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Any strong opinions on Laurence?

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crumpette · 04/09/2009 16:24

I quite like the name Laurence.. DP hates it but I get the final vote.. still a while to go but no name in mind really just pondering a few..

Any opinions? Like? Hate? Incredibly camp? Old man? Bad associations?

Thanks

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bidibidi · 04/09/2009 16:30

I think it will be very popular on MN .
Is Laurence the standard English spelling? My brother is Lawrence.

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crumpette · 04/09/2009 16:32

Hello, I'm not entirely sure on the spelling but coming from a bunch of lawyers preferred to avoid the 'w'... hmm... may not work

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traceybath · 04/09/2009 16:34

I love it.

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Niecie · 04/09/2009 16:35

Not particularly keen on Laurence but I do quite like Laurie (or Lawrie).

Don't have any associations except that way of spelling it is French and I knew a French boy with the name. He was OK so no horror stories.

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Technoprisoners · 04/09/2009 16:36

Laurence is the European spelling. Lawrence is English/American. Great name either way - just the right hint of tradition, trendless and ageless imo.

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BaronConker · 04/09/2009 16:37

My friend has just named her baby 'Larry'. It's her FIL's name, but he is larry-short-for-laurence, so her DH wants the birth certificate to say Laurence and she's insisting on just Larry. Three weeks in and they still can't agree, but I think it's always nice to have a long version that you can use when you're feeling posh...

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BaronConker · 04/09/2009 16:37

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diddl · 04/09/2009 17:27

I like it.
But don´t like Larry much.

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deepdarkwood · 04/09/2009 17:31

Love it - dd would have been Laurence if she'd been a girl.
Laurie (or Teddy, as in Little Women) for short, imho.

BUT, personally, I probably wouldn't force through a name that your dh is dead set against (although sounds like lots of time to slowly work him round - took dh 5 years to come round to my way of thinking about Laurence )

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katiepotatie · 04/09/2009 17:38

I prefer Laurie to Laurence (Lewellyn Bowen) springs to mind

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bellissima · 04/09/2009 17:42

Dunno about 'Lawrence' being English necessarily. Okay 'of Arabia' a Lawrence, but Olivier, Laurence Harvey (50s actor) etc all Laurences. In other words whatever spelling you prefer.

However agree with Niecie. not sure on Laurence. Don't like Larry. But like Laurie.

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diddl · 04/09/2009 17:42

You have a good point, deepdarkwood, I chose both our childrens names-on the groung´d that I gave birth, but I couldn´t have given either of a name that hubby hated.

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wonderingwondering · 04/09/2009 17:45

I wanted Laurence but DH was against it, so I dropped the idea. I like it a lot. Definitely wouldn't have shortened it to Larry though!

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nooki · 04/09/2009 17:53

I know a little girl called Laurence (so for me, it sounds feminine...)

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nooki · 04/09/2009 17:54

Laurence sounds like the feminine version of Laurent.

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janeite · 04/09/2009 18:03

I absolutely love it, although judging by MN recently, it seems to be getting quite popular. DD1 is 14 and would have been Laurence/Laurie, had she been ds. It is fabbo - BUT I agree that if your dp hates it, you should compromise on something else.