Kingsley

[Beegey]

Does anyone other than Dh and I love it? I dare not mention it to friends in RL as I am pretty sure they will all hate it and try to convince us otherwise...

[ValiumSingleton]

NO!

Your friends would laugh.

[FrameyMcFrame]

Kingsley Amis?
I can't think of any other Kingsleys.
I like it personally, but it might not be an easy baby name...

[Beegey]

Kingsley Amis is probably the most well known and we are big fans. I have met one young man called Kingsley who said he liked his name very much and had never been particularly teased for it.

We thought King or Kingers for nn.

We find out this afternoon hopefully if DC2 is a boy or a girl.

Vallum - I fear your prediction re friends laughing may prove correct. Need to figure out how much I care about friends laughing if we really love it...

[BuntyPenfold]

Makes me think of Klingon tbh

[Dysgu]

I know a Kingsley - he is 13/14 now and has never had a problem with his name.

[SirBoobAlot]

Makes me think of Harry Potter.

[BunnyLebowski]

Kingers sounds like a balding sports radio correspondent desperate to maintain his laddish persona.

Don't like Kingsley in any form tbh. Just sounds daft to me.

[Cortina]

I knew one, he carried it well, was hugely popular and known as 'King' to his mates. I think it's fine, not my favourite but far nicer than many out there IMO and perfectly ok.

[CouldOfWouldOfShouldOf]

Um, no, just no.

[Beegey]

Hmm, interesting, thanks for your replies.

[usualsuspect]

I like it, I know a bloke called Kingsley it suits him

[goddessofplenty]

Ok so I'm a year late in replying but did you take the plunge beejey? At least it isn't John, Steve, Dave, Oscar, Noah, alfie, Arthur, etc. Some people just have a bit of trouble with the completely new. We called our ds Kingsley and yes, it does take a bit of gumption I think but wouldn't you rather have gumption than something forgettable?

[EdithWeston]

I think it's lovely.

And the Kingsley that children will have heard of is Shacklebolt from HP and he's cool.

[SaffronCake]

I sort of hope you did, Kingsley is quite nice once the unusualness thing passes by. Although I agree about the radio presenter thing, so I hope you don't call him Kingers.

You don't need a nickname from their name anyway, nicknames just sort of arrive. I have one child who will answer to Snotface and another who is better known as Scamp than her real name.

[greenzebra]

I like it, its a bit like Kingston Gwen Stefani's kid. I think its cool.

[vanfurgston]

kingsley shaklebolt
i like him

[tiredgranny]

we have a kingston his older brother could not pronounce so he gets called kinky

[seeker]

Don't be silly!

[Happygomummy]

I know a Kingsley too. I didn't blink twice when was told his name (was part of nct group)

Good name, maybe a little old fashioned but compared to modern monstrosities such as Jayden and Tyler it is lovely.