My feed
Premium

Please
or
to access all these features

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Baby names

bobby maison reid???

30 replies

KiddieCare · 27/04/2008 21:52

we are having a lil boy wat do you think of this name, reid is the surname.
but would you spell it mason or maison?

OP posts:
Report
JackieNo · 27/04/2008 21:53

Mason, definitely. Maison is the french for 'house'.

Report
themildmanneredjanitor · 27/04/2008 21:54

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

dizzydixies · 27/04/2008 21:54

mason for me too

Report
hatrick · 27/04/2008 21:54

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn

Moomin · 27/04/2008 21:54

Sorry, sounds like someone who might assassinate the president of the USA

(and if you spelt it 'maison' that means 'house' in french)

Report
LyraSilvertongue · 27/04/2008 21:56

Maison would be pronounced by a lot of people as May-zon, as it'a a French word.

Report
moondog · 27/04/2008 21:57

Mason is chav central.
Bobby quite sweet.

Report
llareggub · 27/04/2008 21:57

Robert Mason Reid sounds far more distinguished.

Report
ButterflyBessie · 27/04/2008 22:00

Personally, I don't like either, sorry

Report
moondog · 27/04/2008 22:00

lol Moomin. You are not wrong there.

Report
collision · 27/04/2008 22:01

Mason is not so good.

Bobby is OK but not Robert Reid.

what about Ned?

Report
Spidermama · 27/04/2008 22:01

Bobby's great.

Report
KiddieCare · 27/04/2008 22:15

dp is robert so def will stick to bobby, i cant believe i didnt realise bout the whole french spelling, thanks for that, bobby mason reid it is then xxxx

OP posts:
Report
bobbysmum07 · 28/04/2008 08:52

Love the name Bobby. My son's 8 and the only Bobby in his school. A Bobby could be plumber, a lawyer or an actor and the name would still fit. I love it. Don't like Mason though.

Report
noddyholder · 28/04/2008 08:53

Bobby yes mason defintely no.Just Bobby on its own is fine

Report
branflake81 · 28/04/2008 08:55

Bobby OK, Mason quite chavvy I'm afraid.

Report
MaloryTowersTraditionalist · 28/04/2008 08:58

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

themildmanneredjanitor · 28/04/2008 09:00

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Buckets · 28/04/2008 10:07

I don't like Bobby on its own, sounds like it's named after Bobby Charlton (not a fan of sports-inspired names, esp football.)

Report
bobbysmum07 · 28/04/2008 10:51

Bobby Darin, Bobby Kennedy, Bobby De Niro ... Nothing to do with sport. I think it's such a cool name.

Report
themildmanneredjanitor · 28/04/2008 10:59

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

belgo · 28/04/2008 11:01

I would also prefer Bobby as a nickname and Robert (or even Robin?) as the real name.

Mason is fine (definitely not Maison!)

Report

Don’t want to miss threads like this?

Weekly

Sign up to our weekly round up and get all the best threads sent straight to your inbox!

Log in to update your newsletter preferences.

You've subscribed!

crumpet · 28/04/2008 11:03

Would definately go with Robert as the name - it gives him more options when he is older (eg he may want to be Robert at work), and you can always use Bobby in the family to distinguish between him and your dp.

Report
bobbysmum07 · 28/04/2008 11:20

Of course they were actually called Robert. None of them were known as Robert though (except De Niro, of course, but he's known as Bobby to his friends - I've read enough about him to know this). My son's called Robert too, but we don't use the name. He's not Robbie or Rob (too blokish), he's Bobby.

Report
themildmanneredjanitor · 28/04/2008 11:30

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.