Norman

I LOVE Norman. Had a great uncle Norman, and he was fab :) My other half has totally vetoed it though ;) We're stuck for boys names....and just found out we're having a boy! Thinking cap on.

My husband is called Norman. It is never shortened to Norm by anyone and to be honest, the night we met, I thought he was pulling my leg when he said his name was Norman (not that I've ever told him that).

He suits his name and it has done him favours too because he is self employed and once people meet him they never forget his name.

Saying all that, we didn't call our son Norman and I think he would have changed it when he was younger if he could of. I think you should be able to call your child whatever pleases you and it is a good, old fashioned, English name.

Ask my mum - it's one of her middle names! (Named after her dad). Fine as a middle name I'm sure...

not poular in england but quite a common name in northern scotland and ireland the gaelic version is tarmoid I think, I know a few cute wee boys called norman it is seen as normal there not odd most norman's i know are nice same as any other name

Awful!!

But Norman Foster - the famous architect may give it some cred to those in the know.

But still horrendous sorry!

Two wrongs don't make a right, ineedagood...

Your brother's reaction was honest, Norahjen. And he wouldn't be the only person you know to do that but they'd probably add ' poor little thing' when you weren't around.

Agree with the negative comments about Nigel - had 2 in my final year at college - 1 was a right 'Nigel', the other was known as Stav and hated his name.

If dd had been a boy, he would have been 'Harry Norman' - Harry was fil's name and Norman was his mother's maiden name and was my df's name, too. For him it was definitely the lesser of 2 evils - his middle name was Alonzo! He must have got some teasing for that when he started school in 1912 among all the patriotically-named Georges, Alberts, Edwards and Williams

I would agree with the "Its a Dads generation name" type comments but I will always be thinking nice things about a Norman I once knew who was an amazing person and roughly the same age as me.

I personally would rather call a son of mine Norman, than for example, Mason, Taylor, Tyler, Tyson, Bailey and all those other surname as a Christian name or modern trendy boys names such as Diesel, Kai etc.

I'd probably use it....

I called my DD an unusual old people name and she has lived up to it... I hope... Starts to feel worried...

TBH the MW was so horrified when I told her DD's name that she said, "I won't put it down yet" (on the name card!!).

Oh and there is an old lady with the exact same name (aside from surname, cos that would be creepy), living in my gran's villiage, tho I did't realise at the time.

I considered Branwell for a boy. The association with a young man who drunk himself to death didn't sway me, but with my surname the child would have been lisping forever.

Thing is with DD's name, there are nice literary connotations.... There are only bad ones with norman....

We have two Normans in our lives. One being my 80 year old Grandad and the other is our cat.

I love older names but Norman?

Just awful. Would be cruel.

Sorry not keen.... My husband and I still use it as an insult at home. Children of the seventies eh?!

What about Arthur?

I know older Normans...not a name I would choose but we all grow into our names so it would readily be accepted! Norrie for short?

I dislike the name, but it is still a 'normal' name. BY the time the child had any sort of awareness that adults considered his name an odd choice, he'd be about ten, by which time, I bet you anything he wouldn't be the only Norman..

hideous -
Norman no friends
Stormin' Norman
What a norman -

Please don't do it! Think of the teasing that little one will go through!

Gah. No.

honestly it is not my nature to try to dissuade a parent's choice of names, as I was very hurt when my two top favourite names got refused by my family... but I really think Norman has negative connotations to many people in the Uk. Plus, m Mum found a new man a few years back - looked just like Michael Caine and was a total lewd, vile pervert who made all sorts of inappropriate comments to us... he wore tiny magenta running shorts despite being 60+ years old.

That is a Norman, not your gorgeous little baby...

It goes well with your name, OP.
Norman and Norah.
Nice.
(Not really, sorry),

I have some good mates caled Stan and Ernie. There is nothing wrong with them. And nothing wrong with me either....

Norman is a lovely, wonderful name and one you can be proud of....

No way - horrible!!

My dad is Norman and DH's name has also come up on this thread, likened to Norman (ha, ha, wait till I tell him!) All I need now is for DS2's name to come up as well as some people said it was cruelty but we loved it and couldn't resist.

Nooooooooooooooooo!

my dads a norman (72) & deffo not nerdy, geeky or anoraky in any way, shape or form. never has been. he has however, always hated his name (even though it was popular when he was a nipper). don't do it!