Thomas Rex - yay or nay?

[WhatTheWhat]

Thomas because we like it and Rex as it was my father's and grandfather's names.
Shortens to T-Rex, so either cool (dinosaur) or not cool (ageing rock group), or baking hot (Trex lard).
Hmmmm.

[BooBooGlass]

Anything with Rex as the middle name will make it sound like you're tryign to name the next monarch, so no from me. And really, PLEASE don't give the name T Rex. Beyond awful

[SweetBeadieRussell]

i like it. except when i think Rex i think Oedipus.

[WhatTheWhat]

Obviously, we would not nickname the child T-Rex! But it would be likely to happen once they do dinosaurs at school...

[MyBoysHaveDogsNames]

Rex Thomas is better!

[MuffinMouse]

I really like Rex - just not with Thomas. It is the combination of the final 's' sound with Rex - I just hear - well ya know

[WhatTheWhat]

Now MBHDN - are you a nameymcnamechange?

[WhatTheWhat]

@ muffin

[rachel234]

I love Rex! I'm less keen on Thomas/Tom personally.

[hatebeak]

T Rex the rock group - not uncool.

[amothersplaceisinthewrong]

Rex is a dogs name

[Bue]

Yay. Rex is awesome.

[MuffinMouse]

Why say it's a dog's name? I just don't get it. If so, so are:
Rufus
Sam
Ben
Jake

etc etc

If she'd suggested spot or rusty, I would agree

[MyBoysHaveDogsNames]

WhatTheWhat - no! Sadly my humour is not that quickfire. That is my usual name and I just had to comment. As my boys have dogs' names, as Amothersplaceisinthewrong testifies!

[midnightexpress]

Muffin, because they aren't dog's names and Rex is. I agree with amothersplace. Or a king's name.

[WhatTheWhat]

A mixed bag! Slightly weighted to yay but more so in favour of Rex than Thomas. Hmmm. I thought that Tom would be the uncontroversial bit!

[SirBoobAlot]

No.

BooBoo has vocalised my thoughts perfectly.

[ConnorTraceptive]

T rex is awful sorry. Although neither are bad on their own.

[violethill]

Not keen on Rex. And definitely not keen on TRex - just dreadful

[violethill]

If you really want to use Rex because it's a family name, it would sound better with another name to pad it out eg Thomas William Rex. I think Muffin's right - Thomas and Rex together just sound wrong.

[bundlebelly]

I think it sounds cool. I bet he'd love it one day!

[WhatTheWhat]

I would like to use the name, because of the family connection. Thomas is a surprise no-no from some. So how about:

• David Rex
  
• Noah Rex
  
• Isaac Rex
  

?

[bundlebelly]

I wouldn't go for Noah, anything with an A sound in it sounds a bit 'anorexic'
Rex is a gorgeous name.
What about using it as first name?

[flopsy1974]

Rex is definately a no no.

[pencilpotmonitor]

Rex is a great name.
I like Thomas Rex and Rex Thomas

[shareastory]

Rex is a really great name