Hereward?

[indiechick]

What do you think? It's for the boy I hope to conceive in the next few months. Here's hoping.

[EauRudolph]

Depends where you live. If it's in East Anglia then I would say hell no. I knew a Hereward in his 20s, he pulled it off pretty well but there were pisstakes due to so many things around Cambridgeshire being named after Hereward the Wake.

[indiechick]

We're in London, but hubby is from Bourne as was Hereward allegedly.

[ValiumShimmer]

I like Howard, but not Hereward. Never heard of Hereward the Wake though. Maybe I'd like it more if I understood it.

[asmallbunchofmistletoe]

The only boy I know called Hereward has it as a middle name.
Much depends on the area in which you live. In some parts of London, a name like Hereward will be considered rather bland. In others, it will invite much teasing.