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DS due 7 weeks... Monty or Jesse?

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andypandypuddle · 02/08/2011 21:32

Just getting opinions.. I like both but love one and I wonder general consensus. I realise not to everyone's taste but more 'traditionally' chosen boy's names aren't for me ('traditionally' meaning more commonplace I guess, as of course, Jesse is very 'traditional' in a biblical sense..) Thanks in advance...

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Sophiesmummie · 02/08/2011 21:34

Monty with Montgomery on birth certificate.

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andypandypuddle · 02/08/2011 21:35

Thanks Sophies...

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MirandaGoshawk · 02/08/2011 21:36

I like them both, however they both have drawbacks - Monty sounds like a pet's name, and also would you go for the long name on the birth cert - Montgomery/Montmorency?

Jesse is, as you say, a good, solid name but it does sound like the (more usual) female version, Jessie.

But whichever you choose, people will get used to it.

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MirandaGoshawk · 02/08/2011 21:36

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Chipotle · 02/08/2011 21:38

I hope I'm not too honest here but... I know 3 Montys and they're all dogs.
Jesse is best IMO.

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andypandypuddle · 02/08/2011 21:43

Honesty is fine :).. that's why I'm here.. Monty is a late runner and it is Jesse that I have always loved. I realise it has drawbacks in terms of being possibly feminine sounding (but only seems to be in this country as sooo popular in the States) but it's origins are definitely masculine and the biblical meaning is important to me.. but always useful to canvas opinion from the masses!

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LemonDifficult · 02/08/2011 21:45

Jesse, as in 'you great Jesse'? Hmmm. I think the poor mite may prefer Monty, as in 'Monty, you TERRIBLE CUNT'

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andypandypuddle · 02/08/2011 21:47

Hmm.. I think I'd take the Jesse insult :)

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lockets · 02/08/2011 22:17

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LaydeeC · 02/08/2011 22:18

it's a no brainer - Jesse every time
but I'm biased as I have a beautiful 14 yo one
I really hate it when posters go one about it being 'girly'. We have never had a problem and no-one has insulted him, ever.
I have never regretted calling him Jesse - it's lovely!

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PedigreeChump · 02/08/2011 22:23

Much prefer Monty with Montgomery on BC. I have female family called Jessie so for me it sounds really girly.

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Slambang · 02/08/2011 22:24

Monty

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EdithWeston · 02/08/2011 22:26

I think Monty is lovely!

Jesse would work in US, but absolutely not in UK. It really is a "pick on me" name here.

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Wallissimpson · 02/08/2011 22:29

Monty makes me shudder, sorry. It's, "Look at me how middle clarss I am" in buckets.
Plus, Monty is a pasty loser kid.

Jesse is a cool cowboy

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InstantAtom · 02/08/2011 22:42

I prefer Jesse, but I agree that unfortunately, many people will find it feminine-sounding.

Monty is a bit pretentious IMHO.

How about Jacob, Jerome, Saul, Elliot, Felix, Levi, Isaac, Jared, Joshua, Jedediah (Jed)?

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andypandypuddle · 02/08/2011 22:45

Laydee - lovely to hear positive stories about Jesse.. I absolutely love it and I think it will take a lot to swing me away from it..

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andypandypuddle · 02/08/2011 22:49

instant.. I like Isaac from your list..

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toomuchmonthatendofthemoney · 02/08/2011 22:50

Monty is, to me, dog or possibly horse name. don't like it.

Jesse is a good name but yes, he WILL get the piss taken out of him at school for having a girls name. here in my bit of scotland the phrase "you big jesse" is an insult aimed at men who are, ahem, too much in touch with their feminine side - even though i like it, i wouldn't use it.

I do love Jared tho - KoL fan here!
Jedediah makes me think of Owen Wilson in Night at the Museum.

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Bandwithering · 02/08/2011 23:10

Jesse of course. I like that unisex vibe, bit like the lady on another board with a Christy and a kerry. I like Kim for a boy too.

Monty/Montgomery is not great. Sounds like you are obsessed with the second world war.

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andypandypuddle · 02/08/2011 23:12

Bandwithering - :)... Same here with the unisex thing..

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Bandwithering · 02/08/2011 23:14

but... I don't like names like Bailey and Casey and [thinks hard] other unisex names on girls.

my x bil had a girls name. he carried it off well because he was tall and confident, played football.

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BulletWithAName · 03/08/2011 00:22

Jesse- I absolutely love this name.

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andypandypuddle · 03/08/2011 00:27

Jesse is definitely a name which splits people it seems.. a 'Marmite' name.. rather than the type of name which most people like but not so many people actually 'love'

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TillyIpswitch · 03/08/2011 02:52

I think of Jesse as a very cool boy's name, but then I'm Antipodean, so it probably has different connotations. I know a male Kim too and he was extraordinarily good looking, very masculine but lovely, and cool/suave.

Dunno where I'm going with this train of thought ... but maybe 'feminine' names produce a certain type of very assured boy/man.

Yes, Monty is a). a dog's name, b). very, very middle class and, yes, c). a terrible c*.