional names coming back!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-68041 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:40:14 +0000 meredithNYC 68041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really like it! My husband is English, too, and I have to agree that the Peanuts association would not be as strong as it is in the US.</p> <p>By the way, this is a site that we use when researching baby names and I'm obsessed. You can see her how uncommon the name is (well, these are US stats), which I personally think is a great thing.</p> <p><a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=linus&#038;a=" rel="nofollow">http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=linus&#038;a=</a>*C.linus-_*GivenName- </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-68021 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:28:39 +0000 Mrsbells 68021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I prefer Luke or Lucas, but Linus is not weird in anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-68017 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:27:12 +0000 DillonLion 68017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@crash806: SAME! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-68014 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:26:28 +0000 DillonLion 68014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Linus seems like a normal name to me! So definitely not weird/unique. But very cute!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67910 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:17:06 +0000 lavender 67910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First thought was also Benjamin Linus from Lost! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67707 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:50:53 +0000 MegWag 67707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just talked to my mom and told her we were considering Linus. It was hilarious because her immediate reaction was exactly what I knew it would be. It was a disbelieving and disapproving noise... she quickly checked herself and by the end of our conversation she said "You know, it's actually growing on me... and it would be totally fine." She's so funny! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67694 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:51:14 +0000 heffalump 67694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's super cute. The reference to Charlie Brown makes it a positive to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67690 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:49:48 +0000 Rubies 67690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the name Linus - it's unique but I do still think of Charlie Brown. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67670 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:35:16 +0000 twinmama 67670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like it. It's recognizable but not common. While yes, I think of Peanuts, I also think of Linus Pauling - one of the greatest scientists in history, and a multiple nobel prize winner. That's kind of a cool namesake to me :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67669 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:34:11 +0000 mamabolt 67669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love Linus! I acutally know of a baby Linus, and I think it's absolutely adorable on him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67665 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:23:45 +0000 PitBulLover 67665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It makes me think of Benjamin Linus from LOST so unfortunately, it's weird to me. But if you like it who cares? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67662 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:36:16 +0000 cupcakemama 67662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. First thing I thought of was Peanuts. Not necessarily a bad thing though </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67648 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:32:01 +0000 lemondrop 67648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I LOVE it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67647 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:30:55 +0000 polkadots 67647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like it! actually I love it! its cute and quirky! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67646 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:30:29 +0000 mrs. wagon 67646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the name Linus! Especially as a big Charlie Brown fan. I did know a Linus who was a jerk though, which kind of ruins it for me. But you don't know him. Go for it! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67642 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:20:23 +0000 cyneswith 67642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd go for Lucas, if Luke and Linus are preferred options. Linus is just a little too out there for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67635 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:55:37 +0000 looch 67635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd just put it on the list, and see what your son looks like when he's born, you know? He could totally look like a Linus or Luke. You'll know when you see him!</p> <p>I like Luke a lot. I am also partial to Liam, which is my son's middle name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67631 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:47:22 +0000 MegWag 67631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: It is a Jewish thing, but there's no hard and fast rule about it- just that you pick a name that starts with the same letter. Actually his dad and sister are also dead, so we've got A &amp; B names in the running too, but he seems most keen to have an L name. I wouldn't consider putting a name as a middle name just for the sake of it though. If I don't like Linus enough for it to be his first name, it won't be his middle :)<br /> I do like Luke, but not Lucas. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67627 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:43:39 +0000 looch 67627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you use it as a middle name, or does it have to be the first name that starts with an L? Is that the Jewish naming tradition, not sure how the rules are. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67622 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:29:54 +0000 sulli301 67622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's cute!! But it does make me think of Charlie Brown. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67605 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:48:35 +0000 tequiero21 67605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm 34 and i never grew up on charlie brown. but i did know there was a linus there. not the biggest fan. i do prefer luke or lucas over linus. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67603 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:39:13 +0000 MegWag 67603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rattles: LOL! It also has a mythological link, which I never realized... Linus was the musician son of Apollo. Also, for a Biblical link- Linus was a companion of Paul in Rome.</p> <p>My husband is more and more sold, but I'm still not 100% </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67602 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:36:33 +0000 rattles 67602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love Linus! My hubs has trouble getting past the Charlie Brown association, but I think it's geeky chic like Henry, has a saintly background, and has some pop culture cache too! (Matt Damon's character in Ocean's 11 is a Linus, and Audrey Hepburn's love interest in "Sabrina" is Linus Larrabee.) Clearly, I'm hoping to live vicariously through you ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67542 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:07:01 +0000 aunt pol 67542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There's an Irish actor with the first name Linus too. I'm 34 and only vaguely familiar with Charlie Brown so I wouldn't worry hugely about that aspect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67519 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:08:57 +0000 MegWag 67519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: LOL... or my hubs could just be wrong :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67518 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:08:15 +0000 chopsuey 67518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think Linus from Charlie Brown too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-or-unique#post-67517 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:08:14 +0000 sorrycharlie 67517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MegWag: interesting! maybe it's an area thing? I'm only 23, and I grew up watching Peanuts :) </p>