What do you think of the name "Samuel Shaw"?

[acheylegs]

DP thinks Sam Shaw sounds like a private detective! What do you think? Does alliteration work?

[Littleknight]

Sounds lovely

[DillieTantie]

I do have to agree with your DP, but maybe your new DS will actually be a private detective one day, so that name would be an advantage
Alliteration can work nicely, but maybe the vowels/phonics need to differ or else it kind of looks like your parents don't really like you?

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

REally cool, sounds like a rugby player to me but is gorgeous, only question, would there be any issue over being SS, or am I being a wally?

[DillieTantie]

However, Samuel Shaw is way better than Sean/shaun Shaw, or for that matter, any forename beginning with C (C Shaw, eek)

[acheylegs]

Thanks for comments, keep them coming. Think I am slowly going mad trying to choose a name!

Hmm, never thought of SS! We won't even look at any C names, because of C Shaw, now that would be cruel!

[mummyloveslucy]

Love it!! What a fab name.

[JamesandHisFlamingSword]

I like it

[LetThereBeRock]

I love Samuel but not Shaw.

[JamesandHisFlamingSword]

I think Shaw is the surname

[LetThereBeRock]

As soon as I'd posted it I realised that it wasn't a middle name.
Having a brunette moment again. I need a chocolate fix as you can tell.

[acheylegs]

LetThereBeRock - Shaw is DP's surname, too late to change him I'm afraid !

[LetThereBeRock]

If it's not a middle name it'd be fine. Though I do think that it sounds like a detective.

[LetThereBeRock]

It'd also be a marvellous name for an author. I'd buy his books.

[JamesandHisFlamingSword]

Shaw was mentioned as a first name a while ago....
Remember Shaw Taylor (keep 'em peeled) - that dates me .....

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

What about Rick ?

[LittleWhiteWolf]

I think Sam Shaw sounds good. Sometimes single sylabel first names and sir names go well.

Clark Kent
Bruce Wayne

Not taking the piss, btw, I was actually thinking about this the other day while absentmindedly reading the blurb of DHs new book.
Theres something very manly about single sylabels together. Or is it just me???

[CheerfulYank]

It's cool. My DS is Sam Brick, which I always think sounds like a reporter or something. Wearing a fedora with a jaunty "press" card, don'tcha know. Maybe he will dig up mysteries for Sam Shaw to solve...

[hana]

not keen
what if the kid has a lisp?

[ja9]

I love it. I'm a big fan of alliteration tho!

[74slackbladder]

like it but am big fan of the name sam anyway...till some friends 'nicked' it

[carlymarx]

I like it a lot. I have SS as initials in rl and it has really never been a problem!

[acheylegs]

Thanks for posting everyone. Very helpful to have some other opinions. Just need to think of a girls name now...!