What do you think of Larry?

[audley]

Short for Laurence, to go with brother Barnaby and a 2-syllable surname starting in L! Silly of fab?

[debaronz]

I like Laurence with Laurie for short.

Sorry but I don't like Larry.

[GladioliBuckets]

I prefer Lenny.
On Curb Your Enthusiasm, everyone calls Larry David 'Lar' - that would drive me mad hearing people say that.
Am not against alliteration though.

[iloveasylumseekers]

I like it I think, Lawrence/Laurence is lovely - I know one 2 year old. I think it goes well with Barnaby.

[Lovethesea]

Don't like Larry for some reason but can't work out why........what accent would it be mostly said in?

[mintyfresh]

My DS is Laurie short for Laurence. We had to call him Larry when we went to America to avoid the strange looks! Am not adverse to the name Larry though!

[janeite]

Don't like Larry at all but love Laurence and Laurie (dd1 would have been it) and can cope with Lol or Loz too.

[5DollarShake]

Larry is very American, to me. Not that that's a bad thing.

Prefer Laurie as the shortened version.

[Amapoleon]

Reminds me of Larry the lamb, sorry. showing my age.

[mathanxiety]

I really dislike this nn, sorry.

This is the reason I would choose Lorcan (Irish) over Laurence.

[expatinscotland]

I think it's naff.

Please, don't.

[allyfe]

Really don't like it. Larry the lamb, Larry Hagman, Larry Grayson.

Laurie I really like, Lorcan I love.

[audley]

Oh dear, DH is of the same opinion and Laurie is out for personal reasons. Thanks for the reality check!

[oneofsuesylvesterscheerios]

we know a lawrence and he's just called that - not laurie or larry (which is not nice imho). We call him Lozza for a joke sometimes but it's not his nickname.