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Thoughts on Fletcher

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Jaymar · 05/03/2021 20:07

What are your thoughts on the name Fletcher for a boy? Me and DH have just come across it and quite like it but have never met a Fletcher before, so we are curious about people’s associations with it.

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nimbuscloud · 05/03/2021 20:08

Mutiny on the Bounty!

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Floralnomad · 05/03/2021 20:08

Too much like a surname .

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SmidgenofaPigeon · 05/03/2021 20:09

For a surname.
I dunno, I just don’t like the way it sounds, but each to their own.

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SacreBleeeurgh · 05/03/2021 20:09

I’m not usually one for surname-ish first names but I quite like this one!

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KirstenBlest · 05/03/2021 20:09

Fletch the Lech

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AuntieStella · 05/03/2021 20:10

Bit too surname-y for me, but OK

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AuntieStella · 05/03/2021 20:10

@KirstenBlest

Fletch the Lech

I think I knew him at university....
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daisypond · 05/03/2021 20:11

I rather like it. I know one, aged about 30, so it seems a normal name to me.

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FredAndChips · 05/03/2021 20:12

I like it, does remind me of Ronnie Barker's character in porridge though

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Chottie · 05/03/2021 20:13

@FredAndChips

I like it, does remind me of Ronnie Barker's character in porridge though

Me too! Fletch the old lag......
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OldRailer · 05/03/2021 20:18

I'm not mad keen on mediaeval job title names. I would think of the character known by his surname in Porridge TV programme but that is decades old and noone younger would think of it. Fletcher Christian is the only other I know of.

Having said all that I think it's okay!

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Scarby9 · 05/03/2021 20:19

I actually like it better than other job type surnames used as first names eg. Cooper.
And who doesn't want to be named after an arrow maker?!

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BeingATwatItsABingThing · 05/03/2021 20:20

It’s a surname in my mind.

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KirstenBlest · 05/03/2021 20:20

@AuntieStella Grin

My first thought was Norman Stanley...

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Jaymar · 05/03/2021 20:23

Fletch the Lech Grin Ok maybe back to the drawing board...

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ScottishStardust · 05/03/2021 20:24

I really like it, but we like surnames for names... it was on our list for a while but have settled on something different.

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AbstractHeart · 05/03/2021 20:24

Awful

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IamnotwhouthinkIam · 05/03/2021 20:27

It's a bit too surname for me personally (I'm often wary of surnames/occupation names as first names in case in a decade or two they start to feel downmarket the way similar Tyler, Mason, Ryan etc do to some people - it's a risk imo).

If you really want a surname type name though, nicer sounding ones to me would be Fraser, Sullivan, Maxwell, Brodie, Blake, Elliot, Heath, Lewis (I'm aware some of these are very popular as first names too, but for a reason I think).

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Strokethefurrywall · 05/03/2021 20:32

I know an 8 year old Fletcher, I like it but I like surnames for first names (both my sons have surnames for first names)

I don't know who/what Fletch The Lech is and doubt any kids would know either.

It's a good name, go for it! Different to Harry, George, Oliver at any rate!

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LookofEvaBraun · 05/03/2021 20:37

Fletch the Lech was a character in Prisoner Cell Block H.

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Annamaywong25 · 05/03/2021 20:39

I know of a dog called Fletcher....no humans though.

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niceupthedance · 05/03/2021 20:39

Reminds me of phlegm for some reason

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Ethelfromnumber73 · 05/03/2021 20:41

Dexter

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NannyR · 05/03/2021 20:45

I don't really like surnames as first names, but I've always loved Fletcher. I doubt any of his friends will have even heard of prisoner cell block h, so I wouldn't let that put you off if you love the name.

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Theunamedcat · 05/03/2021 20:47

I'm in the minority but I like it 🤷‍♀️

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