Jerry

[RoaryMouth]

What do you think of the name Jerry? For a boy.

[AuntieStella]

Tom and... or Ben and .... ?

It's OK, but strikes me more as a nn than a stand-alone.

[RoaryMouth]

He'd need a sibling then!

[Wolfiefan]

Springer?

[reuset]

For Jeremy? Maybe. Not my cup of tea personally.

Though I know a female Gerry (short for nothing, just as it is) and I think it's more horrible for a girl.

[Cynara]

I love Jerry for a girl. Not a boy though. For some reason it makes me think of lumberjack shirts and full beards when applied to a man. No idea why. Obviously that's just me though, so I'll stop my stream of consciousness there. As you were.

[RoaryMouth]

Quite like the thought of a big, strapping lumberjack son!

[sweetpeame]

No. It sounds like a name for a 50 year old builder rather than a baby or little boy (though of course your DS will be 50 one day and could be a builder). It's quite an ugly name IMO.

[bridgetsmummy]

I like it, have some in my family.
I would use Jeremiah on birth certificate though

[Sophronia]

Ok as a nn for Jeremy or Jeremiah

[cantbelieveimonhere]

Unless you want him bullied over his name, please don't

[BothEndsBurning]

It's fine, but only as a short form. Give him a proper name.

Jeremy
Jerome
Jeremiah
Gerald
Gerard

[Spydra]

Yes for a Jeremy - love it. No on it's own, too cutesy.

[villainousbroodmare]

I was on the Irish debating team with a very handsome Jerome.

[RoaryMouth]

Gerard is nice but I like Jerry rather than Gerry.

[Thatsnotmybabyname]

Seinfeld

[RiverTam]

Interesting one, I don't really know. Is Tom and Jerry a big thing these days? And surely all the Bens and Toms out there don't get teased?

I think I quite like it. Better than Gerry, which I can't bear personally.

[Quasilulu]

Baffled as to why he'd be teased. Love Jerome shortened to Jerry but doesn't go with our surname so please use it instead!

[swimmerforlife]

No, no, no. I love Jeremy though

[MamaMotherMummy]

Love Jerry.

Jerome, Jethro (at a stretch), Jeremiah, even Gerald. ANYTHING but Jeremy.

[YeOldeTrout]

My uncle Gerald is a Jerry.

[lunalovegood84]

I like Gerard and Gerry. Jerry seems too American.

[PallasCat]

Nice. I know an adult Jerry, short for Jeremy, which I also like.

[SwedishEdith]

Great name. Jerry definitely seems American but think I prefer the look of it.